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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.
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
Baylor basketball’s new home, the Paul & Alejandra Foster Pavilion, is projected to open on Jan. 2 for the men’s team and Jan. 3 for the women’s.
From familiar foes to new faces, the 2023-24 Big 12 season will be filled with first times and last times, meaning the Baylor Bears are in for potentially one of the most hyped seasons of all time.
How students think the offseason is going so far for both Baylor basketball teams.
Women's Basketball
No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball fell to No. 7 University of Texas, 67-58 in the Big 12 Championship final Sunday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., snapping their 12-game winning streak as well as a 13-game winning streak over the Longhorns.
Senior forwards Nalyssa Smith and Caitlin Bickle both picked up career highs in points to push Baylor women’s basketball to the Big 12 Championship game.
No. 4 Baylor women’s basketball advance to the semifinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament after beating Oklahoma State University in the quarterfinals 76-36 Friday afternoon.
Equestrian
Class from 8 a.m. until noon. Lunch. Then practice and rehab. Practice for four hours. Go home, eat and study. Try to be in bed by midnight.
Acrobatics and tumbling senior, Ginger Plemmons balances all of the above exceedingly well. She manages to stay focused on the mat and carries a 3.86 GPA.
“Well, I don’t get that much sleep. I mean you just have to stay motivated to succeed at both,” Plemmons said. “So I just study in between practice or really late at night. Whenever I have time really.”
Baylor’s equestrian team scrimmaged Saturday with an exhibition meet against Southern Methodist University. Baylor won Western 6-4 but lost Hunterseat 7-5 and the overall competition after a tiebreaker was enforced.
Baylor’s head coach Ellen White remained upbeat after the meet.
“It was exactly what we wanted to do,” said White.
It was an opportunity to see which players were going to step up and to work out the kinks of hosting an event, White said.
Energy levels were high as the Baylor Acrobatics and Tumbling team won its first meet of the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association season against Azusa Pacific.
The first half of the meet featured three events, each with multiple heats.
The three events were compulsories, acro heat and pyramid heat. There were 10 total heats from all three events combined.
Tennis
Interim head coach Michael Woodson has been a consistent presence for the Bears during his time in the program and has coached Baylor to a No. 2 ranking and a 16-2 record in dual-match play this spring.
No. 2 men’s tennis took down Arizona State 4-0 while the women bounced back from Saturday’s loss to Texas with a 4-2 win over Texas Tech.
Baylor’s eight-match winning streak was broken with the Bears loss to Texas Saturday. Baylor’s only other loss of the season was also to the Longhorns back in January.
Golf
The men’s golf team dominated its competition Monday and Tuesday in the Charleston Shootout, taking home the first-place crown in a tournament for the first time since 2009. It was a landslide victory for the Bears, who won the Charleston, S.C., tournament by 14 strokes.
The rays of light in the Sunshine State seemed to be missing the Baylor Lady Bears. Tuesday the women’s golf team finished 14th out of 15 in the Central District Invitational in Parrish, Fla. This came on the heels of finishing 11th of 17 last week in the UCF Invitational in Sorrento, Fla.
A top-five finish to start the spring season is what the Baylor men’s golf team comes back to Waco with, from the UTSA Oak Hills Invitational in San Antonio.
In Case You Missed It
From Selection Sunday to the NCAA Track and Field Indoor Championship, Baylor Athletics had little time to rest. Here’s everything you may have missed over the one-week break.
While outdoor conditions fluctuate around chilly temperatures, Baylor Athletics stayed warm during winter break with a busy schedule. From bowl games to the first meet of the season, now that school is back in session, it’s time to catch up on everything you may have missed since finals.
Pro Sports
Missi was tabbed as the 22nd overall pick in ESPN’s Mock Draft on April 17, while Walter was projected in the lottery at No. 12. Fraschilla said they’re both “prototype NBA players once they physically mature in the next two, three, four [or] five years.”
In the 2023 season, Major League Baseball officials added the pitch clock to aid the speed of the game. After the season and now into 2024, I’ve seen that the pitch clock has been very useful and has accelerated the pace of the game.
Hot Seat
A recent request from the Trump Administration has put high school and youth sports in jeopardy. The administration’s 2026 fiscal budget request sent to Congress proposes eliminating funding for traumatic brain injury (TBI) research and education.
Hockey players from around the world work for years to be able to hoist a 34.5-pound trophy and hockey glory. Where rivalry, physicality and passion intersect and one of the most coveted trophies is on the line, the Stanley Cup Playoffs provide one of the most intense and exciting experiences in sports.
