Baylor Brew 10/23: How Sweep It Is!

Bears Sweep Weekend Action In Football and Volleyball

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Baylor Brew Crew
October 23, 2023

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🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good morning Bears. And what a morning it is!

Did you get any house cleaning done this weekend? If not, don’t worry because the Bears took care of the sweeping that you might not completed.

A big weekend for the Green & Gold gives us a lot to talk about this week!

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

🏈 Road Warriors
🏐 Pretty In Pink
⚽️ Headed Down To H-Town
🐻 And much, much more!

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

Oct. 23rd Episode: Breaking Down the Big W

Looking back at the big weekend for the Bears as we hear from Coach Aranda and some of the guys.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Road Warriors. While the Baylor football team has a program record eight home games this fall, the road seems to be treating the Bears quite nicely.

The Green & Gold used a gutty, hard-fought effort to come away with a 32-29 win in the first-ever meeting between BU and new Big 12 foe Cincinnati on Saturday.

Junior QB Blake Shapen had his third 300+ yard passing performances of the season, hooking up with his classmate Ketron Jackson Jr. for a career-best seven catches and 130 yards.

Redshirt sophomore Isaiah Hankins drilled a career-high four field goals, all coming from 40+ yards and included a career-long 54 yarder.

Defensively, veteran Byron Vaughns continued to bring the energy, racking up six tackles, two of which were for a loss, and he picked up his first career TD with a fumble recovery for a score.

🔺 Pretty In Pink. If you didn’t know how much this weekend meant to the BU volleyball squad, they definitely showed you in their play.

On a weekend where they honored those who have fought and are fighting Breast Cancer, the Bears showed how much it meant to them to play for the cause, sweeping the weekend series from 24th-ranked UCF to pick up two critical Big 12 victories.

BU has now won five straight and six of the past seven headed down final few weeks of the regular season.

On the weekend, Elise McGhee continued her strong play with 32 kills on the weekend, while redshirt sophomore Riley Simpson was right there with her, adding 31 kills to the attack. Simpson now has five double-digit kill games in the past six matches for the Green & Gold.

Averi Carlson added another 50+ assist match with 52 assists in Saturday’s win. She had 85 on the weekend and surpassed the 2,000 career assist mark.

🔺 Headed Down To H-Town. 90 minutes is all that separates the Baylor futbol squad from a return to the Big 12 Tournament.

Tonight, the Bears head to Houston for the regular season finale for both squads. A win or tie for Baylor clinches a spot in the postseason with the tournament set to begin Saturday in Round Rock.

The Green & Gold have lost just one match in the past six outings (a 1-0 road loss at #21 TCU) and are riding the offensive output of Tyler Isgrig (6 g, 7 a, 19 pts) and Ashley Merrill (9 g, 1 a, 19 pts).

Kickoff tonight in Houston is set for 6 p.m.

🎥 BAYLOR+: OUR TIME

Get ready for the upcoming Baylor basketball season by binging the entire series of Our Time!

Our Time, a 12-episode docuseries which originally aired on ESPN+, covered the 2021-22 season and gave an all-access look at Baylor hoops like never before. The full series now available to watch on Baylor+ FOR FREE with no subscription required! Click here to start watching!

🐻 BACKING THE BEARS

What’s better than repping your school colors?

Repping your colors and your favorite players. Officially-licensed Nike NIL jerseys are available at the Baylor Bookstore featuring participating football student-athletes.

🎥 BAYLOR+: THE FOLLOW

When Head Coach Michelle Lenard came to Baylor from Dallas Baptist University, she brought an amazing trio of girls with her, including senior Jenna Patterson.

Go behind-the-scenes as the Baylor Soccer team plays in a pivotal Big 12 matchup against Cincinnati on senior night.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Junior Lauren Briseño had another big weekend for the Green & Gold racking up 23 digs in the two victories over #24 UCF.

With her performance on Saturday, the third-year standout surpassed 800 career digs.

Who is the program’s all-time leader in that category?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Monday, October 23
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (Fort Worth, Texas)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Kapolei, Hawaii)
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Houston @ 7pm | Live Coverage

Tuesday, October 24
🎾 Men’s Tennis at ITA Regionals (Fort Worth, Texas)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Kapolei, Hawaii)

Wednesday, October 25
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Kapolei, Hawaii)

Thursday, October 26
🏐 Volleyball at Texas @ 7pm | Live Coverage

Friday, October 27
🏐 Volleyball at Texas @ 7pm | Live Coverage
🎾 Women’s Tennis at TCU Invitational

Sunday, October 28
🏈 Football vs. Iowa State @ 2:30pm
⚽️ Women’s Soccer at Big 12 Tournament | Live Coverage
👟 Cross Country at Big 12 Championships
🎾 Women’s Tennis at TCU Invitational

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Allison King.

King was a star for the Bears from 2008-2011 as she racked up 2,110 digs during her stellar four years.

She is the only player in program history with 2,000+ digs.

🐻 Have a great start to the week, y’all!

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