Baylor News
Men’s and women’s tennis returns to Waco this weekend. The men take on Seminole State College at 1 p.m. Saturday, followed immediately by a match with UT Arlington. The women welcome Nebraska at 5 p.m. today and Iowa State at 1 p.m. Sunday. Notably for the men, senior John Peers was selected Tuesday as the Big 12 player of the week, giving him the honor in back-to-back weeks.
The men’s and women’s track teams are competing in the 84th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. Freshman Tiffani McReynolds enters the weekend with the NCAA’s fastest time in the 100-meter hurdles at 12.91. A hurdler to watch for the men is freshman Gabriel El Hanbli, who ranks among the top 10 in the 400-meter hurdles at 50.83. The meet’s events continue through Saturday, concluding with the 4×400 meter relay.
The Wind Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in Jones Concert Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building. The free program includes the regional premiere of a work by Baylor composer Scott McAllister and a solo performance by Baylor trombonist Brent Phillips.
Softball’s bats hope to stay hot as the Lady Bears face the No. 21 Sooners this weekend in Norman, Okla. The Lady Bears are 4-2 in Big 12 play among a conference full of solid programs, with eight of the 10 schools nationally ranked in the top 25. Currently, Baylor has a combined ERA of 1.24, second in the Big 12 behind Texas, and the offense brings momentum from a midweek, doubleheader sweep of Texas Tech, in which the Lady Bears belted three homers in the second game.
Waco News
Covid-19
“Since July 1st, Baylor’s campus has had nine positives out of 48 tests,” Stern said. “And in the last month alone, we have had seven positives out of 29 tests, which is almost a 25% positivity rate.”
State News
Texas voters turned out in historic numbers Tuesday, delivering victories for State Rep. James Talarico and forcing a runoff between Attorney General Ken Paxton and incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the state’s U.S. Senate contest that claimed national attention. The total early-voting turnout of more than 2.5 million marks the highest ever for a midterm primary election. The results also kicked off the 2026 midterm cycle.

