Aug. 30, 2012
WACO, Texas - The Baylor women's soccer team will play back-to-back home games for the first time this season as the Bears welcome Nebraska (1-3) on Friday at 7 p.m. and McNeese State (1-2) on Sunday at 1 p.m. to Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. Sunday's game will serve as Senior Day for BU's six seniors.
Both matches can be followed on BaylorBears.com with GameTracker, while BU's match on Friday will mark the first home audio stream of the season. Fans can access the audio feed on BaylorBears.com for free.
Quick €ˆNotes
• In four games this season, Baylor has outshot its opposition by an 89-28 margin. The Bears have had at least 10 shots in every game and are averaging 22.25 shots per contest.
• Baylor has shown a big improvement in its play at home in the last two season. Since 2010, the Bears are 21-3-3 at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. Jobson's complete home record is 30-10-6.
• For a third straight season, the Bears have opened with a 3-1 or better record.
• After a splitting a pair of games last week, Baylor is receiving votes in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, while being listed at No. 33 in TopDrawerSoccer.com's projection of the NCAA €ˆChampionship field.
• The last time out, Baylor suffered its first loss of the season in overtime at No. 15 Long Beach State. The Bears got on the board first with a Dana Larsen goal in the 59th minute. However, the 49ers would score five minutes later to force overtime. Two minutes into the first OT period, Long Beach State got the golden goal to claim a 2-1 victory.
• The Bears will be renewing an old Big 12 rivalry with Nebraska when the two teams tangle on Friday night. In their 15 years together in the league, Nebraska held an 8-6-1 edge in conference games. BU €ˆand NU also met four times in the conference tournament with the Huskers winning each contest.
• Under Jobson, Baylor has never lost to the Cornhuskers including last season's 1-1 tie in Lincoln on Aug. 21. Dana Larsen scored the lone BU €ˆgoal in the 16th minute and while the Bears held a 1-0 advantage at halftime Nebraska's Stacey Bartels would score in the 59th minute to knot the contest.