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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 15, 2025</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">No. 10 Baylor Soccer Readies for Weekend Slate Against No. 14 TCU and Utah</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Bears head to Fort Worth for a top 15 rivalry matchup versus TCU</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Colin Pirtle; 940-564-0351,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black"> No. 10 Baylor hits the road Thursday
to face No. 14 TCU in Fort Worth at 7 p.m., before returning home Sunday to host Utah at 1 p.m. at Betty Lou Mays Field for the final home match of the regular season. Both matches will stream live on ESPN+.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears (10-1-2, 5-1 Big 12) enter the weekend riding a five-match win streak, highlighted by recent victories over now-No. 21
Colorado, 2-1, and BYU, 4-2. Baylor has defeated every ranked opponent they have faced this season, including then-No. 17 Mississippi State and then-No. 14 Kansas. Boasting a 5-1 Big 12 record, the Bears hold the top spot in the conference with their solo
loss on the season being their league opener against Texas Tech on Sept. 19.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">TCU (10-2-1, 4-1-1 Big 12) entered the season as a favorite to win the conference, but recently fell 3-1 to Colorado and settled
for a 1-1 draw with then- No.11 Texas Tech in Big 12 play. The Horned Frogs also have yet to drop a match to a ranked opponent this season, defeating both then-No.9 Iowa and then-No.14 Kansas.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor and TCU are set to meet for the 27th time in program history, with the Bears leading the all-time series 14-6-6. The teams
last met a season ago, playing to a 1-1 draw in Waco. The Bears are in the hunt for their first win in Fort Worth in three seasons.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Utah (7-5-3, 2-2-2 Big 12) will host No. 21 Colorado before heading south to face Baylor. The Utes enter the weekend on the heels
of back-to-back 1-0 road wins over Houston and Arizona. Their only other matchup against a ranked opponent this season came in their Big 12 opener, a loss to then-No. 14 TCU.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">The Utes lead the all-time series 2-1, with Baylor’s lone victory coming in 1997. The teams last met a season ago in Salt Lake
City, where Utah earned a 2-0 win. The Bears are in search of their first win over the Utes since Utah joined the Big 12.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor holds the No. 10 spot in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll, released through matches played on Oct. 12, and sits at
No. 4 in both the NCAA Division I Committee’s Top 16 and RPI. With TCU ranked No. 14 in the same coaches’ poll and No. 5 in the committee rankings and RPI.</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">Live stats for the match will be available<a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
</span></a><a href="https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=bay">online</a> with updates provided on social media.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">To stay up to date throughout the year on all things Baylor Soccer, follow the team on Facebook, X and Instagram: @BaylorFutbol.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#073D1E;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">|
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