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.
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Waco’s former premier sporting venue hosted professional baseball teams, historic integration games and even the town’s first presidential visit. Its legacy, though tainted, tells the story of the town it called home.
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.
As finals arrive and campus begins to slow, Baylor athletics is only picking up speed. With postseason play across the board, May will define which teams keep their seasons alive and which ones make a championship push.
Baylor guard Will Kuykendall, who came to Waco after two years with the Arizona Wildcats, is back in the transfer portal after a meaningful year with the Bears.
In a regular season filled with ups and downs, a young Baylor squad was forced to grow up quickly. But through the gauntlet of the Big 12, the Bears showed resilience as they matured into a postseason-ready team.
Baylor’s season came to a close Sunday as the Bears fell 4-1 to Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Baylor men’s and women’s tennis won their first-round NCAA Tournament games, with the men moving on to host a Super Regional. Plus, softball won its biggest game of the year against the Red Raiders.
Baylor took the first two games of the series, but dropped Sunday’s finale after a five-run ninth inning put Texas Tech in front of Baylor 8-3.
Behind another commanding doubles point and singles wins from Luc Koenig, Devin Badenhorst and Alexandru Chirita, Baylor protected home court Saturday to keep its postseason run alive. With the win, the Bears move one step closer to the NCAA quarterfinals and return to Waco next weekend with even bigger stakes.
After a rain delay and chilly May conditions, the Bears leaned on a commanding doubles point and straight-set singles wins from Zsombor Velcz, Luc Koenig and Devin Badenhorst to make quick work of Tulsa. Baylor now turns its attention to Auburn with a Round of 16 berth on the line Saturday night.
After splitting the first two games of the series, the Bears drop the series finale against No. 4 Texas Tech 8-0 from pitcher NiJaree Canady’s perfect game.
Nicki Collen has retooled Baylor’s roster around star guard Taliah Scott after another 25-win season ended before the Bears could break through their March ceiling. Now the question is whether the new-look pieces can turn regular-season consistency into the deeper postseason run the team has been chasing.
Felecia Mulkey built acrobatics and tumbling from the ground up, then led Baylor to 11 straight national titles. But beyond the banners, “Coach Fee’s” legacy lives in the athletes she shapes, the culture she protects and the heart behind college athletics’ most dominant dynasty.
Freshman third baseman Kaygen Marshall, a Robinson native, is becoming a breakout star for Baylor softball. Marshall is proving that she didn’t need to go far to become a star.
While transferring from Old Dominion to Baylor, junior Connor Van Schalkwyk embraced some familiar faces in his transition to a new program.
After missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2018, the Bears lost seven rotation players and began another ground-up rebuild — this time, with a baseline of continuity.
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 is heading back to the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time under head coach Joey Scrivano, hoping this is the year to bring a championship back to Waco.
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.
Mingo, the No. 6 recruit in the 247Sports Composite, brings size and scoring ability to Waco. The Bears have now brought in a top-15 prospect in six straight recruiting classes.
Acrobatics and tumbling did it again, baseball and softball are slipping and men’s and women’s tennis are awaiting their NCAA Tournament fates.
No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling capped its final NCATA championship run with a 271.835-266.265 win over Quinnipiac and extending its winning streak to 62 meets.
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.
The Cowgirls’ six-run seventh made the difference in an 8-1 Baylor loss on senior day, as Oklahoma State completed the series sweep in convincing fashion.
The Bears capped off their spring practice period with an open showcase where the team demonstrated some of the work it accomplished in the month-long padded grind.
Multiple Baylor players are expected to be selected in this year’s NFL Draft. Tap in to see where the Bears are headed.
They met with nothing guaranteed — not playing time, not recognition, not what came next. Now as the NFL Draft and graduation arrive, Josh Cameron and Joy Wells step into a future they built together through faith and belief.
