Head coach Dave Aranda expressed his enthusiasm for the way his team competed over the summer, sharing the athletes’ excitement in early fall.
Author: Michael Haag
Michael Haag
Michael Haag is a third year Journalism student from Floresville, a small town about 30 miles south of San Antonio. Haag is entering his third year at the Lariat and is hoping to continue developing his sports reporting skill set. After graduation, he plans to work on a Master’s degree in Journalism in order to one day teach at the college level. He does, however, plan on becoming a sports reporter for a publication after grad school.
From upsets over top-ranked teams to protecting home turf against conference foes, Baylor athletics has had another strong year. Even though both golf teams, softball, baseball and track and field are still competing as part of the 2022-2023 season, here’s a compilation of the best sports moments of the past year.
Baylor has a long way to go coming off a disappointing 6-7 season that followed a program-best 12-2 season in 2021. Here are five things Baylor needs in order to have a bounce-back campaign.
Less than two weeks removed from losing a conference series to the Cyclones, Baylor came up short once again. The fourth-seeded Bears fell by a score of 8-1 to Iowa State in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship.
The Bears won’t get Waco weather in Pullman, Wash., when they take part in the NCAA Pullman Regional from Monday to Wednesday.
The Bears will have to defeat the Mustangs for the second time in less than a month when the two squads face off at 10 a.m. on Friday at the Mitchell Tennis Center in Bryan-College Station.
Seven former Bears earned free agent contracts or minicamp invites while defensive lineman Siaki “Apu” Ika was drafted by the Cleveland Browns.
The Bears were able to get through the required five innings of action in their win over the Bobcats on Wednesday at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears gained offensive firepower when they added sophomore first baseman Shaylon Govan to their roster from Stephen F. Austin State University.
Head coach Dave Aranda told reporters on Saturday that a QB decision will be made at some point this week.
Lots went on over the busy Green and Gold weekend, so here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears battled back from their rough start on Friday, but No. 23 Oklahoma State University took home the Big 12 championship on Sunday at the Dallas Athletic Club in Dallas.
The Bears failed to score a run on the Sooners over the weekend, as they dropped all three contests by a combined score of 13-0.
The Bears came up short of advancing to the Big 12 Championship semifinals, as they fell 4-2 to the Sooners on Friday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kan.
The Bears will play host to the top-ranked Sooners this weekend for a three-game series, starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears took care of their first round match against the Wildcats Friday afternoon at the Jayhawk Tennis Center in Lawrence, Kan.
Junior Rosie Belsham said there’s no doubt in her mind that the Bears “are 100% the best team in the Big 12.”
The Bears will open postseason play against No. 10 seed Kansas State University at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center in Lawrence, Kan.
Redshirt freshman outside linebacker Kyler Jordan takes part in his first football offseason ever, since he grew up playing baseball.
The Bears outscored the Red Raiders 32-26 across the weekend to come away with the series win.
The Bears wrapped up their first of four games in four days, besting the Abilene Christian University Wildcats, 15-6, Thursday afternoon at Poly Wells Field in Abilene.
“My goal was just to have fun, no pressure at all, and that’s what I went out and did,” Callaway said. “It was a good last ride. I’m so glad that I was able to experience my five years at Baylor.”
The Bears have been here before, as they knocked off No. 1 Auburn University, 8-7, in the 2021 NCEA quarterfinals.
Rather than searching for Easter eggs, the Bears went hunting for victories over the weekend.
The Bears are moving on from six key offensive lineman and enter a new era with their front five for 2023.
The Bears will face another top-five opponent when they take part in the Tennessee Invitational, which runs from Thursday through Friday.
The Bears have their new defensive leader in defensive coordinator and safeties coach Matt Powledge, who now has to figure out what his safety room will look like in 2023.
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Head coach Dave Aranda’s new defensive coordinator, Powledge, couldn’t stay away for long.
The Bears’ cornerbacks played at the line of scrimmage in 2021, and will be doing that again in 2023 under new defensive coordinator Matt Powledge.
