Leading off the second inning, junior third baseman Sarah Smith smashed a ball to left field that looked like it was gone; it fell just a few feet foul. Such was the day for Baylor softball in a disappointing 2-0 loss to drop the series to No. 13 Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon at Getterman Stadium.
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The Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team will defend its win against Azusa Pacific University on senior night in the last home meet of the season at 6:30 p.m. in the Ferrell Center in Waco.
It was a game of missed opportunities as No. 12 Baylor softball stranded seven runners on the way to falling to No. 13 Oklahoma 3-2 in the first game of the three-game weekend series against the Sooners.
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After a competitive campaign season for student body elections, Arlington junior Dominic Edwards was elected student body president. He received 1,617 votes, 502 more votes than his opponent San Antonio sophomore Chase Hardy.
The founders of Campus Bike, a company created to support more environmentally sustainable campuses, plan on changing the way students use on-campus transportation by bringing bike-sharing to Baylor’s campus.
A half-century after the passage of sweeping civil rights legislation, President Barack Obama declared that he had “lived out the promise” envisioned by Lyndon B. Johnson, the president who championed the push for greater racial equality.
Sometimes it feels like senior pitcher Whitney Canion has been at Baylor forever. Thanks to multiple injury-plagued seasons, this is Canion’s sixth year on campus. Throughout all the adversity, Canion has forged her path as the unquestioned greatest pitcher in Baylor softball history.
No. 12 Baylor softball will welcome defending national champion No. 13 Oklahoma to Getterman Stadium in a three-game conference showdown this weekend from Friday to Sunday.
Baylor baseball has suffered from sloppy form, after going winless last weekend against No. 8 Texas and dropping a mid-week 4-3 decision to Sam Houston State, but the Bears have a chance to turn it around this weekend with a three-game series against Dallas Baptist.
Being a pitcher in the rugged Big 12 Conference can be a cruel position at times. Pitchers are often plagued by various arm injuries, surgeries and long roads to recovery before getting to play again.
Waco is constantly evolving. From new restaurants to the new stadium, there is a steady stream of new reasons to celebrate Baylor’s home, and the Waco Symphony Council is teaming up with local businesses and the City of Waco for a day of celebration.
As students walked along Fountain Mall on Diadeloso, several stopped to see a man sitting on what appeared to be an invisible chair, suspended for 30 minutes in a restful pose with one leg crossed over the other.
Waco police reported no arrests or citations in connection with Diadeloso celebrations yesterday.
From dunking balls into baskets to dunking players into holy water, the Bears have experienced a season of immeasurable growth.
Thousands of people will make their way to Baylor’s campus come football season with the opening of McLane Stadium. With this comes several changes to game day, such as parking and tailgating. Baylor administrators have worked to plan for these activities for the past few months.
At the end of the 2014 NFL owners meetings in Orlando, the Competition Committee voted on issues concerning player safety and officiating. But perhaps the most interesting issue was the one that didn’t make it to the voting phase — the banning of the n-word.
“So, what are you doing after graduation?” That has to be the single most hated question for college seniors everywhere, the perfect answer to which is “lunch.”
Pope Francis leaves after an audience with Gregoriana University students in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday. During his speech, Francis called human trafficking “a crime against humanity” and has agreed to work with over a dozen countries to eliminate it.
If gratitude only makes an appearance once a year over a steaming plate of turkey and stuffing, something may be way off, a recent Baylor study found.
Early registration for the Waco Charter School, located on N 25th Street will come to a close today. The school provides a limited number of students in the area with the option to leave the school district they’d otherwise attend.
A man who escaped prison in his native Mexico while serving a murder sentence was executed in Texas on Wednesday for fatally beating a former Baylor University history professor and attacking his wife more than 16 years ago.
President Barack Obama visited Fort Hood Wednesday for the second time during his presidency to provide a message of hope and love a week after the post’s second shooting initiated by a soldier.
Geno Auriemma and UConn reached the top of women’s college basketball in unprecedented fashion. After winning a record ninth national championship — they stand alone.
LaPrise Harris-Williams is in her third season as head coach of Baylor’s newest intercollegiate athletics program, acrobatics and tumbling. Prior to her arrival at Baylor, Harris-Williams spent the last 18 years in San Antonio, Texas, as a tumbling clinician and choreographer. Harris-Williams has experience coaching all aspects of gymnastics, including acrobatics and tumbling and cheer. Harris-Williams was known as co-owner of Harris Gymnastics from 1995-2008, where she helped place two athletes on the 2001 World Team for USA Gymnastics.
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