Oct. 5, 2017 Baylor Game Notes 
WACO, Texas - Baylor soccer (7-3-2, 1-2-1 Big 12) gets a rare single-match weekend of Big 12 play, hosting the Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4-1, 1-2-1 Big 12) on Friday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at Betty Lou Mays Soccer Field.
The Bears look for a bounce-back win, going 0-1-1 on a road trip to Oklahoma last weekend that included a draw with OU and a 1-0 overtime loss to No. 19 Oklahoma State.
Friday's match is the first-ever Pups at the Pitch night, where fans are encouraged to bring their dogs out to Betty Lou, with free bandanas and treats while supplies last. Per university policy, the following breeds are prohibited: pit bulls, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Doberman Pinschers, and any hybrids mixed with these breeds.
For the first time in program history, all home matches will feature a live streaming video and radio broadcast, available to subscribers on BaylorBears.com/allaccess.
Baylor has also partnered with La Mejor Waco (106.1 FM) to offer a Spanish radio simulcast of all eight Baylor soccer home matches.
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MATCH INFO
Fri., Oct. 6 vs. Texas Tech @ 7 p.m. CT
Betty Lou Mays Field
Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
Audio: www.BaylorBears.com/allaccess
Video: www.BaylorBears.com/allaccess
BAYLOR BEARS
2017 Record: 7-3-2
2017 Big 12 Record: 1-2-1
Head Coach: Paul Jobson
Career: 28-16-7 (3rd season)
BU: 28-16-7 (3rd season)
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS
2017 Record: 8-4-1
2017 Big 12 Record: 1-2-1
Head Coach: Tom Stone
Career: 118-67-23 (11th season)
TTU: 118-67-23 (11th season)
Series: BU leads, 14-5-3
Streak: BU has won 1
First Meeting: Oct. 18, 1996
BU won 1-0 in Lubbock
Last Meeting: Oct. 9, 2016
BU won 1-0 in Lubbock
Jobson vs TTU: 1-0-1
By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Foundation
Trying to climb back up the ladder in the RPI rankings and Big 12 standings, Baylor soccer (7-3-2, 1-2-1) will host Texas Tech (8-4-1, 1-2-1) at 7 p.m. Friday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Since Lauren Piercy's golden goal in a 2-1 overtime win over Iowa State on Sept. 24, the Bears have gone scoreless for more than 200 minutes. They tied Oklahoma, 0-0, in a two-overtime match in Norman last Friday and then lost to 19th-ranked Oklahoma State, 1-0, on an overtime goal in the 98th minute of Sunday's game in Stillwater.
"I'd probably be more frustrated if we weren't creating quality chances," said coach Paul Jobson, whose team finished the weekend with a 38-18 edge in shots. "Things didn't fall our way, necessarily, but we were creating some decent opportunities. We're working on being a little more comfortable in front of the goal. We had some good opportunities where maybe we kicked it to the goal instead of low to the corner, just things like that."
It didn't help that the Bears lost one of the top goal-scoring threats in the first half of the Oklahoma game. Junior forward Jackie Crowther, tied for the team lead in goals (3) and points (8), suffered a knee injury and could miss substantial time, if not the rest of the year.
"I hate it for the team, too, but I hate it for her, just because she was feeling really, really good this year, being back plugged into the program again after being away last year," Jobson said of Crowther, who played for the Mexico U20 team last fall. "It's a big hit, for sure, and I felt like she was in a really good stride."
Jobson said the key is getting more production from the rest of the front line, particularly Piercy and sophomore Raegan Padgett, "and there will be a squad of girls that will come in to flow into the left flank for where Jackie was."
"The great thing is we've been deep, and people have been able to plug in right away," Jobson said. "When Kylie (Ross) went out, Caitlin (Schwartz) plugged into that (defender) spot as a permanent role for herself and has done really, really well. Same thing with Jackie's spot. We're just trying to figure out exactly who that's going to be, or it might have to be a number of players that come in and fill that role."
Like Baylor, Tech is coming off a tough weekend, losing back-to-back heartbreaking overtime games to No. 8 Texas (3-2) and TCU (1-0).
Red Raider coach Tom Stone, who coached former Baylor head coach Marci Jobson with the Atlanta Beat in the WUSA league, said the Bears are "evolving."
"Now, they're tougher to beat, because they've added a layer to their team of passing and they have a really talented attacking mid and holding mid, along with dangerous forwards," Stone said. "This is a really nice Baylor team from the standpoint of they can get results in more than one way, which makes them dangerous. You're never going to play Baylor and not have to be ready for a battle, because that's what they bring to every game. We respect that, and hopefully we'll be up for the challenge."
Tech hasn't won in Waco since 2007, but the last three matchups have ended in draws.
"There's really no secrets between the two programs," Jobson said, "but they're a really good soccer team."
Baylor and Tech are basically tied for fifth in the Big 12 standings, with the Bears 63rd and Red Raiders 68th in the latest RPI rankings. After its only match of the weekend, Baylor goes back on the road to face Kansas State and Kansas next weekend.
"I think for us, being able to focus on one game and really put everything we have into the one match on the weekend, will be nice," Jobson said. "And, of course, being at home and sleeping in your own bed after a pretty heavy weekend in Oklahoma will be nice for these girls."
BAYLOR QUICK NOTES * Baylor hosts the Red Raiders in BU's penultimate regular season home game at Betty Lou, looking to bounce back in the only match of the weekend for the Bears.
* Baylor's offense stumbled in last weekend's road trip to Oklahoma, finishing overtime matches at OU and No. 19 OSU without a goal scored. The Bears drew with the Sooners and dropped a golden goal to the Cowgirls.
* Baylor topped the Red Raiders, 1-0, in Lubbock in 2016. The tightly-contested game continued an 11-year, 12-match streak where the teams either drew or the victory was decided by a single goal. The last multiple-goal margin of victory came in 2005, when the Bears took a 3-1 win in Waco.
* Baylor ranks 15th in the country and first in the Big 12 in goals-against-average, with a 0.470 mark.
* True freshman goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt ranks 22nd in the country and third in the Big 12 in goals-against (.530).
* Wandt and the Baylor defense have posted a .839 save percentage, ranking 54th in the country and second in the Big 12.
* Baylor's .583 shutout percentage ranks 25th in the country and 2nd in the Big 12.
* Baylor has had 10 or more wins in ten of its 21 seasons as a program and has done so in five of the last seven years under Marci and now Paul Jobson, who enters his third season as head coach, 10th at Baylor overall.
* BU has had at least eight wins in eight straight seasons and has won at least one match at the Big 12 Championship nine times in 14 appearances, including five in a row.
* 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.
* Baylor was chosen fifth in the 2017 Big 12 preseason poll after finishing tied for third in 2016.
* 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.
* Baylor had 10 or more (13) Academic All-Big 12 selections in 2016 for the 10th straight season (10 first team, two second team).
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