SB Set for Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship

BAYLOR (26-26, 11-13 Big 12) at PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday, May 7 • vs Kansas • Oklahoma City, Okla. | Devon Park • Radio: 101.3 FM • Watch: ESPN+
 
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• Baylor Softball is heading to the 2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Tournament this week as the No. 8 seed. The Bears will face No. 9 seed Texas Tech on Wednesday, May 7, at 2:30 p.m. CT at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 
• Devon Park is the re-branded Hall of Fame Stadium name, the home of the Women’s College World Series.
• After the No. 8 vs No. 9 seed matchup, the winner will go on to play the No. 1 seed, Texas Tech, on Thursday, May 8 at 1:30 p.m. CT.  
• The Bears are coming off of a three-game series against Iowa State to close out the regular season, where the Bears fell in the series 1-2. 
• Baylor won its first game at the Big 12 Tournament since 2018 last year when they defeated UCF in its first game. 
• The Bears hold the 46-35 all-time record over Kansas, after taking one game from the Jayhawks earlier this season in walk-off fashion before falling to KU in the final two games. 
• During the 2025 season, the team is competing with a veteran squad that consists of 12 seniors and 15 upperclassmen.
• After ending the 2024 campaign back in a Super Regional for the first time since 2017, the Bears returned 15 off of the 2024 squad, while adding four transfers and seven freshmen. 
• The Bears four transfers include Brooklyn Carter (Washington), Turiya Coleman (Houston), Carson Frier (UCF) and Lillie Walker (Duke). Coleman and Frier add depth to the Bears infield/catching position, while Carter adds speed to the outfield and Walker tosses left-handed in the circle. 

• The Bears faced nine opponents so far this season who were either ranked or receiving votes in the preseason/weekly ESPN poll for a total of 14 games. Those teams include: No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Texas A&M, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Missouri, No. 16 Nebraska, No. 1 Texas, No. 12 Texas Tech and No. 13 Oklahoma State. Thirteen of Baylor’s losses on the season have come against opponents ranked in the Top 25. 
• Shaylon Govan leads the Bears offensively with a .413 average this season, only missing four opening weekend games due to a class conflict. She has a team-leading six home runs, seven doubles and 26 RBIs. 
• Govan picked up the Big 12 Batting Average Champion award for leading the Big 12 with a .453 conference batting average. 
• Picking up the Bears’ first Big 12 Player of the Week honor, Govan hit .571 in the series against Houston and pushed her on base streak to 18-straight games, a streak that ended with 19-straight. 
• Lillie Walker leads the Bears in the circle with 87 strikeouts with 37 appearances. Walker currently stands in the top five of the Big 12 stats in wins, strikeouts, innings pitched, games started and complete games. 
• Leading Baylor during last week’s three-game series against BYU and midweek against Texas State in the circle was Walker who made four appearances, picked up two wins and totaled a 1.75 ERA while striking out eight.
• Faith Piper picked up the Big 12’s Big Stick of the Week award after the Bears’ series victory over BYU for leading the conference with a .667 average on the week with two doubles and a triple. 
• Defensively, Pilon is ranked second nationally in assists so far this season with 143, while Amber Toven follows with 115. Those two together have helped contribute to the Bears’ 28 double plays so far this season which ranks them tied for 12th nationally. 
• Shaylon Govan is now Baylor’s all-time leader in career walks with 141 after she set the record when she drew a walk in the first inning of the Bears’ 6-0 midweek win over Texas State. 
• As Baylor’s unanimous First-Team All-American last season, Govan, is currently in 6th place nationally in on base percentage (.596) after leading the nation in that category last season. 
• Head coach Glenn Moore is in his 25th season at the helm of the Baylor Softball program. In a quarter of a century, Moore is Baylor Athletics’ active all-time wins leader across all sports. He has progressed up the active NCAA coaching ranks, now ranking No. 17 in total victories among active Division I head coaches.
 

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