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Baylor forced five sets against the Aggies Wednesday in College Station but could not come away victorious, losing by a final score of 3-2 (20-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-25, 5-15).

The Baylor soccer team is off to its best start since the 1996 inaugural season, when it raced out to a 10-1-1 start.

While the Baylor football team will look to improve its record to 3-0 Saturday against Rice, the Baylor (11-4) volleyball team will be playing their second Big 12 match up against Kansas State (11-3) at 7 p.m. in Manhattan, Kan.

As the ball went over the goalkeeper’s outstretched arms and into the back of the net, junior midfielder Larissa Campos finally had her confidence fully restored. It was a confidence she had been in search of for nearly two full years, battling a long, painful recovery from a torn ACL.

The Longhorns and the Wildcats are the matchups the Bears will be granted this weekend. Baylor soccer (7-2-1) will continue Big 12 play on the road when it faces the University of Texas Longhorns (6-2) at 7 p.m. today in Austin. Then they will travel back up I-35 to play host to the Weber State Wildcats (2-6) at 1 p.m. Sunday on Betty Lou Mays Field.

Despite their efforts, the Lady Bears’ volleyball team could not keep #25 Oklahoma from their first Big 12 win; however Baylor gave them a run for their money with a 3-1 match (25-22, 24-26, 26-24, 25-18.)

What happens in Vegas won’t be staying in Vegas but coming back to Waco for the rest of the 2011 season. Over the weekend, Baylor volleyball (10-3) won the UNLV Classic while three Bears brought home individual awards.

It was a weekend of firsts for the Baylor soccer team, which was victorious on Sunday after falling on Friday. In Sunday’s home win versus the Utah Valley Wolverines (3-6) the Bears improved to 7-2-1, and two players scored their first goal of the season.

Despite their efforts, the Bears’ volleyball team couldn’t hand TCU its first loss of the season, as Baylor got swept 3-0 (19-25, 20-25, 24-26.)

The Baylor soccer team played two games this weekend in Louisville, Ky., and returned to Waco with one win and one loss. On Friday, the Bears (4-1-1) used three second-half goals to fly past Louisville (1-3-1), 3-0. In Sunday’s match against Kentucky, the Bears fell 2-1, despite outshooting the Wildcats (5-0-0), 20-9.

The Bears volleyball team powered their way through West Virginia University 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-20) Monday night at the Ferrell Center.

The Lady Bears took the Ferrell Center court for their second match of the Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic against The University of Texas Pan-American and finished victoriously, sweeping UTPA 3-0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-19.)

Baylor soccer looks to keep its undefeated streak alive this weekend as it travels to Kentucky for two games. Baylor (3-0-1) will face Louisville (1-1-1) tonight and Kentucky (3-0-0) on Sunday. Both games will be played at Cardinal Park in Louisville, Ky. Coach Marci Jobson said this will be her team’s biggest test of the season so far, as it will have to face a speedy Louisville squad and a Kentucky team that has not lost as well.

Free-spirited, lively, team-oriented, intellectual, carefree and dominant were some of the words used to describe freshman midfielder Alexa Wilde by her head coach and teammates.

The soccer team walked away from Betty Lou May Field Friday night with a win against Cal State Northridge 1-0 at the, making Baylor two for two at home with a season record of 2-0-1.

Baylor women’s basketball standout Melissa Jones has hung up her basketball shoes but stepped back on the Ferrell Center court in volleyball shoes.