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RV Baylor (23-15. 3-4 Big 12) at #14/15 Texas (34-9, 7-1 Big 12) Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Austin, Texas | McCombs Field (1,252)

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The Baylor softball team (23-15, 3-4) will play its ninth game in 12 days, taking on No. 14/15 Texas (34-9, 7-1) on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at McCombs Field in Austin.

The game can be heard live for free on baylorbears.com as Derek Smith and Alex Colyer bring fans all the action.

SCOUTING TEXAS
The Longhorns have won 10 of their last 11 games and sit in second in the Big 12 standings. UT leads the Big 12 in both batting average (.347) and ERA (0.81) in conference play, it leads in batting average in all games with a .324 average. Tallie Threasher leads the lineup with a .411 average, 10 home runs and 26 RBI. Freshman Blaire Luna, the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, has been stellar with a 21-5 record, 0.94 ERA and 280 strikeouts. Texas is 16-1 at home this season.

SERIES
While the Longhorns lead the all-time series, 15-10, Baylor has won three-straight in Austin and swept the series in 2009, winning 3-2 in Austin and 3-2 in Waco.

T. WES TORCHING IT
Senior Tiffany Wesley has been on a hot streak in her last six games, batting .500 (8-for-16) with three runs, three doubles, a triple and four RBI.

REAL REPKA REEMERGES
Courtney Repka has been stellar in her last six appearances, going 3-3 with a 0.76 ERA, striking out 40 and allowing just five earned runs in 46.0 innings. Repka threw a 9.0 inning complete-game shutout on April 3 against Texas Tech, making it the first extra-inning shutout by a Baylor pitcher since Cristin Vitek did so against Central Florida on March 12, 2005.

WHO'S THAT LADY?
The Lady Bears welcomed a new player to the team on April 7, and it didn't take long for her to see action. Senior Courtney McFarlin threw 5.1 innings on April 12 against Oklahoma Christian, allowing three runs, all unearned. She walked on to the team after head coach Glenn Moore was looking for added pitching depth after the season-ending injury to Whitney Canion.

WESLEY'S €ˆMIRRORING EACH OTHER
Not only are twin sisters Tiffany and Nicole Wesley identical in physical appearance, but they are mirroring each other on the softball field. The duo rank first and second on the team in batting average and are a combined 34-for-34 in stolen bases. Nicole is first in the Big 12 with a .414 average, while Tiffany (hitting .369) is the team leader with 29 runs.

AGAINST RANKED FOES
Baylor is 2-6 against ranked opponents this season.

THIEVES
Baylor ranks second in the country and first in the Big 12 with 107 bases this season, and entered the week ranked first in the country with a 2.82 stolen bases per game average.

CLOSE LOSSES
Of Baylor's 15 losses so far this season, seven have come by one run, while two have been in extra innings. In addition, six losses have come to ranked teams.

TWO OUTS? NO €ˆPROBLEM
The Lady Bears have had a knack for scoring with two outs this season. Of the 176 RBI so far, 67 (38 percent) of them have come with two outs.

Tiffany Wesley'S ERRORLESS STREAK REACHES CENTURY
Senior left fielder Tiffany Wesley has gone 109-straight games without making an error (a program record), dating back to her last error on March 30, 2008 at Oklahoma State.