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GETTERMAN CLASSIC INFORMATION PAGE

BAYLOR (0-0)
Hosts the Third-Annual
GETTERMAN CLASSIC

Feb. 6-8, 2004
Getterman Stadium
Waco, Texas

Live Coverage
Radio: None
Live Audio: None
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Television: None

Baylor opens its 2004 season this weekend, hosting Auburn, North Texas, Northwestern State, Pacific and Wichita State for the third-annual Getterman Classic. The Lady Bears finished 31-29 in 2003, the third consecutive season in which Baylor has won at least 30 games and the third consecutive season in which the Lady Bears have been nationally ranked at some point. For the first time in the tournament's three-year history, the Getterman Classic will feature games at Getterman Stadium and at Waco's Little League Softball Complex, located approximately one-half mile east of the Ferrell Center on University Parks Drive. Live stats for all games at Getterman Stadium are available online at www.BaylorBears.com, the official website of Baylor Athletics and a member of the Official College Sports Network.

The Schedule
Friday, Feb. 6
Auburn vs. Northwestern State, 10 a.m.
Wichita State vs. Pacific, 10 a.m. *
Pacific vs. North Texas, 12:30 p.m.
Northwestern State vs. Baylor, 3 p.m.
North Texas vs. Auburn, 3 p.m. *
Baylor vs. Wichita State, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 7
Wichita State vs. Auburn, 10 a.m.
Pacific vs. Northwestern State, 10 a.m. *
Auburn vs. Baylor, 12:30 p.m.
North Texas vs. Wichita State, 12:30 p.m. *
Northwestern State vs. North Texas, 3 p.m.
Baylor vs. Pacific, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 8
Auburn vs. Pacific, 9 a.m.
Wichita State vs. Northwestern State, 11 a.m.
Baylor vs. North Texas, 2 p.m.

* - at Little League Softball Field
Home Team Listed First

The Series
Baylor vs. Auburn: Never Met
Baylor vs. North Texas: Never Met
Baylor vs. Northwestern State: Baylor leads 9-2
Baylor vs. Pacific: Baylor leads 1-0
Baylor vs. Wichita State: WSU leads 5-4

HEAD COACH Glenn Moore
Glenn Moore is in his fourth season as Baylor's head coach, coming to Waco after a stellar three-year stint at Louisiana State. In his first season at Baylor, Moore led the Lady Bears to a 38-22 overall record and a sixth-place, 7-9 mark in the Big 12 Conference. The following season, he guided the Lady Bears to even greater successes with more than 50 team and individual, single-game and single-season school records. Baylor finished 46-18 overall and 10-8 in the Big 12 Conference, establishing school marks for victories in a season, conference victories in a season and highest conference finish (fourth). Moore led Baylor to a third straight 30-win season in 2003, and the Lady Bears cracked the NFCA Top 25 for the third consecutive year. During the 2003 season, Moore claimed his 100th victory as Baylor's head coach with the Lady Bears 3-0 triumph against Texas Tech. He is now 115-69 (.625) in three seasons at Baylor. Moore has a career record of 254-111 (.696); he posted a 22-17 mark in his first year as a collegiate head coach at William Carey in Mississippi. Moore is 232-92 (.716) at the Division I level.

GETTERMAN CLASSIC FIELD
Baylor is 14-7 all-time against the five teams competing in this weekend's Getterman Classic. The Lady Bears are 9-2 against Northwestern State, 1-0 against Pacific and 4-5 against Wichita State. Baylor has never faced Auburn nor North Texas.

GETTERMAN CLASSIC HISTORY
This is the third rendition of the Getterman Classic, presented by Compass Bank and Hilton. The first two Getterman Classics were four-team, double round-robin events. In 2002, Baylor won the inaugural event, going 6-0 with wins over Northwestern State, Southern and Texas-Arlington. Northwestern State and UTA tied for second at 3-3, splitting their two games. Southern finished fourth, losing all six games. Last year, Baylor repeated as champion, again going 6-0. The Lady Bears defeated Centenary, Florida and Texas-Arlington. Florida (3-3) finished second, Texas-Arlington (2-4) finished third and Centenary (1-5) finished fourth. In 12 games at the Getterman Classic, Baylor has out-scored its opponents 96-9 with five shutouts and two run-rule games.

BAYLOR IN SEASON OPENERS
Baylor is 10-8 in season openers since 1979; however, the Lady Bears are 6-2 in such games since the reinstatement of the program in 1996, and they have won 10 of their last 14 season openers. Last season, Baylor won its fifth straight season opener, defeating Centenary 12-0 in six innings at the Getterman Classic. The last team to defeat the Lady Bears in a season opener was Illinois-Chicago; the Flames knocked off BU 2-0 Feb. 13, 1998 at the UTA College Classic in Arlington, Texas.

BAYLOR IN HOME OPENERS
This marks the third straight season but only the seventh time ever that Baylor has opened its season at home. The Lady Bears are 10-8 in home openers since 1979, including a 12-0 victory over Centenary last year. Baylor has won six of eight such contests since the reinstatement of the program in 1996.

BIG 12 COACHES TAB LADY BEARS SIXTH
Baylor was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 Conference this season, according to the preseason coaches' poll. The Lady Bears garnered 44 total points in the poll, one point behind fifth-place Missouri. Oklahoma edged Nebraska for top billing in the preseason picks. The Sooners received six of 10 first-place nods and 78 total points. The Huskers collected each of the four remaining first-place votes and 75 total points. Texas A&M (62 points) and Texas (57) were picked third and fourth, respectively. Oklahoma State (34), Kansas (25), Iowa State (19) and Texas Tech (11) rounded out the poll in that order.

HOME, SWEET HOME
Since the beginning of the 2002 season, Baylor is 43-15 at Getterman Stadium. In three years under head coach Glenn Moore, Baylor is 58-21 (.734) at Getterman Stadium. Baylor posted a 25-6 record at home in 2002, establishing a school record for home wins in a season. The Lady Bears also enjoyed a school-record 24-game home winning streak that dated back to 2001 season. Last year, Baylor posted 18 victories at Getterman, second in the stadium's history. The Lady Bears are 72-34 (.679) all-time at the facility, which opened May 1, 1999.

GETTERMAN ATTENDANCE CONTINUES TO GROW
In 18 home dates, Getterman Stadium attracted 8,157 fans last season. Baylor ranked 13th nationally in total attendance for the second consecutive season. Getterman's average attendance of 453 fans established a school record, breaking the 2002 mark of 402, and ranked 18th nationally, a program best. Six of the 13 largest crowds in the stadium's five-year history came last season, including the two largest crowds - 979 vs. Texas (April 16) and 840 vs. Nebraska (April 5). Baylor has finished 21st or better in total attendance and 23rd or better in average attendance nationally each of the past three seasons.

BAYLOR-TEAM USA TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets for Baylor softball's March 11 two-game exhibition with the U.S. Olympic Team at Getterman Stadium are on sale through the Baylor Ticket Office. The Lady Bears and Team USA play at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. The games are part of the Olympic Team's college tour in preparation for the Games of the 28th Olympiad in Athens, Greece this summer. The event is in association with Texas ASA District 23. Single-game tickets are $15; tickets for both games can be purchased together for $25. The Team USA doubleheader is not part of the Baylor softball season ticket package. The Baylor Ticket Office is located in the North end zone complex at Floyd Casey Stadium. Ticket orders also can placed via phone at (254) 710-1000 or (800) BAYLOR-U ext. 7.

BAYLOR RECEIVES VOTES IN ESPN.COM POLL
For the second straight year, Baylor begins a season listed among teams also receiving votes in the national rankings. The Lady Bears are the ninth team out of the ESPN.com/USA Softball Preseason Top 25. Baylor began the 2003 season as the second team out of the NFCA Preseason Coaches Poll and eventually cracked the rankings at No. 25 for two weeks in March. The Lady Bears have been ranked nationally during each of the past three seasons. Defending national champion UCLA opens the season at No. 1 in the ESPN.com/USA Softball rankings, garnering 18 of 19 first-place votes. Baylor plays UCLA Feb. 20 at the Palm Springs Classic in California. 2002 national champion and second-ranked California received the 19th first-place vote. Arizona, Oklahoma and Washington round out the top five, followed by Alabama, Michigan, Nebraska, Louisiana-Lafayette and Georgia. Texas is ranked 11th, Texas A&M is 17th and Oklahoma State is 22nd, giving the Big 12 Conference five teams in the Top 25. Baylor is the next-highest ranked Big 12 school. Including UCLA and the five Big 12 schools, nine 2004 Baylor opponents are in the ESPN.com/USA Softball preseason rankings. Baylor plays No. 16 Cal State Fullerton Feb. 21 at the Palm Springs Classic, No. 18 Iowa March 4 at the Speedline Classic in Clearwater, Fla., and the Lady Bears host No. 25 Tennessee Feb. 27-29 for the Compass Bank Invitational. Other 2004 Baylor opponents Pacific, Texas State and South Florida also received votes.

TRANSFERS FIND HOME AT BAYLOR
Six members of the 2004 Lady Bears' squad transferred to Baylor from other schools, two coming in this season and four coming from four-year schools. In 2002, Danelle Arnold and Katie Decker transferred to Baylor from Nebraska, while Kelly Levesque transferred from Louisiana State. Last season, Amber Daniel joined the Baylor program after two all-America seasons at Temple [Texas] College. This year, Baylor adds two more transfers. Melissa Maler followed Daniel from Temple College, while Tessa Lynam followed Levesque from Louisiana State. Both are juniors for the 2004 season.

BAYLOR ADDS 4 EARLY SIGNEES
Head coach Glenn Moore signed four student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the fall early signing period: Jordan Daniels, Tiffany Hartsell, Nicole Jackson and Katie Ottens. Daniels is a senior at Tomball [Texas] High School where she competes in track for the Cougars. She plays softball for the Impact Gold travel team. Last year, she a member of the ASA national qualifier Spring-Klein Sliders, with whom she hit .523 with a .787 on base percentage. Hartsell will be a sophomore this spring at Navarro Junior College in Corsicana, Texas. She earned all-region honors as a freshman at Navarro. Hartsell prepped at Poteet High School in Mesquite, Texas, where she earned District 13-4A MVP honors in 2001 and 2002. She was a second-team all-area selection by the Dallas Morning News in 2002 after hitting .541 with five home runs and 36 RBI. Jackson, a left-handed pitcher from Midway High School in Hewitt, Texas, posted a 15-1 record with a 0.21 ERA last spring for the Pantherettes. She registered 102 strikeouts with only six walks and 39 hits allowed in 102.0 innings pitched. Jackson led Midway to the 2003 regional finals and was named District 15-4A Most Valuable Player. She played club ball for the Texas High Voltage Gold. Ottens, a shortstop, will come to Baylor from Hollywood Christian School in Sunrise, Fla. She was named second-team all-state by the Florida Sports Writers Association and first-team all-Broward County by The Miami Herald after hitting .430 with 37 runs scored and 21 RBI last spring. Ottens led Hollywood Christian to the 2003 state title, the school's fourth since 1995. Ottens played club ball for the Davie Power.

BAYLORBEARS.COM
Baylor's official athletic web site can be found at www.BaylorBears.com. The comprehensive site, which includes releases, photos, biographical sketches and audio broadcasts, is part of the Official College Sports Network. OCSN currently hosts sites for more than 100 universities, including four Big 12 schools.

BAYLOR SOFTBALL RADIO NETWORK
For the third straight season, the Baylor Radio Network provides live play-by-play broadcast for selected Baylor softball games. Larry Little handles play-by-play duties, while Lady Bear Katie Decker provides color analysis. Broadcasts can be heard on KRZI-AM 1660/1580AM in Waco, the flagship station of the Baylor Radio Network. Broadcasts also are available worldwide on the Internet at www.BaylorBears.com and Yahoo!Broadcast.com.

2004 Radio ScheduleMarch  29   OKLAHOMA (DH)                3:00 p.m.March  31   TEXAS A&M                    6:30 p.m.April   9   TEXAS TECH                   2:00 p.m.April  10   TEXAS TECH                   1:00 p.m.April  14   at Texas A&M                 6:30 p.m.April  21   at Texas                     6:30 p.m.April  24   IOWA STATE                   2:00 p.m.May     5   TEXAS                        6:30 p.m.May 13-16   at Big 12 Tournament               TBAMay 19-23   at NCAA Regionals                  TBAMay 26-31   at NCAA College World Series       TBA

INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS TV SHOW
Inside Baylor Sports, a half-hour look at the world of Baylor athletics, airs weekly throughout Central Texas and the region. The program, co-hosted by John Morris and Lori Scott-Fogleman, airs on KCEN-TV Channel 6, Fox Sports Net Southwest and the College Channel (Waco cable channel 18). KCEN carries the show at 10:30 p.m. Sundays, and it airs at 1 p.m. Wednesdays on FSN Southwest.

UP NEXT...
Baylor returns to action Tuesday, traveling to Arlington, Texas, for a 6 p.m. game at Texas-Arlington. The Lady Bears then return home Wednesday for a 6 p.m. contest against Texas State.