By Jordan Smith | Sports Editor No. 13-ranked Baylor softball team (37-9, 9-3 in Big 12) heads to Getterman Stadium to take on unranked Oklahoma State (32-17, 11-1 in Big 12) in a three-game weekend series with a double header today and one game on Sunday. Lady Bears softball head coach Glenn Moore is in his 17th season at the helm for the Lady Bears with an overall coaching record at Baylor stand at 688-317. Before coming to Baylor, Moore coached one season at William Carey and three seasons at LSU. Moore said this weekend is crucial in the Lady…
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The school year is almost over, with only a handful of class days left before summer break. This is one of the most stressful times of the year with finals coming up. With that being said, once finals are over, we are done until August and summer break will begin.The three-month break is a good time to take some time off and relax for a bit. After all, you just completed two consecutive semesters of homework, essays, exams and, above all, stress. Stress is one of the biggest “side effects” of a college education and can cause other mental health…
By Jordan Smith | Sports WriterNo. 1-ranked Baylor equestrian fell short of expectations over Easter weekend as they were defeated in the quarterfinal round of the NCEA National Championship 9-7 by the No. 9-ranked Texas Christian University Horned Frogs in Waco.The Bears received a bye for the first round of competitions because of their No. 1 ranking during the regular season. Friday was their first day of competition with the first of the four events between the two teams with reigning. Baylor lost the event 3-1. Senior hunter seat rider Savannah Jenkins said the outcome was especially disappointing because the…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorFor the fourth consecutive year, the No. 1-seed Baylor Lady Bears were eliminated in the Elite Eight round of the Women’s March Madness tournament. This year, it came at the hands of No. 2-seed Mississippi State on Sunday night in overtime with a final score of 94-85.The Lady Bears were led by sophomore post Kalani Brown, who in the game scored 27 points, along with recording five blocks and nine rebounds.Brown said that with all of the hard work displayed in the game and over the years, she felt apologetic that she couldn’t get her…
By Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe No. 1-seed Baylor Lady Bears look to break the curse of their Elite 8 struggles tonight as they take on No. 2-seed Mississippi State.Sophomore post Kalani Brown said she knows the game of Teaira McCowan, who she grew up playing AAU basketball with.”Big, strong. Big in the post. Got to block her out and do my work early or get punished. You can’t get deep. Just do my work early, run the floor hard,” Brown said.McCowan scored 24 points in the Sweet 16 game against Washington on Friday night. She also grabbed 12 rebounds…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorFor the fourth season straight, the Lady Bears are headed to the Elite 8 as the No. 1-seed Baylor Lady Bears defeated No. 4-seed Louisville Cardinals 97-63 in the Sweet 16 at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Friday night. With this win, the Lady Bears continue to set records as the 34 point margin of victory for the Lady Bears, combined with their already record-setting numbers from the first two rounds, set another record as Baylor has had a margin of victory of 163 points, which is the largest margin in three games in NCAA Tournament…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorBaylor’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are part of only four programs in the nation with both teams in the Sweet 16 of their March Madness tournaments. However, Baylor has a third team in March Madness, and no, it isn’t in Division I athletics.Three Baylor students will be competing in a new quiz show on ESPN called “Bracket Genius,” which will debut at 4 p.m. CST today on ESPN2. This quiz show included the 16 teams that are competing in the Sweet 16 of the men’s March Madness bracket which include Baylor, South Carolina and…
Leaving high school and starting college is a transition. For some people, it’s an easy transition. For others, it isn’t an easy one. However, one thing that isn’t easy for people to know for certain heading into college is what they want to do with their career.Finding a degree that is right for you is very hard to do, especially when an educational institution is making you plan the rest of your life at age 18. Most people at that age don’t know what they want to do as a career. I know that was the case for me.I spent…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe No. 15-ranked Baylor Bears baseball team looks to keep their 12-1 start to the season as they take on the No. 23-ranked University of Houston Cougars starting at 6:35 p.m. tonight at Baylor Ballpark in Waco.This is the first time that Baylor has been ranked since Feb. 14, 2015, and is also the first time ever that the Bears have been ranked by D1Baseball since they started. This is also the first time since the end of 2012 that Baseball America has ranked Baylor and the first time since 2013 that USA Today has…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe Baylor Bears baseball squad took two out of three games over the weekend in Houston as it competed in the Shriners Hospital for Children College Classic.Throughout the weekend series, the Bears took on Ole Miss, LSU and Texas A&M.Baylor Bears baseball head coach Steve Rodriguez reflected on the weekend performance from the entire team, but said he knows the season is far from over.”Well, we have 40 games left. When you think about it, that’s a lot of baseball,” Rodriguez said. “But I’ll tell you what, coming down here with an unbelievable cast of…
An in-depth look at the field crew and other staff members of Baylor Baseball
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe Baylor baseball squad looks to keep its undefeated record intact this weekend as they host the South Alabama Jaguars in a three-game weekend series starting tonight at Baylor Ballpark.Baylor has started this season 5-0 and is riding the coattails of two straight shutout wins coming from their road win against Texas State on Wednesday and the win against the Nevada Wolf Pack on Monday. This is the first time Baylor has started 5-0 since the 2012 season when they started out 6-0.Baylor baseball head coach Steve Rodriguez is excited that his players are starting…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe Baylor Bears baseball squad took the win on Monday night against the Nevada Wolf Pack by a final score of 6-0.With the win, Baylor starts out the season with a 4-0 record. This is the first time since the 2012 season where the Bears started out with a 4-0 record. In 2012, the Bears started out 6-0.This was also Baylor’s first shutout win since a 4-0 win against Wofford on April 6, 2016.In the game, left-handed junior outfielder and first baseman Kameron Esthay went two for three, driving in two RBI’s (runners batted in)…
Walt Disney said it best when he proclaimed, “All our dreams come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”Disney started out doing what he loved as a child when he would draw cartoons on his father’s barn doors. His passion later led him to start his own cartoon studio titled Laugh-O-Gram Studios, located in the heart of Kansas City, Mo.I had a similar drive in trying to achieve a goal when I was younger, except it was for sports. Starting from the day I could speak, I played and watched sports. My favorite ended up being baseball. However,…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorBaylor Bears baseball is up and running once again.Practices resumed Friday afternoon at Baylor Ballpark. The Bears are coming off of a disappointing 24-29 record last season. Despite the season’s outcome, Baylor qualified for the Big 12 Championship and got all the way to the final before losing to the Texas Longhorns 15-3 in seven innings of play.Senior catcher Matt Menard had high praise for Baylor baseball head coach Steve Rodriguez in relation to Rodriguez getting Menard back to Baylor Ballpark for a fifth season playing for Baylor.”That guy fought tooth and nail. He was…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe No. 2-ranked Baylor Lady Bears take on the No. 20-ranked rival in the Oklahoma University Sooners on Sunday in Waco.This game is especially meaningful for the Lady Bears, not just because of the rivalry between the two schools, but because this game is the Type 1 Diabetes Awareness game.Freshman forward Lauren Cox has lived with Type 1 Diabetes for much of her life.”It’s been about 11 and a half years now. It’s super hard, it’s an everyday responsibility that I have to stay on top of and Sunday is really important to me just…
By Jordan Smith | Sports EditorThe No. 2-ranked Baylor Lady Bears had to put up a fight against the No. 24 ranked West Virginia Mountaineers to win their 17th game in a row.In the first half, the Lady Bears struggled to find any sort of dominance, only leading by a score of 25-24 after the end of the first quarter. Lady Bears redshirt senior guard Alexis Jones led the team with eight points on three assists and two rebounds as well.The second quarter was similar to the first as Baylor won the scoring differential in the quarter, but only by…
By Jordan Smith | Sports Editor The Baylor Lady Bears look to continue their dominating success and get win No. 16 in a row as they take on Iowa State today at the Ferrell Center. Freshman forward Lauren Cox, who was recently named Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season, has gotten a lot of playing time recently and attributes it to her growing confidence in herself. “I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable out on the court. When I first started out, I was nervous; I wasn’t really playing my game. I’ve gotten a lot…
By Jordan Smith | Sports Editor The Baylor Bears football program was able to end their 2016 campaign on a high note and send off the seniors and coaches with a smile on their faces and a trophy on their backs. They defeated Boise State by a final of 31-12 at the Motel 6 Cactus Bowl on Dec. 27 in Phoenix at Chase Field. Former Baylor head football coach Jim Grobe commented about what he found exciting about the game. “The one thing that was really fun for me tonight is our kids enjoyed it,” Grobe said. “You know, a…
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Jordan Smith | Sports Writer For the first time in two years, former Baylor men’s basketball star Isaiah Austin is returning to basketball and will pursue his dream of playing in the NBA. Austin announced it on his Instagram on Wednesday. “Very excited to announce to everyone that the news is true. I have been blessed by the grace of God to receive a second chance at chasing my dream of playing basketball. Everything happens for a reason and I’m ready to share my testimony and journey with millions of people across the world. #DreamAgain,” Austin said in the video…
Waco minor league team officially unveils name of new ball club
The No. 9-ranked Baylor men’s basketball team looks to stay strong coming off of an impressive run at the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament as they take on the Sam Houston State University Bearkats at 8 p.m. today at the Ferrell Center. “This is the 10th straight year that we have been ranked at some point. I think that’s a great tribute to the players that we’ve had and what they have been able to do,” said head coach Scott Drew. “I think there’s been years where we’ve been in the top 10 and the year didn’t finish out wanted to,…
Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe Baylor Bears fell in the Texas Farm Insurance Bureau Shootout to the Texas Tech Red Raiders Friday, 35-54 in front of the lowest attendance recorded since 2011 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. “You know, coaches are teachers,” said head coach Jim Grobe. “And when kids are not playing their best now, there is a trade off for ability. I mean, you got to have enough ability to make plays. And there are times out there where you just got to give Texas Tech’s kids credit. They just made plays. They played well and they beat…
Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe Baylor Bears are looking to end their four game losing streak as they take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders at 5 p.m. today at AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout.The Bears lead the all-time record against the Red Raiders 37-36-1, with Baylor’s last win against Texas Tech coming on Sept. 15 2015 with a final score of 63-35. Baylor also leads the record in matchups in Arlington, 5-1.Freshman quarterback Zach Smith is looking to bounce back quickly from the game last week against Kansas State University where he had…
Jordan Smith | Sports WriterTwo head coaching candidates have emerged as the front runners for the Baylor head football coaching position for the 2017-18 football season. Those two candidates are University of Houston Cougars head coach Tom Herman and Southern Methodist University head coach Chad Morris.Herman during his career at Houston is 22-3, with three major wins against Florida State, Oklahoma, and even this past week against Louisville by a final of 36-10. All three of these teams were ranked in the top 10 when they played one another.Morris is currently 7-15 as a head coach for the SMU Mustangs,…
Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe No. 2-ranked Baylor Lady Bears are taking their undefeated talents to the road to face the No. 3-ranked University of Connecticut Lady Huskies at 6:30 p.m. today at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The Lady Bears are coming off of a clutch win over the No. 9 UCLA Bruins on Monday at the Ferrell Center, winning 84-70 in front of 5,955 fans. In this game, senior forward Nina Davis played 37 of the 40 minutes of the game with 15 points, six rebounds and one steal in their victory. Baylor Lady Bears head coach Kim…
Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe Baylor women’s cross country team looks to make its impact known to the nation at the 2016 NCAA Championships 10 a.m. Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. At the 2016 NCAA South Central Region Championship, the women’s cross country team obtained a second-place finish, earning them an automatic bid into the NCAA Championships. This is the 16th time in the program’s history that it makes an appearance at the NCAA Championships. “It was a nice bounce-back week for us knowing that we had a little bit of a tough time at conference. I thought the ladies…
By Jordan Smith | Sports WriterAspiring to continue their successful basketball career, No. 2 the Lady Bears face off against Houston Baptist University Huskies for the first game of the season 3:30 p.m. Friday at the Ferrell Center.Senior forward Nina Davis dominated in the two teams first meeting on Dec. 15, 2013. Davis was a perfect seven for seven in field goal percentage, had five rebounds, two assists and four steals in the game. For the Huskies, it was the first and only time they ever played a ranked opponent. “We are excited. I think we are tired of beating…
By: Jordan Smith | Sports WriterThe Baylor Lady Bears basketball team is already getting ready for the 2017-18 season with the start of the early signing period for incoming recruits on Wednesday. In the first day of the early signing period, Baylor acquired four commitments for next season: Beaumont guard Alexis Morris, Euless guard Trinity Oliver, Houston guard Didi Richards and Destrehan, La., guard Cara Ursin. With these four early commitments, the Lady Bears’ 2017 recruiting class has been recognized as one of the best in the nation, earning the No. 1 ranking by Prospects Nation for the second-straight season…
