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Baylor’s Liubov “Luba” Kostenko, a Ukrainian tennis phenom, was born to be a star.
The Mustangs, ranked No. 26 in the latest AVCA poll, swept the Bears 25-21, 25-15, 25-16.
The Big 12’s newest sport is women’s lacrosse, slated to start in 2025. Baylor has yet to join but has an interested club team — though it’s not the one you’d think.
It was the second full week of Big 12 sports, as Baylor played host to the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge and traveled on the road with other teams. But since it’s the heat of football season, here’s everything else you may have missed in Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
The Bears fell one hit short of a reverse sweep.
Baylor lost to the Utes in Salt Lake City, 23-12, but began to shake off the frost built up over the past two seasons.
After allowing 17 points and 151 total yards in the first quarter, the Bears (1-1) held the Utes (2-0) without another offensive touchdown and just 141 total yards for the rest of the game. Rising, a seventh-year college quarterback, was taken out of the game with 1:47 left in the second quarter after colliding with Gatorade coolers on the sidelines. Without Rising in the game, Utah only recorded 99 yards of offense.
The green and gold toppled the Golden Gophers in a thrilling fifth-set upset Friday night at the Ferrell Center.
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
“My dad always impressed me, the older he got, the more it was about his student-athletes and what kind of men, fathers and husbands they are,” Drew said. “When past players come in, to hear about their success and how they’re doing, personally I care most about that.”
Despite a crushing 85-76 loss to No. 6 seed Creighton University, No. 3 seed Baylor men’s basketball has a lot to look forward to in the 2023-24 season.
The Bears failed to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second-straight season after falling to the Bluejays, 85-76, Sunday night in the Ball Arena in Denver.
Women's Basketball
Seven-time WNBA All-Star and former Baylor Bear Brittney Griner is reportedly being detained in Russia after customs officials at Shremetyevo International Airport near Moscow found vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in her carry-on luggage last month.
No. 5 Baylor women’s basketball captured a share of their 12th-consecutive Big 12 regular season title with an 87-62 beatdown of No. 9 Iowa State University Monday night.
Senior forward NaLyssa Smith put on a show, playing every minute of the contest on her way to a career-high 33 points and 16 rebounds, becoming one of only six Bears in program history to record 1,800+ career points and 1,000+ career rebounds.
Equestrian
The Baylor equestrian team hopes to ride its way to a victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs on Friday at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.
The meet, which will begin at noon, marks the seventh competition for the Bears since the season began.
The Baylor equestrian team is coming off of a National Championship last season and the win of their first event of the 2012 season, The Willis Invitational. With all of their success, it is only appropriate that Baylor Nation is educated on what exactly it is that the team does. The team rides in both Western and English styles, competing in two events from each category.
From clinking spurs to pounding hooves, the Baylor equestrian team will be in full force this weekend as it travels to take on Kansas State and Oklahoma State.
“It will be a very full weekend of travel and running around,” head coach Ellen White said. “It is going to be a great time for the girls to get to know each other. One big road trip.”
The competitions this weekend will mark the team’s first Big 12 events of the season.
Tennis
The Bears fought hard for the doubles point and took victories on courts two, four and five in singles to clinch the win over Wake Forest.
The Bears are on a seven game tear taking a close win over the Horned Frogs on Thursday.
The Bears brushed up before their week off with a win over Tyler Junior College Thursday.
Golf
Toughness. That’s what Baylor women’s golf head coach Sylvia Ferdon is stressing to her team entering the spring portion of the season. Coming off one of the worst winters in her 17 seasons at Baylor, she told her team it was imperative to have mental toughness going into the season and stay the course.
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.
