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Equestrian in National Quarterfinals
NCEA Nationals are currently being held at the Extraco Center in Waco. Competition started yesterday, but the top four seeds (Georgia, Baylor, South Carolina, Texas A&M) all secured first round byes. Baylor competes at 8:30 a.m. today against No. 10 Oklahoma State, who knocked off No. 7 TCU in the first round yesterday.
PREVIEW: No. 2 Baylor Ready for NCEA Championship Run #SicEm http://t.co/L2HvIl0F0I pic.twitter.com/cCCjzKnAUk
— Baylor Equestrian (@BaylorEQ) April 16, 2015
Matchups for the day include:
No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 9 Kansas State
No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State
No. 3 South Carolina vs. No. 6 Fresno State
No. 4 Texas A&M vs No. 5 Auburn
Only one school in quarters comes from a school outside of the Big 12 or SEC.
Good luck to all of the athletes, especially our own. Horses rock.
Baseball at Oklahoma State Over Weekend
Baylor visits Stillwater this weekend with games on Saturday at 3, Sunday at 1, and Monday at 1. Baylor hasn't lost a series to the Pokes since 2007, but Oklahoma State has a very high ceiling this year despite struggling with inconsistency. They dominated Oklahoma earlier in the season but lost 15-5 at home to Oral Roberts earlier this week.
Preview for Baylor's 4 games in 4 days. Facing OK State on road, hosting Lamar on Tuesday: http://t.co/lCatHKyvWd #SicEm
— Baylor Baseball (@BaylorBaseball) April 17, 2015
No. 17 Softball Crushes No. 5 OU to Open Weekend Series
RECAP: No. 17 Baylor Stuns, Dominates No. 5 Oklahoma, 8-0 to Open Big 12 Series #SicEm http://t.co/0bS5tDZoUO pic.twitter.com/jgfI9c5vpX
— Baylor Softball (@BaylorSoftball) April 17, 2015
Skrong, softball. Heather Stearns threw a two-hit shutout against the visiting Sooners on ESPN2. As things stand right now, this gives Baylor an equal conference record with the Sooners and the Bears hold the tiebreaker. OU first baseman Lauren Chamberlain, who is poised to set the NCAA home run record, was struck out thrice. Robin Landrith and Christy Lisenby both hit home runs.
The series continues tonight at 6 p.m. in Getterman Stadium and will be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest and ESPN 1660.
Christy Lisenby with a pinch-hit 3R homer (4) and Baylor takes 8-0 advantage in T6 #SicEm pic.twitter.com/8qh62SIjlT
— Baylor Softball (@BaylorSoftball) April 17, 2015
Men's Tennis Beats Texas, Visits Tech
Baylor continued its mayorship of the courts in Austin with a 4-1 victory over Texas on Wednesday, but they now have an arguably more daunting challenge on Saturday: go into Lubbock and take down Tech, who did the Bears a favor by beating Oklahoma last week.
FULL RECAP from Austin where the Bears won again, 4-1, Wednesday. http://t.co/GQvrxqgbIH
— BaylorMTennis (@BaylorMTennis) April 16, 2015
Just as notable as the team's success this year is the way the Big 12 is promoting collegiate tennis by allowing fans to make noise and heckle opposing players. By taking some of the gentlemanliness out of the game, the conference is fostering competition and increasing attendance, and visiting journalist Tom Perrotta took a closer look at the new atmosphere when he visited Baylor vs. Oklahoma last weekend.
Always nice to see people talking about tennis. http://t.co/KObQrCMfJr pic.twitter.com/aPw7hnXLX0
— Tom Perrotta (@TomPerrotta) April 16, 2015
Women's Tennis Hosts Kansas, K-State
Two Wins Secures Regular Season Big 12 Title
Baylor closes out the regular season by hosting Kansas, K-State at the Hurd. PREVIEW: http://t.co/117Ikz6Urr
— BaylorWTennis (@BaylorWTennis) April 16, 2015
The new heckling rules are in effect for women's tennis as well, so if you're not afraid of relentlessly haranguing the lovely ladies of KU and KSU, head out to the Hurd today at 5 and Sunday at 1.