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🇫🇷 Au Revoir, Waco
🏀 Making The Lists
🐻 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Finishing Strong. The 23rd-ranked Baylor soccer look to finish the 2025 regular season strong as they head to Stillwater to battle Big 12 foe, Oklahoma State on ESPN+.

The Bears enter Thursday's matchup following a 1-1 draw at Houston. Baylor recorded a five-match win streak during conference play but has since dropped two of its last four, falling to both then-No.14 TCU and most recently UCF. Despite recent setbacks, this season marks the most wins of the Michelle Lenard era and the program's highest total since 2018.

Baylor and OSU are set to meet for the 33rd time, with the all-time series knotted at 14-14-4. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

🔼 Leaving On A Jet Plane. We are just four days away from tip-off for the Baylor women’s hoops squad, who are set to take on #7 Duke in Paris, France.

On Wednesday, the Bears hit the air and headed across the Atlantic to settle in for the must see matchup on Monday.

🔼 Making The List. With tip-off just four days away, the Baylor women’s hoops program continue to rack up the preseason accolades.

On Wednesday, senior Bella Fontleroy was named to the 2025-26 Preseason Watch List for the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award. The award recognizes the top small forwards in women's college basketball every year. Fontleroy is listed among the top 20 in the country after being named top five at the conclusion of last season.

The Springfield, Mo., native started all 36 games last season and enters 2025-26 with 944 career points and 547 rebounds. She recorded a career-high 29 points, including a career-best seven 3-pointers, in a 98-59 win over Cincinnati last February.

🔼 Eyes On Him. Bella wasn’t the only Bear bringing home preseason watch list honors.

Also on Wednesday, Baylor men's basketball's Tounde Yessoufou was featured on the 2025-26 Naismith Starting 5 – Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Top 20 Preseason Watch List.

The Julius Erving Award recognized the best small forward in men's college basketball every year. The Contonou, Benin, native is listed among the top 20 in the country.

Rated as a five-star prospect by ESPN out of St. Joseph High School in California, Yessoufou joined the Bears as the No. 2 player in the State of California and the fifth-best small forward in the 2025 class.

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🤔 BEARS TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

Entering her final season in Waco, how many career double-doubles has Bella Fontleroy racked up as a Bear?

Got a guess?

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Thursday, October 30th
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SMU Ralston-Nuefeld Challenge
⚽️ Soccer at Oklahoma State @ 7:00 p.m. | ESPN+

Friday, October 31st
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SMU Ralston-Nuefeld Challenge
🎽 Cross Country at Big 12 Championships
🐎 No. 10 Equestrian vs. Fresno State @ 11:00 a.m.
🏐 Volleyball at Colorado @ 8:00 p.m. | ESPN+

Saturday, November 1st
🎾 Men’s Tennis at SMU Ralston-Nuefeld Challenge
🎾 Men’s Tennis at Harlingen M25 ITF Futures
🏈 Football vs. UCF @ 11:00 a.m. | Tickets 

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 11

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