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SB Resumes Homestand Hosting Houston
4/1/2026 11:59:00 AM | Softball
Thursday's series opener has been moved to 4 p.m.
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BAYLOR BEARS (22-12, 5-4 Big 12) Location: Waco, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Glenn Moore (Northwestern St., 1993) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
HOUSTON (18-21, 1-11) vs. BAYLOR (22-12, 5-4)— April 2 • 4 p.m. HOUSTON (18-21, 1-11) vs. BAYLOR (22-12, 5-4)— April 3 • 6:30 p.m. HOUSTON (18-21, 1-11) vs. BAYLOR (22-12, 5-4)— April 4 • 2 p.m. LAMAR (21-15, 8-4) vs. BAYLOR (22-12, 5-4)— April 6 • 5 p.m. Waco, Texas • Getterman Stadium (1,250) LIVE STATS: BaylorBears.com/stats WATCH: ESPN+ Lincoln Rose (pxp), Kelly Harrell (analyst) LISTEN: Cool 101.3 FM Talent: Dan Ingham Baylor Social Media:    |
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HOUSTON Cougars (18-21, 1-11 Big 12) Location: Houston, Texas Conference/Affiliation: Big 12 Head Coach: Chrissy Schoonmaker (SCAR, 2007) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
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Story lines
• Coming off a nine game stretch against eight ranked teams, Baylor continues its five-game homestand with the Houston Cougars on Thursday night at 4:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+
• On the heels of one of its toughest regular-season stretches since 2011, Baylor's strength of schedule is up to No. 10 in the nation, which enters the week as the toughest schedule in the Big 12
• Baylor has won 10-straight in its series with the Cougars with Houston's last win over the Bears came in March of 2021
• The homestand wraps Baylor putting its 19-0 all-time record on the line against Lamar on Monday, April 6th
• Baylor enters Thursday chasing just two victories to reach 500 all-time victories at Getterman Stadium
• BU has a 499-198 mark all-time at Getterman Stadium and, having a winning record in all but one full season of competition since its doors were opened in 1999
• Last time out, Kaygen Marshall and Leah Cran belted a pair of two-run homeruns to erase a four-run deficit and beat UIW 11-9. It was Baylor's largest comeback since overcoming a four-run deficit against Hofstra in Feb. 2025
• With a 12-3 win over UCF on March 14th, Glenn Moore surpassed 1,100 career wins, the ninth-most among active D1 coaches and the sixth-most among active power-conference head coaches
• Moore is in his 30th season as a head coach, making him the fifth-longest tenured power-conference head coach
• Ranked 27th in the RPI to open the week, the Bears have been as high as 16th this season
• Baylor put together a conference-opening sweep over ISU, BU's first conference-opening series win since sweeping Texas Tech in 2021 and its first sweep of Iowa State since 2018
• Baylor's rise has been buoyed by its pitching staff spearheaded by a couple of Texas natives who transferred back to their home state in Georgetown's Cambree Creager (Arizona St.) and Lake Jackson's Peyton Tanner (Tennessee)
• Creager entered this week eighth in the conference in innings (80.0) and top-10 in strikeouts (50)
• Tanner has 46 strikeouts, giving Baylor two pitchers with at least 45 K's since 2024
• Sadie Ross has established herself as a reliable third option, tying a career-high with five wins, boasting a staff-best 2.92 ERA to go along with a 6-1 record
• Lexie Warncke has shown a great ability to miss bats ranking in the top-15 in the Big 12 in opponent batting average (.250)
• Senior Amber Toven is in the midst of her best collegiate season, leading the team in batting average (.374) and RBIs (29) while serving as the lynch-pin for 11 double plays this season
• Named to Softball's America's top-15 midseason shortstops, Toven enters this weekend working on a career-best 15-game on-base streak
• Toven and Brooklyn Carter have shared the leadoff spot for much of the season, Carter who is batting .352 with a .422 OBP, creating chaos on the bases with 12 stolen bases, which is fourth-most in the league
• Karynton Dawson possesses a true speed and power threat is tied for the team lead in extra-base hits with 14, including three homeruns and three triples, which is tied for the Big 12 lead
• Cran enters the weekend tied with Dawson with 14 extra-basehits on the strength of three homeruns in her last three games
• Freshmen Marshall leads the team with seven homeruns, the most by a Baylor Freshman since Kassidy Krupit hit 10 in 2019
• Olivia Buettner has worked herself into a lineup regular appearing in 26 games with 19 starts and ranks third on the team in on-base% (.450)
• Freshman Gianna Gusman has also contributed in her first season on campus appearing in 22 games with 20 starts, hitting .245, with come highlight-reel plays in the outfield.
• Toven (Arizona, 2022), Carter (Washington, 2023) and Tanner (Tennessee, 2025) all boast Women's College World Series experience at their former stops
• Picked eighth in the Preseason Big 12 Coaches Poll, Baylor has met or outperformed its preseason expectations in 17 of Moore's 25 previous seasons at Baylor
• The Bears have 17 matchups against teams featured in the ESPN/USA Softball Preseason Top 25 including dates with both of the Preseason No. 1 teams (Texas Tech and Texas)
• BU has remaining home dates with No. 15 Texas A&M (4/15) and No. 21 Oklahoma State (4/24-26), with road contests scheduled at No. 3 Texas (3/20) and at No. 2 Texas Tech (4/30-5/2)
• Marshall (Robinson), Harper Haas (Midway) Savanna Pogue (Crawford) all played their high school ball within 25 miles of Getterman Stadium, with Haas and Marshall playing less than 10 miles away from their college home
• Haas (2025), Marshall (2025) and Pogue (2022) all led their teams to UIL Texas State Championships
