Sept. 10, 2015 WACO, Texas - Baylor soccer hosts a four-team tournament this weekend with Northern Illinois, UTSA and Louisiana-Lafayette at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field. The Bears (1-4-1) face NIU (1-4-0) Friday at 7 p.m. CT and UTSA (0-5-0) Sunday at 4 p.m.
BU enters the weekend after notching its first win of the season in a 7-1 decision at Incarnate Word last Sunday. NIU arrives after a 2-1 loss Sunday at home to Milwaukee and has lost four straight. UTSA comes to town after dropping a pair of matches to Big 12 foes Texas Tech (4-0) and Oklahoma (8-1) on the road last weekend.
All tournament matches will feature live stats via GameTracker on BaylorBears.com and Sunday's UTSA match will feature a live audio stream on BaylorBears.com. Twitter updates can be found on the @BaylorFutbol official account.
Baylor Bear Insider Preview
By Jerry Hill
Hoping to build off the momentum from last Sunday's 7-1 road win over Incarnate Word, the Baylor soccer team (1-4-1) will host the four-team Baylor Invitational this weekend at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
The Bears will face Northern Illinois (1-4-0) at 7 p.m. Friday and UTSA (0-5-0) at 4 p.m. Sunday, with Louisiana-Lafayette (4-2-0) filling out the tournament lineup and playing UTSA at 4 p.m. Friday and UNI at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Baylor's husband-wife combo of Paul and Marci Jobson started their coaching career at Northern Illinois, posting a three-year record of 23-27-9 in 2005-07 and taking the Huskies to the MAC championship final in '06.
"Marci and I have great ties to NIU. It's where we got our start," Paul Jobson said. "We've known their head coach, John Ross, for a long, long time, even before our coaching days. Northern is a special place for us. It's kind of cool to have them in, but it will probably be even more special when we go back up there and play at DeKalb next year."
Since opening the season with a 2-1 win over Lewis, Northern Illinois has lost four in a row. But the Huskies knocked off Iowa State, 2-0, in a preseason exhibition game and have dropped three one-goal decisions.
"Just like our record isn't indicative of our ability, I would say the same for them," Jobson said. "They've played some teams really, really tight and been unlucky in some circumstances, but they've got some really nice pieces. It's a lot like the type of kids we used to get up there and we still try to get here too â '¬" just blue-collar, hard-working, tough-nosed kids."
UTSA has had a tough opening schedule, playing just one game at home and facing a pair of top-20 teams in North Carolina and Texas Tech. They had a tough road trip last weekend, getting shut out by Tech, 4-0, and falling 8-1 at Oklahoma.
After scoring just four goals combined in their first five games, including a 1-1 tie at Sam Houston last Friday, the Bears exploded for seven in Sunday's win at Incarnate Word. Of the 20 non-goalie players that made the trip, half of them contributed a goal or assist, with Precious Akanyirige leading the way with two goals in the first 25 minutes.
"We've been seeing a lot of great opportunities, and we kept saying that eventually they would start going in," Jobson said. "And we saw that on Sunday, for sure. That's something that can start some momentum once the girls start seeing some success. . . . I do think the win on Sunday came at a really good time for us, so hopefully we can continue to move forward."
MATCH INFO
Fri., Sept. 11 v NIU @ 7:00 p.m.
Betty Lou Mays Field (3,000)
Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio: N/A
Sun., Sept. 13 v UTSA @ 4:00 p.m.
Betty Lou Mays Field (3,000)
Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio: www.BaylorBears.com
BAYLOR BEARS
2015 Record: 1-4-1
2015 Big 12 Record: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 1-4-1 (1st season)
BU: 1-4-1 (1st season)
NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES
2015 Record: 1-4-0
2015 MAC: 0-0-0
Head Coach: John Ross
Career: 21-35-9 (4th season)
NIU: 21-35-9 (4th season)
UTSA ROADRUNNERS
2015 Record: 0-5-0
2015 C-USA: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Greg Sheen
Career: 15-24-3 (2nd season)
UTSA: 6-15-2 (2nd season)
BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor is hosting its first tournament since 2002 and third in program history (2001, 2002) -- the Bears are 2-1-0 in tourney play in Waco and won the 2002 event with wins over UL-Lafayette and Mississippi State.
* Paul and Marci Jobson face NIU for the first time after getting their Division I coaching start there from 2005-07 (23-27-9).
* Baylor holds edges over its 2015 opponents in shots (101-39), shots on goal (47-17), goals (11-9) and corner kicks (28-25).
* Baylor has 35 shutouts over the last three seasons.
* Baylor is 21-2-1 when scoring first since 2013.
* Baylor has lost all four matches in 2015 by one goal and two losses came in overtime (one in double OT).
* Baylor has held edges in shots and shots on goal in five of its six matches this season (Purdue is only exception as teams tied in shots).
* Paul Jobson earned his first-ever win as a Division I head coach Sept. 6 at Incarnate Word, 7-1.
* Baylor's seven goals at UIW were its most scored in a game since posting nine vs. Prairie View A&M in 2010.
* Sophomore Precious Akanyirige posted her first career two-goal match at UIW, marking her first two goals of the season to move her career goals total to five.
* Freshman Julie James scored her first collegiate goal Sept. 6 at UIW.
* Freshman Jackie Crowther scored her first collegiate goal Sept. 6 at UIW.
* Freshman Lauren Piercy scored her first collegiate goal and assist Sept. 6 at UIW.
* Redshirt freshman transfer Rebecca Gartner earned her first collegiate win as goalkeeper, and had one save and no goals allowed in 45 minutes of action (did not play in second half) Sept. 6 at UIW.
* Freshman Ashanti Carey scored her first collegiate goal Sept. 4 at Sam Houston State.
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