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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. 22, 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. 16 Baylor Soccer Hits the Road to Face UCF and Houston</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 to close out the regular season with three road matches</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,
</span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu">colin_pirtle1@baylor.edu</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black">
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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. 16 Baylor has a busy week across
the southeast, traveling to Orlanda, Fla. to face UCF on Thursday at 6 p.m. before heading back to Texas to match up against Houston on Sunday at 6 p.m. 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 (11-2-2, 6-2 Big 12) enter the weekend coming off a 2-0 home victory over Utah. Baylor recently dropped its second match
of the season against then-No. 14 TCU, with its only other loss coming to Texas Tech in the Big 12 opener. This season already marks the most wins of the Michelle Lenard era and the program’s highest total since 2018, when the Bears captured the Big 12 title
and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals.</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">UCF (9-2-4, 3-1-4 Big 12) enters the matchup following a 1-1 draw against Houston. The Knights haven’t dropped a match since a
1-0 loss to Arizona in the second week of Big 12 play, which remains their lone conference defeat. UCF has faced just one other ranked opponent this season, earning a 3-2 win over then-No. 17 Arizona State.</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 UCF have met just once before, with the Bears earning a 2-1 victory over the Knights in 2023. The Bears enter this match
ranked No. 4 in the RPI, while UCF sits at No. 38 in the same poll.</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">Houston (7-3-5, 2-3-3 Big 12) will host Kansas State on Thursday before welcoming Baylor to the Carl Lewis International Complex
on Sunday night. The Cougars enter the weekend following a 1-1 draw against UCF. Their only other meeting with a ranked opponent this season came against then-No. 25 West Virginia, where they fell 3-2 in Morgantown.</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 lead the all-time series 7-1, with Houston’s lone victory coming back in 2006. The teams last met a season ago in Waco,
where Baylor secured a dominant 4-0 win. Under coach Lenard, the Bears remain undefeated against the Cougars.</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 dropped to No. 16 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll, released through matches played on Oct. 19. The Bears’ only
losses this season have come against two current top-10 opponents, No. 9 TCU and No. 5 Texas Tech, holding their strong RPI ranking of No. 4.</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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