The International Olympic Committee voted to add five sports to the upcoming 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles on Monday. Among the five sports added, baseball and softball have taken the community by storm.
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With all the sports that went on over the weekend, here is everything you may have missed.
The Bears were led by junior right-handed pitcher Dariana Orme, who tossed the first seven-inning game in program history.
Baylor will honor former softball standout pitcher Whitney Canion by retiring her jersey (No. 11) – a first in program history – this weekend. Canion’s number will be retired prior to Baylor’s game against Oklahoma State at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Getterman Stadium.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer With a whirlwind of several sports happening at the same time, another joins the mix…
OKLAHOMA CITY – All day long, Baylor struggled in a way it had not struggled in years. Softball had not been run-ruled since the last game of the 2013 season. It had not lost a game by double-digits since this date three years ago.
Baylor Athletic Communications Baylor senior left-handed pitcher Whitney Canion was locked in Friday night, tying a postseason career high with…
It was a game of missed opportunities as No. 12 Baylor softball stranded seven runners on the way to falling to No. 13 Oklahoma 3-2 in the first game of the three-game weekend series against the Sooners.
Sometimes it feels like senior pitcher Whitney Canion has been at Baylor forever. Thanks to multiple injury-plagued seasons, this is Canion’s sixth year on campus. Throughout all the adversity, Canion has forged her path as the unquestioned greatest pitcher in Baylor softball history.
Every Baylor team thus far has advanced to the postseason. Softball, however, is in jeopardy of breaking that streak.
While the softballs used were not signed by the Great Bambino, the No. 25 Baylor Lady Bears played against No. 5 Texas like it was sand lot baseball.
The Baylor Lady Bears bounced back from a rough weekend in Orlando to sweep its doubleheader with Louisiana Tech 3-1 and 3-1.
Baylor softball won third place at the Fairfield Inn North-Texas Shootout this past weekend at Getterman Stadium, but lost its ace pitcher, redshirt junior Whitney Canion, to a torn ACL.
Baylor softball took both games of its doubleheader Tuesday against Northwestern State at Getterman Stadium.
After advancing to the Women’s College World Series semi finals and finishing fourth in the nation, No. 7 Baylor softball is back in action, “fueled by their past and driven by the future they seek.”
In only 14 innings of play, junior Whitney Canion already has 32 strikeouts.
The weather has cooled off and the wind has picked up. Yes, it’s softball season.
The 2010-2011 Baylor Lady Bears softball team went further than any team that preceded them, finishing the season with a record of 47-15.
Freshman Dallas Escobedo threw a five-hit shutout, Mandy Urfer hit a two-run homer and top-seeded Arizona State beat Baylor 4-0 on Sunday to reach the finals of the Women’s College World Series.
Holly Holl lined a shot over the left-field fence with two outs in the 13th inning, lifting Baylor to a 1-0 victory over Big 12 rival Missouri on Saturday night in the Women’s College World Series.
Kelsi Kettler hit a game-ending home run just inside the left-field foul pole in the eighth inning, and Baylor beat Big 12 rival Oklahoma State 1-0 on Thursday at the Women’s College World Series.
By Matt Larsen and Krista Pirtle Sports Writers Baylor baseball and softball are both nearing the homestretch, and each squad…
As a record crowd of 1,484, showed up to green out Getterman Stadium, the No. 3 Texas Longhorns shut out the Lady Bears’ softball team, 3-0.
Lightning lengthened and then cut short No. 14 Baylor softball’s home matchup against Texas State Tuesday, but not before the Bears took a 4-1, five-inning win into the locker room.
The No. 15 Lady Bears improved on their Big 12 record, now 7-3, as they swept the Kansas Jayhawks in a two-game series in Lawrence, Kan., last weekend.
After getting run-ruled after five innings in game one of its doubleheader at Houston, No. 15 Baylor softball battled through eight innings in game two to take the win and split the series.
The No. 17 Lady Bears softball team swept the Texas Tech Lady Raiders in a double header Wednesday, 5-1 and 10-3.
The Baylor softball team defeated the Missouri Tigers 3-2 with a walk-off sac-fly to right center on Saturday; however, it could not maintain this momentum as it went into Sunday’s game, losing 6-0.
Softball is obviously different than baseball: the ball is yellow and bigger, there is no mound or grass in the infield, the pitcher is closer to the batter and pitches the ball underhanded … oh yeah, the dugout is much louder.
Last weekend the battle between the No. 17 Baylor and No. 21 Texas A&M softball teams proved how tough conference play will be in 2011 as they split the series, both with walk-off home runs. Baylor took the first game Saturday, 2-1, in 11 innings and Texas A&M took the second, 6-5.