By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer The No. 3 Baylor Lady Bears stayed hot with a forceful 79-47 victory over the…
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By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer No. 6 Baylor Lady Bears opened conference play with a 61-45 comeback win over No.…
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer The No. 11 Lady Bears overcame early first-half struggles to beat UT-Pan American Wednesday night…
The bye week is over and the final stretch of the season is out in front of No. 7 Baylor football. Three games remain for the Bears to defend their Big 12 conference title.
Waco has flourished into one of the nation’s epicenters of women’s basketball. For the second year in-a-row, the Lady Bears will host the Basketball Travelers Inc. (BTI) Classic – a three-day, weekend-long round-robin tournament between Baylor, Utah State, Stetson University and Texas Pan-American.
The No. 8 Lady Bears tracked their steps back from last season against Kentucky on Monday night – an early season loss to a top-25 ranked Kentucky team, exposing issues as well as potential in head coach Kim Mulkey’s team.
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer The No. 8 Lady Bears picked up their first loss of the season after No.…
The 2014-15 season began with a 101-60 victory for the No. 8 Lady Bears Friday night at the Ferrell Center over the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles. After a strong showing in the team’s second exhibition game last week, sophomore forward Nina Davis continued her good form, leading the Lady Bears with 22 points and 10 rebounds Friday night.
Big 12 WBB Roundup: Texas picked to win; Baylor close behind
If defense and special teams provided the spark for the Bears’ first-ever win in Norman, Okla., Coleman was the fireworks show.
Sophomore forward Nina Davis, freshman guard Kristy Wallace shined and junior post Kristina Higgins shined in the No. 8 Lady Bears’ exhibition game versus Tarleton State on Monday night at the Ferrell Center. It was the second of two exhibition games ahead of the Lady Bears’ 2014-15 regular season. The Lady Bears defeated the TexAnns 102-41.
Shootout heartbreak marked the end of No. 7-seeded Baylor soccer’s season at the Big 12 Conference Championship Tournament against the No. 6-seeded University of Oklahoma on Friday in Kansas City, Kan. The Bears were ousted by a recurring theme this season – stout defense and an ineffective offense.
After losing senior offensive tackle Troy Baker to an ACL injury and another injury to junior right guard Desmine Hilliard, concerns surround the Bears’ offensive line. The offensive line was already under fire after a poor performance against West Virginia, and with the two injuries, even more repairing had to be done with the personnel.
Baylor soccer is just two wins away from a Big 12 Tournament Championship after a stunning 1-0 upset over No. 2 Oklahoma State on Wednesday. Three of the four Big 12 Tournament matches on Wednesday saw the lower-seeded team win. The only higher-seeded team to make it out of the first round was No. 1 West Virginia with a 2-1 win over TCU.
In the dawn of a new era for Baylor women’s basketball, the No. 8 Lady Bears downed Midwestern State University 99-56 in an exhibition game at the Ferrell Center Tuesday night. For many newcomers to the team, the game was a chance to get valuable playing time before the regular season. For head coach Kim Mulkey, it was an opportunity to test her players in different spots on the floor.
Baylor soccer’s junior midfielder Bri Campos and freshman forward Precious Akanyirige earned All-Big 12 honors on Monday. Campos was named second-team All-Big 12, and Akanyirige made the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team.
Baylor women’s cross country finished third and the men’s team finished sixth at the 19th annual Big 12 Cross Country Championships in Lawrence, Kan., on Saturday. In addition, three Lady Bear runners garnered All-Big 12 honors- senior Rachel Johnson, senior Mariah Kelly and sophomore Maggie Montoya.
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer It won’t count toward the regular season record, but Baylor Lady Bears basketball plays Midwestern…
Moving past the Brittney Griner era was part of the Baylor women’s basketball’s maturation process last season. With the loss of Griner, much of the responsibility, defensively and offensively, was put on Odyssey Sims’ shoulders. Growing out of that dependency on Sims will be inevitable for the Lady Bears in the 2014-15 season.
It’s been a season of ups and downs for Baylor soccer. The Bears were tested by strong opponents and produced some impressive victories, but struggled with being consistent in Big 12 play. The Bears’ regular season of mixed results ends at 7 p.m. tonight in Morgantown, W.Va. against the conference-leading West Virginia.
Big 12 soccer: Teams jockeying for tourney positioning
Baylor football was ranked No. 13 in the inaugural College Football Playoff poll released on Tuesday night. The Bears were one of five Big 12 teams ranked.
After salvaging a win in Norman, Okla., on Sunday, it became clear that the Bears are not going down without a fight. With only three conference games remaining in the season, Baylor soccer plays in two pivotal Big 12 matches this weekend.
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer It had been over 10 years since Baylor soccer had won a match in Norman,…
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer Kansas (14-1-0, 4-0-0) The Jayhawks just keep rolling in the Big 12. Many predicted West…
It was only the second time that two Associated Press top 10 teams had met in Waco, and the Bears came out on top with a captivating 61-58 victory over the No. 9 TCU Horned Frogs at McLane Stadium on Saturday night.
No. 5 Baylor trails No. 9 TCU at the half 31-24 at McLane Stadium in Waco.
Two weeks into Big 12 Conference play, Baylor soccer sits in a decent position with a 1-1-1 record, with the most recent game ended in a disappointing 1-1 tie with TCU on Friday.
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer AUSTIN — Special teams and the running game stepped up for No. 7 Baylor football…
By Jeffrey Swindoll Sports Writer AUSTIN — Baylor leads rival University of Texas 7-0 at the half thanks to a…