Baylor softball won a 3-2 rubber match over Utah on a walk-off hit from sophomore Sa’Mya Jones, giving the Bears their first Big 12 series win since March.
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Baylor enters the Big 12 Tournament with momentum, depth and a lineup built for postseason tennis, opening against Utah in Thursday’s quarterfinals with a potential rematch against TCU looming.
Baylor opened its offseason with a frontcourt boost, landing Utah forward Reese Ross as its first transfer addition Friday. The 6-foot-1 former No. 1 player in South Dakota brings Big 12 experience, rebounding production and needed versatility as Baylor rebuilds its rotation.
Baylor football will take on No. 13 Utah Saturday in a game with massive postseason implications for both teams. The Daily Utah Chronicle’s John Leone spoke with The Baylor Lariat about what to watch for on Saturday.
After an exciting home victory over UCF, the Bears got some time to recover during the bye week, with arguably their most difficult matchup of the season — No. 15 Utah — just around the corner.
Unlike past seasons, Baylor won’t have the luxury of easing into the schedule.
Ten sports editors and editors-in-chief from across the Big 12 teamed up to predict the nation’s least-predictable conference.
When redshirt freshman John Youens and sophomore catcher Brayden Buchanan brought a taxidermy bobcat to the field Friday, they knew it was going to be a staple at the ballpark. The magic happened again Saturday afternoon as Baylor Baseball shut out Utah 9-0 at Baylor Ballpark.
With a Tuesday night win over UT Arlington, the Bears (23-13, 6-9 Big 12) officially exceeded the win totals from the previous two seasons under Thomson (20 and 22, respectively). But after exploding for 18 runs on Saturday against Texas Tech, more than the team had scored in its previous six games combined, a 5-0 lead vanished on Sunday and the green and gold dropped their fourth Big 12 series.
The fifth-year big man became the 13th player in NCAA history with 2,000 points and 1,500 rebounds.
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.
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 jitters are gone for Baylor football after sprinting into the season with a dominant victory. Lingering around the corner, though, is a road test against No. 11 Utah, which offers the Bears a chance to storm back into the national limelight. Kickoff is slated for 2:30 p.m. on Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.
With 22 transfers making their Baylor football debut, fresh faces wasted no time writing their way into the record book. Led by sixth-year senior quarterback Dequan Finn, four transfers each scored a touchdown to lead the Bears to a season-opening 45-3 win over Tarleton Saturday night on the 10th anniversary of the first game played at McLane Stadium.
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah bring the conference’s membership to 16.
The most exciting news for the Big 12 in recent years has been the addition of new teams to the conference. Despite the loss of Texas and Oklahoma, a massive introduction of eight other teams makes up for it. However, the question is, how has conference realignment affected Big 12 sports, big and small?
The Horned Frogs beat the Bears for the eighth time in nine seasons.
While the much-anticipated Thanksgiving break approaches, many Baylor sports are still in full swing. There aren’t any events on Thanksgiving Day, but no need to worry: If you have a craving for more Baylor Athletics, it can be cured by a stacked slate of green and gold over the rest of the weeklong break.
The Bears’ upset of No. 4 Utah signals a return to the program’s Big-12-championship-winning ways.
In front of a record-breaking student crowd, No. 21 Baylor women’s basketball upset No. 4 Utah 84-77.
The No. 4 Utes will be the No. 21 Bears’ first big test of the season.
Baylor and TCU’s football rivalry is taking on an entirely different name when the two schools meet for the 119th time this weekend.
The Bears have now won 14-straight home openers.
The Big 12 is continuing to change and evolve through expansion, and both Baylor men’s and women’s basketball have the chance to benefit from it.
The Bears hope to win the 10th game of the last 13 against the Red Raiders on Saturday.
The Baylor football program has unintentionally created a culture that breeds apathy.
The Bears drowned the Sharks 30-7 Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium.
The Long Island Sharks will make the trip to Waco this weekend in hopes of snapping a two-game skid. It mirrors the situation Baylor football is in, as both squads hope to come out of this final tune-up game before conference play on top.
Here is everything you may have missed from Baylor Athletics over the weekend.
