Baylor Brew 2/16: Grand Opening

Armstrong's Historic Performance Highlights Baylor's Season-Opening Sweep

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Sydney Fields
February 16, 2026

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Good Morning, Bears Fans! Mr. Armstrong had the whole sports world buzzing this weekend!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

⚾️ Grand Opening
🎾 Down Go The Champs
🏀 Double The Pleasure
🐻 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Grand Opening. A historic performance by Tyce Armstrong highlighted Baylor baseball’s season-opening series sweep of New Mexico State this weekend.

Armstrong became just the second player in NCAA baseball history to hit three grand slams in the same game in the Bears’ game 1 victory over the Aggies. Baylor would finish the sweep with a 5-2 win on Saturday and a 7-3 win on Sunday.

🔼 Down Go The Champs. The 19th-ranked Baylor men’s tennis squad pulled off an upset for the ages this weekend, taking down the reigning national champions of No. 3 Wake Forest 4-3 in the quarterfinal round of the ITA National Championship.

The fifth-seeded Bears defeated another top-10 team, making this the first time since 2021 they've beaten three top-10 teams in consecutive matches after taking down No. 8 Texas A&M and No. 9 UCF earlier this week at home.

🔼 Double The Pleasure. The 12th-ranked Baylor women’s basketball team used a total team effort to roll past UCF, 93-63, in a dominant wire-to-wire road victory.

The Bears were led by five in double-figure scoring as Taliah Scott had a game-high 26, Kayla Nelms scored 12, Bella Fontleroy tabbed 11 and Jana Van Gytenbeek and Darianna Littlepage-Buggs each sunk 10.

🔼 Connect Four. The Baylor softball team flexed their muscle in Cali this weekend, posting four straight victories to close out the Campbell/Cartier Classic in San Diego with a 4-1 mark to improve to 7-2 overall.

In the four wins on Friday and Saturday, the Bears pounded out 39 hits, including 11 of the extra base variety.

🔼 Winnin’ Out West. Baylor softball wasn’t the only Bear squad doing work out west as the top-ranked Baylor acrobatics & tumbling team delivered a commanding victory over No. 10 Azusa Pacific on Friday night, posting a 283.375–260.500 win.

🤔 BEARS TRIVIA

Today’s trivia question…

How many times has Taliah Scott now surpassed 20+ points this year for the Bears?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to see the answer!

📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday, 2/16
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. #7 Texas @ 6:30 p.m. (ITA Indoor Semifinals) | Tickets

Tuesday, 2/17
⚾️ Baseball vs. Texas State @ 4 p.m. | Tickets | ESPN+
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Kansas State @ 8 p.m. | ESPN2

Wednesday, 2/18
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Texas Tech @ 6 p.m. | ESPN+

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 16

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