Baylor Brew 5/10: Night Knight!

Bears Topple UCF, Advance to Big 12 Semis

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May 10, 2024

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🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

TGIF Bear Country. This time of year, it just means more.

The Bears got a win on the diamond and on the track to kick off a BIG weekend of action for the Green & Gold.

We’ll recap it all and so much more in today’s jam-packed Brew! Check it out below!

🥎 Knight Night
👏 What It’s All About!
🎥 Baylor+: DYN9STY is HERE!
🐻 And much, much more!

🎥 BAYLOR+: DYN9STY IS HERE!

9 Straight National Titles… We think that’s what you call a Dynasty.

What goes into that run? What goes in to championship week?

Now available on Baylor+ brings you a three part series that gives you behind-the-scenes look at the 2024 NCATA National Championship run by the Bears.

🎙 INSIDE BAYLOR SPORTS

May 11th Edition:
Ticket Punchers

On today’s show we recap women’s golf and their
impressive showing in the NCAA regionals as they punched
their ticket to the NCAA Championships, plus we
preview baseball's series versus Oklahoma.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Knight Night. It was one of those nights for Aliyah Binford.

Baylor’s two-way star proved to be the difference in the Big 12 Quarterfinals, tossing a complete game in the circle and blasting her first HR of the year to propel the Bears past UCF, 3-2, on Thursday night in OKC.

In the circle, Binford tossed seven strong innings, striking out 10 UCF hitters.

The win is the 10th in the past 11 games for BU and they enter tonight’s semifinal matchup against #1 Texas on a seven-game winning streak.

🔺 Three Of A Kind. It was a historic night for Chinecherem Prosper Nnamdi and the Baylor track and field squad.

On the opening day of Big 12 Championships, the junior won a third-straight conference championship with a new meet record and season best toss of 262-6.

In addition to Prosper Nnamdi, BU’s women’s hammer throwing duo made history and five other runners qualified for finals on Saturday.

🔺 Earning Her Stripes. She may have only been in Waco for one year, but her impact was undeniable.

Now, Avery Skinner has an opportunity to make an impact on the global stage.

This week, the former BU star was named to the preliminary roster for Team USA for the upcoming Volleyball Nations League.

Volleyball Nations League is the world’s premier annual international indoor volleyball tournament. The top 16 teams in the world play four matches a week for three weeks of preliminary competition. The top eight teams at the end of the preliminaries will go to the Final Round.

Coaches will select 14 athletes from the long list to compete at the United States’ VNL stops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (May 15-19), Arlington, Texas (May 28-June 2) and Fukuoka, Japan (June 11-16). The VNL Final Round is scheduled for June 20-23 in Bangkok, Thailand.

👏 WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT!

Sure, the championships, wins, trophies and so much more are awesome.

But this, this is what it’s all about! Congrats to all the BU student-athletes who are graduating this spring!

🎙 SIC ‘EM POD: ROSIE BELSHAM

On today’s episode, we’re joined by Baylor
women’s golf senior Rosie Belsham. 

A native of Whitley Bay, England, Rosie grew up playing
field hockey and golf, but ultimately stuck with the latter
after winning tournaments and rising up the youth ranks overseas. 

Rosie has found a home away from home here in Waco,
and has turned her time at Baylor into multiple All-Big 12
team selections, and has quickly become one of the
best athletes in Baylor women’s golf history.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Baylor softball’s win over UCF in the Big 12 Quarterfinals is the first Big 12 Tournament win for the Bears since when…..?

Got a guess?

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

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🎉 CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES

Long ago, Kool & The Gang taught us to Celebrate Good Times and on Nov. 2nd, Baylor will do exactly that.

A pair of 11-2 and Big 12 Conference Championship teams will be celebrated during the upcoming 2024 Baylor Football season, as the Bears plan to recognize student-athletes from the 2013 and 2014 teams. 

On Nov. 2 when Baylor plays TCU at McLane Stadium, the program will commemorate the 2013 and 2014 Big 12 Conference Championship teams. 

🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Friday, May 10
👟 Track & Field at Big 12 Championships (Waco, Tex.)
⚾️ Baseball at #17 Oklahoma @ 6:30pm
🥎 Softball vs. #1 Texas @ 7:30pm (Big 12 Semifinals - Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Saturday, May 11
👟 Track & Field at Big 12 Championships (Waco, Tex.)
⚾️ Baseball at #17 Oklahoma @ 4pm
🥎 Softball vs. TBD @ 6:30pm (Big 12 Championship - Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Sunday, May 12
⚾️ Baseball at #17 Oklahoma @ 2pm

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 2018.

The 3-2 thriller over UCF was the first Big 12 Tournament win since 2018 when the Bears took down Oklahoma State in the opening round.

🐻 Let’s have a great weekend, y’all!

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