Saturday, February 25
Waco, Texas
12:30 PM
Baylor
11-1
7
vs
3
Texas A&M - Commerce
2-12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Texas A&M Commerce
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
3
6
2
Baylor
1
0
2
0
3
1
X
7
9
0
SB Completes Doubleheader Sweep Against Texas A&M Commerce
2/25/2023 8:12:00โฏPM | Softball
Bears take down the Lions to advance to Baylor Invitational championship game
WACO, Texas โย No. 25 Baylor softball took down Texas A&M Commerce twice Saturday afternoon, defeating the Lions, 7-3, in game one and 9-2, in game two at the Baylor Invitational.ย
ย
The Bears, who are now 12-1 on the season, played the last game of the round robin against Texas A&M Commerce, before turning around and playing them again in the one seed vs four seed matchup. BU is now 4-0 in the Baylor Invitational and plays in the championship match up tomorrow.
ย
Commerce threatened in both matchups but Baylor was able to rally and take over in both games.ย
ย
The Bears' 12-1 record is the best start to a season since 2011, when the Bears opened 14-0 and went on the WCWS semifinals later that year.ย
ย
THE RUNDOWN
In game one, the Bears got on the board in the bottom of the first after a sacrifice fly from Shaylon Govan. Baylor scored again in the second after back-to-back doubles from Josie Bower and Shannon Vivoda, and put the Bears up 3-2.ย
ย
BU added insurance in the fifth, when Vivoda hit her second hit of the day, a single to left-center, that scored Ashlyn Wachtendorf. Bower then scored on an error and Zadie LaValley singled to bring home another run.ย
ย
Govan notched her second homer of the weekend in the bottom of the sixth to complete the Bears seven runs. Texas A&M Commerce added a run in the seventh but the bears took game one, 7-3
ย
The Bears didn't get any runs across in the second game until the third inning when Govan homered again to right field and brought McKenzie Wilson home.ย
ย
Adding more runs in the fourth, the Bears plated six to go up, 8-2. Leading to those runs were Taylor Strain who had a two-RBI single, a defensive error, back-to-back doubles from Govan and Hott and a single from Kaci West.ย
ย
The Bears added their last run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, when Hott tripled down the left field line, scoring Jensen Vienne.ย
ย
HIGHLIGHTS
Govan continued to be a force in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 at the plate, while notching to homeruns and three RBI.ย
ย
The Bears in total had 23 hits on the day and seven batters had a multi-hit day.ย
ย
Recording their first-career hits today were Jensen Vienne who had one and Shannon Vivoda who had three.ย
ย
Baylor didn't have a single batter strikeout in game one against the Lions
ย
Dariana Orme, Kaci West and RyLee Crandall all combined in the circle throughout both games, and struck out 15 combined.ย
ย
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will play the championship game at the Baylor Invitational againstย ย Minnesota at 11 a.m. on Sunday Feb. 26 at Getterman Stadium.ย
ย
ย
The Bears, who are now 12-1 on the season, played the last game of the round robin against Texas A&M Commerce, before turning around and playing them again in the one seed vs four seed matchup. BU is now 4-0 in the Baylor Invitational and plays in the championship match up tomorrow.
ย
Commerce threatened in both matchups but Baylor was able to rally and take over in both games.ย
ย
The Bears' 12-1 record is the best start to a season since 2011, when the Bears opened 14-0 and went on the WCWS semifinals later that year.ย
ย
THE RUNDOWN
In game one, the Bears got on the board in the bottom of the first after a sacrifice fly from Shaylon Govan. Baylor scored again in the second after back-to-back doubles from Josie Bower and Shannon Vivoda, and put the Bears up 3-2.ย
ย
BU added insurance in the fifth, when Vivoda hit her second hit of the day, a single to left-center, that scored Ashlyn Wachtendorf. Bower then scored on an error and Zadie LaValley singled to bring home another run.ย
ย
Govan notched her second homer of the weekend in the bottom of the sixth to complete the Bears seven runs. Texas A&M Commerce added a run in the seventh but the bears took game one, 7-3
ย
The Bears didn't get any runs across in the second game until the third inning when Govan homered again to right field and brought McKenzie Wilson home.ย
ย
Adding more runs in the fourth, the Bears plated six to go up, 8-2. Leading to those runs were Taylor Strain who had a two-RBI single, a defensive error, back-to-back doubles from Govan and Hott and a single from Kaci West.ย
ย
The Bears added their last run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, when Hott tripled down the left field line, scoring Jensen Vienne.ย
ย
HIGHLIGHTS
Govan continued to be a force in the batter's box, going 4-for-5 at the plate, while notching to homeruns and three RBI.ย
ย
The Bears in total had 23 hits on the day and seven batters had a multi-hit day.ย
ย
Recording their first-career hits today were Jensen Vienne who had one and Shannon Vivoda who had three.ย
ย
Baylor didn't have a single batter strikeout in game one against the Lions
ย
Dariana Orme, Kaci West and RyLee Crandall all combined in the circle throughout both games, and struck out 15 combined.ย
ย
WHAT'S NEXT
Baylor will play the championship game at the Baylor Invitational againstย ย Minnesota at 11 a.m. on Sunday Feb. 26 at Getterman Stadium.ย
ย
ย - BaylorBears.comย -
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: West, Kaci (2-0)
L: Arredondo, Anissa (2-5)
Batting:
2B: Williams, Ayanna 1 ; Zeigler, Avery 1
RBI: Williams, Ayanna 3
SH: Rubio, America 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Griffith, Ashlynn 1 ; Miehe, Emmie 1 ; Kuyrkendall, Kasey 1
Batting:
2B: Bower, Josie 1 ; Vivoda, Shannon 1 ; Watson, Ana 1
HR: Govan, Shaylon 1
RBI: Govan, Shaylon 2 ; Bower, Josie 1 ; Vivoda, Shannon 2 ; LaValley, Zadie 1
SF: Govan, Shaylon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wilson, McKenzie 1 ; Pilon, Presleigh 1 ; Govan, Shaylon 1 ; Wachtendorf, Ashlyn 1 ; Bower, Josie 2 ; Vivoda, Shannon 1
SB: Wilson, McKenzie 1 ; Watson, Ana 1
HBP: Pilon, Presleigh 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
2b/3b
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
OF
/ Softball
P
/ SoftballINF
/ SoftballC
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballUTL
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
OF
/ SoftballBaylor Softball: Highlights vs. Texas Tech | May 8, 2025
Thursday, May 08
back-to-back-to-back ๐ซข
Thursday, May 08
Round Won ๐
Thursday, May 08
Baylor Softball: Highlights vs. Kansas | May 7, 2025
Wednesday, May 07
