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The No. 17 basketball recruit in the class of 2025 chose the Bears over USC and Arizona State.
With a brand new season comes a brand new style of fall ball for Thompson’s Bears. The green and gold will have three free and open-to-the-public scrimmages each week during the fall to showcase the team’s talent as each athlete competes for a starting position.
From blowing a two-score lead against Colorado to a failed comeback against No. 22 BYU, Baylor football has been only a few plays away from sitting atop the Big 12. But after failing to find one more first down in Boulder and falling into a 21-0 deficit against the Cougars, the green and gold are still hanging on to the idea of proving themselves.
Baylor Soccer is five games into Big 12 play with only one win and is still set to face tough opponents to make their push for the Big 12 Championship.
Texas Tech transfer Cristina Tiglea entered this season ranked No. 27 in the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
The Baylor Lariat’s sports staff makes their picks ahead of Tuesday’s Wild Card Series.
Baylor Equestrian capped off its preseason schedule Sunday afternoon with a near-perfect overall performance in a scrimmage against Tarleton State, winning 19-1.
Making the most of limited opportunities and slowing down No. 22 TCU’s steady attack, Baylor soccer was able to come away with its second draw against a nationally ranked team this week, landing a 1-1 tie against the Horned Frogs Sunday afternoon at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
Baylor football appears to have two main problems: it can’t start games, and it can’t finish games.
Allowing 21 unanswered points in the first 12 minutes of the game, Baylor football dug itself into a hole too big to overcome, falling to No. 22 BYU 34-28 on Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium.
It’s same old, same old for the Bears, whose slow starts continue to make opponents look like world-beaters.
Baylor cross-country competed at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. on Friday, with the women finishing 27th out of 38 teams and the men finishing 33rd of 36.
In a match eerily reminiscent of Wednesday’s victory over Arizona, the No. 19 Bears took down the No. 14 Sun Devils 25-21, 25-22, 17-25, 25-17. Five different Baylor players had eight or more kills, and the rowdy Ferrell Center crowd spooked Arizona State (12-2, 1-1) into committing 25 errors, with the help of a fan gold-out and a healthy swarm of interfering crickets.
After capping off a four-game homestand with a win against Houston on Sunday, Baylor soccer fought to a 1-1 draw to end the Big 12 leading No. 16 Colorado Buffaloes’ eight-match win streak Thursday night at Prentup Field in Boulder, Colo.
In the heat of high-level competition, Baylor men’s tennis is already seeing the fruits of its labor pay off. After six days of prequalifying and qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships, the green and gold battled two doubles duos into the quarterfinals of the main draw on Thursday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
Baylor Volleyball serves Arizona its first loss of the season in a 3-1 thriller in Waco.
After shutting out Houston 4-0 on Sunday, Baylor soccer must carry its momentum all the way to Boulder, Colo., to take on No. 16 Colorado on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Prentup Field.
The Bears traded out two-thirds of their roster after three consecutive second-round NCAA Tournament exits.
In Big 12 football, every week is another chance to prove yourself. For Baylor football, Saturday’s 11 a.m. matchup against No. 22 BYU at McLane Stadium isn’t just about bouncing back but also proving that losses won’t string together like they did in the previous two seasons.
No. 19 Baylor volleyball is set to kick off Big 12 play against Arizona and No. 14 Arizona State this week, closing out a nine-game homestand which will see the Bears play five teams ranked in the latest AVCA Top 25 poll.
From prime-time football in Colorado to penalty kicks on the Brazos, another eventful weekend in Baylor Athletics came and went. While the Bears fighting in the mountains were cast under the national spotlight, here’s everything else you may have missed in the Baylor sports world over the weekend.
Baylor’s spectacular special teams showing whittled away by mistakes in overtime loss to Colorado.
Wenfei Yu starred in Waco as Zuzanna Kubacha won her opening game in Cary, North Carolina.
In the first afternoon match of the season, as temperatures neared triple digits, Baylor soccer secured its first win of conference play and broke a four-game winless streak against Houston, 4-0, Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Baylor football marched into Boulder looking to make a statement in front of a national audience. Instead, the prime-time duel was defined by Colorado’s improbable last-minute heroics which sealed a 38-31 overtime victory over the Bears on Saturday night at Folsom Field.
The Bears allowed there opponents to score more than 17 points just once against a talented Rainbow Warriors team.
For the first time in program history, Baylor soccer hosted Arizona Thursday night at Betty Lou Mays Field. Fighting against an aggressive offense, the Bears dropped the tight contest, 1-0.
In ancient Greece, athletes competed in events for a chance at glory, fame and prestige. In 2024 at Baylor University, Greek life competes in intramural sports with the same goals.
The Bears are set to host the brand-new fall NCAA Individual Championships in November.
