Author: Jeffrey Cohen

Although senior tight ends Matthew Klopfenstein and Hawkins Polley did not tally up video game numbers in 2025, they are poised to lead a tight end room with three underclassmen and a senior transfer.

The Bears are back and the Lariat sports desk predicts how the upcoming season pans out.

Junior quarterback DJ Lagway found himself returning to Texas after two underwhelming years at Florida. He now looks to turn his career around as Baylor’s QB1.

The NCAA penalized former Baylor men’s basketball assistant coach Jared Nuness for thousands of sports bets with a two-year show-cause order.

While entering the ninth inning down by six runs, Baylor’s bats started to find life. The Bears struck for three runs in the final frame but fell short to Texas State on Tuesday night.

With seven games remaining in the regular season, Baylor looks to continue gaining ground on the NCAA Tournament bubble after taking a weekend series against Texas Tech.

While transferring from Old Dominion to Baylor, junior Connor Van Schalkwyk embraced some familiar faces in his transition to a new program.

After being a thorn in Baylor’s side as a UT Arlington Maverick, Tyce Armstrong turned the tables with a pair of home runs against his former team in the Bear’s 6-2 win in a shortened six-inning game.

Baylor men’s tennis was named as the No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday. The Bears are set to host the first two rounds for the first time since 2022.

To close out its home schedule for the 2026 outdoor season, Baylor track and field recorded seven wins and nine PRs at the Michael Johnson Invitational this weekend. The Bears capped off the meet with a 4×400 meter sweep.

Riding high off winning the first two games of the series, No. 25 Arizona State secured the sweep with a dominant 11-4 home victory over the Bears on Sunday.

In its second year competing in the Hardwood Classic, Baylor Country Dance Club knocked off reigning champion North Texas to win its first championship. The Bears brought the energy from the beginning to lift the group, full of newcomers, to victory.

After trailing 3-1 heading into the fifth inning, Sam Houston State struck for four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. The six-run outpour proved to be too much for Baylor to overcome on Tuesday night, as the Bears fell 7-5.

Baylor held the advantage heading into a Sunday doubleheader against TCU, taking game one 11-4 on Friday night. the Horned Frogs spoiled the Bears’ chance at a series win with a two-game sweep on Sunday.

No. 2 seed TCU took care of business against No. 3 seed Baylor men’s tennis, sweeping the Bears 4-0 in the Big 12 Championship semifinals.

Baylor won its first game against TCU in the Mitch Thompson era in the final game of last year’s series. Now that the two squads sit neck-and-neck in the Big 12, the Bears are looking to secure their first series win over the Horned Frogs in seven years.

Freshman designated hitter Dylan Perez walked it off, helping Baylor beat UTSA 10-9 in 12 innings. Perez’s hit capped off a four-hour, 42-minute thriller on Tuesday night.

Entering the ninth inning tied 3-3, Baylor strung together five runs to top Cincinnati 8-3, earning their only win of the series.

Redshirt senior linebacker Travion Barnes had his 2025 season cut short with an ankle injury in the conference opener. Now that he has made a full recovery, he plans to help lead an energized linebacker group.

No. 11 Baylor men’s tennis boasts a 14-1 record at home. One of the key contributors is the Baylor faithful, who have made Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center and Hurd Tennis Center some of the most formidable home court advantages in the nation.

After being tied 2-2 through the first four innings of Tuesday night’s matchup against UT Arlington, Baylor swung the door open with a three-run fifth to take the midweek game 5-2.

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The Bears found themselves with their backs against the wall Thursday night, trailing in the first set across four singles matches. Comebacks from seniors Zsombor Velcz and Luc Koenig ignited the Bears over Utah.

Baylor has struggled to find pitching consistency through the first two months of the season, especially following multiple significant injuries.

After losing the first matchup to Tarleton State 6-5 earlier this month, Baylor fell to the Texans again in a disappointing 5-1 loss Tuesday night.

Junior infielder Robert De La Garza made his Baylor debut when the lights were brightest: facing the third-best team in the country in a major league park. His journey of grinding through two years at the JUCO level prepared him to perform for the Bears.

By Jeffrey Cohen | Sports Writer Baylor offensive coordinator Jake Spatival found himself in an ideal situation a year ago. He began spring ball with his breakout quarterback, leading receiver, thousand-yard rusher and most of his offensive line returning for his second season in Waco. Spavital and his offense did not disappoint, ranking third in the Big 12 in yards per game and fifth in points per game. “Last year, Sawyer and I were on the same page, and we had a lot of returning players,” Spavital said. “I just loved everything about that because I didn’t have to do…

Oklahoma State had not lost a home game all season, going 11-0. No. 8 Baylor men’s tennis did not waver against the test and ended the Pokes home winning streak on Thursday night.

After a disappointing 2025 for the Baylor defense, head coach Dave Aranda plans to enact significant improvement with new personnel and a new identity.

After splitting the first two games of the series, Oklahoma State took the Sunday finale over Baylor behind four runs in the first and seventh innings and five runs in the fourth.