Taking in the California sunshine, Baylor softball split the first day of the Mary Nutter Classic, walking off Nevada 5-4 in eight innings before falling to No. 15 Nebraska 4-1 Thursday at the Field of Dreams Complex in Cathedral City.
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No. 19. Baylor softball opened the 2025 season in the Aggie Classic, finishing the five-game weekend with a 6-4 loss to Utah State and an 8-2 win over Villanova on Saturday afternoon at Davis Diamond in College Station with a 3-2 record.
After more than eight months since the Bears fell one game short of their first Women’s College World Series appearance since 2017, they return to the diamond once again at the Aggie Classic.
Following months of restless nights thinking about how an additional 10 feet of distance on a warning track shot could have changed history, head coach Glenn Moore’s Bears kicked off spring practices on Jan. 15 hungry. A midseason hiccup in 2024 helped the team come together and rally to succeed, and those memories still roll through Moore’s mind as he gazes at a new look squad in chilly January weather.
Baylor dusted Houston Christian 14-4 in a five-inning run-rule victory on Tuesday night at Getterman Stadium.
Junior first baseman Shaylon Govan finished 5-for-6 in the box across Tuesday’s doubleheader, bringing her season batting average to .500.
The Bears lost the weekend series despite holding a lead or keeping the score tied in 20 of 22 innings.
The Bears — who won 40 games for the first time since 2017 last year — will face five ranked opponents in nonconference play this season.
The Bears returned all but one member of their 2023 roster, a team that won 40 games for the first time since 2017.
From upsets over top-ranked teams to protecting home turf against conference foes, Baylor athletics has had another strong year. Even though both golf teams, softball, baseball and track and field are still competing as part of the 2022-2023 season, here’s a compilation of the best sports moments of the past year.
Less than two weeks removed from losing a conference series to the Cyclones, Baylor came up short once again. The fourth-seeded Bears fell by a score of 8-1 to Iowa State in the first round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship.
The Bears were able to get through the required five innings of action in their win over the Bobcats on Wednesday at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears gained offensive firepower when they added sophomore first baseman Shaylon Govan to their roster from Stephen F. Austin State University.
The Bears failed to score a run on the Sooners over the weekend, as they dropped all three contests by a combined score of 13-0.
The Bears will play host to the top-ranked Sooners this weekend for a three-game series, starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears will face another top-five opponent when they take part in the Tennessee Invitational, which runs from Thursday through Friday.
The Bears came away with a pair of wins over the Jayhawks on Saturday as part of a doubleheader at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears escaped their second game in two days with a 3-2 win over the Bobcats on Wednesday at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos.
The Bears shut out the Mavericks, 5-0, Wednesday afternoon at Allan Saxe Field in Arlington to give head coach Glenn Moore his 1,000th career win.
The Bears were lifted to victory by sophomore infielder Amber Toven’s game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning.
The Bears were led by freshman right-handed pitcher RyLee Crandall in the circle, as she allowed just two hits to help Baylor secure an 8-0 run-rule victory over the Mavericks on Tuesday night at Getterman Stadium.
The Bears made national headlines over the weekend and have the potential to have a stellar year in 2023.
With all the sports that went on over the weekend, here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears knocked off the top-ranked Sooners 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Getterman Stadium for Baylor’s first win over Oklahoma in nearly six years.
The Bears were led by junior right-handed pitcher Dariana Orme, who tossed the first seven-inning game in program history.