Baylor Game Notes

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Baylor soccer (10-5-2, 4-4-1 Big 12) will look to continue building its resume for NCAA postseason play, kicking off its run at the 2017 Big 12 Soccer Championship facing the No. 4 seed Texas (13-2-2, 5-2-2 Big 12) on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 2 p.m. at Swope Soccer Village.

The No. 5-seeded Bears will look to avenge a 1-0 overtime loss to the Longhorns on Oct. 20, the first of the team's two overtime losses to close out the regular season.

Texas leads the all-time series between the squads, 12-8-4, but Baylor holds a 2-0 advantage in meetings at the Big 12 tournament, with the teams last facing each other on Nov. 3, 1999, a 2-0 win for the Bears in San Antonio.

Wednesday's match will feature a free, online video stream on Big12Sports.com, with commentary by FOX Sports and Big 12 Digital Network analyst Lincoln Rose.

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MATCH INFO
Wed., Nov. 1 vs. UT @ 2 p.m. CT
Swope Soccer Village
Stats: Big12Sports.com
Video: Big12Sports.com
Audio: BaylorBears.com/allaccess

#5 BAYLOR BEARS
2017 Record: 10-5-2
2017 Big 12 Record: 4-4-1
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 31-18-7 (3rd season)
BU: 31-18-7 (3rd season)

#4 TEXAS LONGHORNS
2017 Record: 13-2-2
2017 Big 12 Record: 5-2-2
Head Coach: Angela Kelly
Career: 208-124-33 (18th season)
UT: 48-40-14 (6th season)
Series: UT leads, 8-12-4
First Meeting: Oct. 11, 1996
BU won 3-1 in Waco
Last Meeting: Oct. 20, 2017
UT won, 1-0 (OT), in Waco
Jobson vs UT: 1-1-1

BAYLOR QUICK NOTES
* Baylor opens its run at the Big 12 Soccer Championship on Wed., Nov. 1, at 2 pm at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo. BU is 10-11-3 all-time in the conference's postseason tournament, including 1-2-1 under Jobson.

* Baylor has lost just five matches in 2017, all coming against top-60 RPI teams, three versus top-20 opponents in the Coaches Poll, and two to top-10 competition.

* Baylor ranks 13th in the country and first in the Big 12 in goals-against-average, with a 0.502 mark.

* Baylor's .588 shutout percentage ranks 22nd in the country and second in the Big 12.

* Baylor has now had 10 or more wins in 11 of its 22 seasons as a program, six of the last eight, and two-straight under third-year head coach Paul Jobson.

* Baylor has had at least eight wins in, now, nine straight seasons and has won or advanced by shootout in at least one match at the Big 12 Championship nine times in 14 appearances, including five in a row.

* Baylor had four total Big 12 postseason honors, including three All-Big 12 first team selections, the most ever in a single-season for the program. Aline De Lima, Precious Akanyirige, and Julie James earned the all-conference honors, while Jennifer Wandt was named the top freshman GK on the Big 12 All-Freshman team.

* Baylor set a program record and led the Big 12 with 17 Academic All-Big 12 selections, with all 17 earning first team honors. BU has had 10+ selections for 11-straight seasons.

* Baylor swept all three Big 12 weekly honors (Oct. 17) for the first time in program history with Precious Akanyirige earning Defensive Player of the Week, Aline De Lima named the Offensive Player of the Week, and Jennifer Wandt taking home the Freshman of the Week honors from the conference office.

* Junior midfielder Julie James was Baylor's lone representative on the 2017 Preseason All-Big 12 Team after being named 2016 All-Big 12 and NSCAA All-Region.

* From July 23-26, a group of current and former Baylor soccer student-athletes served on a mission trip to Guatemala alongside Baylor FCA. The mission team served the children of Guatemala City and shared the love of Christ through the game of soccer.

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