Baylor
19-7, 0
UCF
23-6, 0
SB Wallops No. 22 UCF to Even the Series in Orlando
3/14/2026 6:24:00 PM | Softball
BU’s Moore collects his 1,100th-career win
ORLANDO, Fla. – Baylor softball delivered an emphatic response Saturday afternoon, defeating No. 22 UCF, 12-3, at the UCF Softball Complex.
Glenn Moore's 1,100th career win marked Baylor's first victory over a ranked opponent since May of 2024, when it beat No. 4 Florida in the Gainesville Regional in May of 2024.
Saide Ross picked up her fifth win of the season, tying a career high, while Gianna Gusman blasted her first-career homerun on a second-inning grand slam.
RUNDOWN
Baylor struck early in the opening inning when Amber Toven singled and Karynton Dawson walked before Faith Piper delivered a two-run double to left-center field to give the Bears a quick 2-0 lead.
The Bears exploded for four runs in the second inning to extend the advantage. After loading the bases with a walk, hit-by-pitch and another free pass, Gianna Gusman launched a grand slam to deep center field, pushing Baylor's lead to 6-0.
The offensive surge continued in the third when Leah Cran opened the frame with a solo home run before Piper doubled again and later scored on a sacrifice bunt and RBI groundout. Amber Toven capped the inning with a bases-loaded walk to make it 9-0.
UCF responded with two runs in the bottom of the third, capitalizing on a Baylor error, and added another run in the fifth to trim the lead to 9-3.
The Bears added insurance in the sixth when Kaci West lined an RBI single down the right-field line to score Dawson. Baylor tacked on two more runs in the seventh after a throwing error allowed Brooklyn Carter and Gusman to score, sealing the 12-3 victory.
GAME NOTES
· Baylor is 13-4 against UCF and 3-3 in Orlando
· BU beat a ranked team for the first time since May 25th, 2024, when it beat No. 4 Florida 5-2 in the Gainesville Super Regional
· Saturday marked Baylor's largest win over a ranked opponent since beating No. 14 Texas 17-3 on May 7, 2022
· BU scored a season-high 12 runs, notching double-digit runs for the third time this season, and the first time since scoring 11 at SDSU on 2/13/26.
· Baylor tuned its eighth double-play of the season
· Saturday's win was the 1,100th of Glenn Moore's career
· Moore is one of nine active coaches with at least 1,000 career wins
· The Bears are now 4-4 on the road, moving to 9-4 away from Getterman Stadium
· Bu is 14-2 when scoring first this season
· BU is now 3-3 this season when wearing all-white uniforms
· The Bears used a 26th-different lineup combination this season
· Gianna Gusman launched her first-career homerun, part of her second-career multi-hit game
· Leah Cran belted her second homerun of the season and the fifth of her career
· Faith Piper tied a career high with two doubles in the game, while notching her third multi-RBI game this season and the fourth of her career
· Piper's three hits were a season high and tied a career high set last April against BYU
· Sadie Ross matched her career-high with her fifth win of the season
· Peyton Tanner did not allow an earned run for a third-straight start
WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears and Knights will play the rubber-match on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. C.T., one hour earlier than scheduled, because of rain forecast in the Orlando area. All games for the remainder of the season will be televised on ESPN+ and heard on air and online via 101.3 COOL FM.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ross, Sadie (5-1)
L: Ava Stuewe (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Piper, Faith 2
HR: Cran, Leah 1 ; Gusman, Gianna 1
RBI: Toven, Amber 1 ; Cran, Leah 1 ; Piper, Faith 2 ; West, Kaci 1 ; Marshall, Kaygen 1 ; Gusman, Gianna 4
SH: West, Kaci 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Carter, Brooklyn 1 ; Toven, Amber 1 ; Dawson, Karynton 2 ; Cran, Leah 1 ; Piper, Faith 1 ; Lindsey, Gigi 1 ; Marshall, Kaygen 1 ; Flores, Abi 2 ; Gusman, Gianna 2
CS: Piper, Faith 1
HBP: Carter, Brooklyn 1 ; Marshall, Kaygen 1
Batting:
2B: Sierra Humphreys 1
RBI: Coco Jaimes 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Aubrey Evans 1 ; Izzy Mertes 1 ; Samantha Rey 1
