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NCAA DI SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP LAFAYETTE REGIONAL

(G1) Friday, May 17 • Louisiana vs. Princeton • 4:30 PM CT • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: ESPN 2
(G2) Friday, May 17 • Baylor vs. Ole Miss • 7 PM CT • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: ESPN 2
(G3) Saturday, May 18 • G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner • 2 PM CT • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: TBD
(G4) Saturday, May 18 • G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser • 4:30 PM CT • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: TBD
(G5) Saturday, May 18 • G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner • 7 PM CT • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: TBD
(G6) Sunday, May 19 • G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner • TBD • Lafayette, Louisiana • Lamson Park • Watch: TBD

No. 13 Louisiana | 42-17 | Gerry Glasco (7th Season) | Sun Belt | Lafayette, La. | 18-15 vs. BU
Baylor Bears | 32-20 | Glenn Moore (24th Season) | Big 12 | Waco, Texas | 48-34 All-Time NCAA Record
Princeton | 29-16 | Lisa Van Ackeren (12th Season) | Ivy League | Princeton, NJ| 0-0 vs. BU
Ole Miss | 31-25 | Jamie Trachsel (4th Season) | SEC | Oxford, Miss. | 3-3 vs. BU

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• Baylor softball (32-20) returns to the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for the second-straight season, as the Bears travel to Louisiana for the Lafayette Regional, running May 17-19 at Lamson Park. Thirteenth-seeded Louisiana (42-17) hosts BU, alongside the Ole Miss Rebels (31-25) and the Princeton Tigers (29-16) for the weekend's double elimination bracket.
• Every inning of the Lafayette Regional will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks. Clay Matvick (pxp) and Natasha Watley (analyst) will be on the call all weekend. Baylor's first game against the Ole Miss Rebels will be featured on ESPN 2. Every Baylor game will continue to be broadcasted on 101.3 FM with Dan Ingham handling the commentary.
• BU earned an NCAA postseason bid for the 16th time in program history. Baylor is 48-34 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears have advanced to the Super Regional round six times (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017). BU is 33-15 all-time in the first round.
• Baylor has made four World Series appearances, the last time coming in 2017.
• The Ragin' Cajuns hold the all-time record over the Bears 18-15. BU played Louisiana in a three-game nonconference series earlier this season and took two of three games from the Ragin' Cajuns at their home field. Louisiana won the regular season Sun Belt Conference championship for the fifth-straight season and are hosting a regional for the first time since 2016.
• The Bears are 3-3 all-time against the Ole Miss Rebels. Baylor last faced off with Ole Miss during the 2023 NCAA Regional Tournament where they opened the tournament with a loss against the Rebels. This marks the second-straight season the Bears will be facing Ole Miss in the opening game.
• Baylor will be facing Princeton for the first time in program history this weekend, after the Tigers earned the Ivy Leagues automatic tournament bid after winning the conference tournament. This will mark Princeton's 12th appearance in the NCAA tournament and first since 2022.
• Sixteen of Baylor's losses this season have come against teams ranked or receiving votes in polls at some point in the season.
• The Bears have already faced nine ranked teams this season: No. 2 Tennessee, No. 23 Louisiana, No. 25 Oregon, No. 19 UCLA, No. 13 Missouri, No. 7 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 23 Texas State and No. 1 Texas.
• Baylor is one of five Big 12 Big 12 Conference teams to advance to the NCAA Tournament: No. 1 Texas (Austin Regional), No. 2 Oklahoma (Norman Regional), No. 5 Oklahoma State (Stillwater Regional) and UCF received an at-large bid, heading to the Tallahassee Regional.
• Baylor Softball received three All-Big 12 selections among the 2024 All-Big 12 Softball postseason awards announced Wednesday morning by the conference office.
• For the second-straight season, Shaylon Govan received All-Big 12 first team honors, while Aliyah Binford and Emily Hott each received second team honors.
• Aliyah Binford has a team-leading 142 strikeouts and holds a 12-10 record. She is currently ranked No.1 in the Big 12 in strikeouts.
• Shaylon Govan leads the Bears with a .444 average, 55 hits, eight doubles and eight home runs. Her batting average is first in the Big 12 and 8th nationally, while her on base percentage is ranks second nationally. With her .590 on base percentage, Govan is ranked 9th in the country in walks per game and has been walked 45 times so far this season.
• Emily Hott has also been on fire offensively, totaling 53 hits, nine doubles, six triples and eight home runs. Her six triples tie a single-season record for the Bears and another one would put her in the top spot alone.
• Sixteen different Bears have recorded a hit so far this season, with Govan leading the way with 55, followed by Hott with 53. There are 13 Bears with double-digit hits on the season.
• Head coach Glenn Moore hit his 1,000th career win last season, when the Bears took down UT Arlington on March 23, 2023. He hit his 900th win at Baylor this season after taking down UTSA, 2-1, on April 9, 2024.

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