Lariat Sports

The sports news feed for the @bulariat, which delivers breaking, local and campus news by the award-winning student newspaper of Baylor University.

[Keaton “KT” Thomas @KThomas2022]

Thankful for this chapter….Excited for the next one🙏🏾🧎🏾
AG2G

[Foster Nicholas @FosterNicholas_]

#Baylor head coach Dave Aranda in his opening statement during his weekly Monday presser: #SicEm

"Excited for this moment ... the focus and intensity is where you want it to be."

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

Jayson Baldridge was a 5x all-conference athlete, 2x Big 12 champion, and an All-American in 2019. Heartbreaking loss for the Baylor Track and Field community.

[Baylor Track & Field @BaylorTrack]

Our hearts go out to the family of former Baylor All-American Jayson Baldridge, gone far too soon at the age of 26 years old. Forever a Bear!

[Foster Nicholas @FosterNicholas_]

A wildly windy game is on deck at #Baylor Ballpark as the Bears (8-3) take on Tarleton State (4-8).

BU Lineup:
1B Jack Little
RF Enzo Apodaca
LF Wesley Jordan
DH Hunter Simmons
2B Pearson Riebock
CF Ty Johnson
3B Hunter Teplanszky
C Cortlan Castle
SS Tyriq Kemp

SP Carson Bailey

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor Athletic Director Mack Rhodes was named the College Football Committee Chair earlier today, per release.

“I’ve said this over and over since last year – but this is really a ‘we’ appointment and speaks to the great respect Baylor University has nationally," Rhodes said.

[Foster Nicholas @FosterNicholas_]

#Baylor football is set to face #LSU in the 2024 Texas Bowl on New Year's Eve. Head coach Dave Aranda gets to take a crack with his former team, which he won a National Championship with in 2019. The squads will each enter the matchup at 8-4. #SicEm
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[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#4 #Baylor falls in five sets to #5 #Dayton, 25-22, 22-25, 24-26, 25-21, 12-15.

Baylor ends the season with a 24-8 record in the 10th year of head coach Ryan McGuyre's tenure

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton outside hitter Lexie Almodovar records her career-high 32nd kill to extend the Fliers lead.

#Baylor responds with a kill from opposite hitter Allie Sczech to bring the set within one.

#5 Dayton 12, #4 Baylor 11, 5th set (2-2) #SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton middle blocker Liana Sarkissian tallies her 15th kill of the night, regaining the lead for the Fliers.

#Baylor head coach Ryan McGuyre calls the team's first timeout of the set.

#5 Dayton 11, #4 Baylor 10, 5th set (2-2)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor middle blocker Alicia Andrew ties the final set with her eighth kill of the night.

Andrew is back to serve.

#4 Baylor 9, #5 Dayton 9, 5th set (2-2)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

A service ace from #Baylor setter Jackie Barrett Frazier give the Bears their first lead of the tie-breaking set since 1-0.

#4 Baylor 7, #5 Dayton 6, 5th set (2-2)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

Two consecutive service aces from #Dayton outside hitter Gaby Arroyo extend the Fliers' lead over #Baylor in the tie-breaking set.

#5 Dayton 4, #4 Baylor 2, 5th set (2-2)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton defensive specialist opens the final set with a service error, the ninth of the night for the Fliers.

#4 Baylor 1, #5 Dayton 0, 5th set (2-2)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton middle blocker Liana Sarkissan records her 12th kill of the night to take the third set, 25-21.

#Baylor will serve first in the tiebreak set

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor middle blocker Alicia Andrew delivers up third service ace of the night, followed by a block from opposite hitter Allie Sczech. The Bears' 7-2 scoring streak sends #Dayton to their second timeout.

#5 Dayton 22, #4 Baylor 20, 4th set (Baylor 2-1)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton reaches 20 points first in the fourth, aided by eight total errors from #Baylor in the set.

The Bears respond with a service ace from setter Jackie Barrett Frazier before the Fliers call their first timeout.

#5 Dayton 20, #4 Baylor 15, 4th set (Baylor 2-1)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor takes its second timeout of the 4th set after an attack error from outside hitter Kendal Murphy. The Bears now total six kills in the set to #Dayton's two.

#5 Dayton 14, #4 Baylor 9, 4th set (Baylor 2-1)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor middle blocker Alicia Andrew puts up her sixth block of the match to go along with her seven kills and two service aces.

#5 Dayton 11, #4 Baylor 8, 4th set (Baylor 2-1)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Dayton races out to a 7-3 lead as #Baylor takes its first timeout. The Bears have three errors and only two kills early in the fourth set.

#5 Dayton 7, #4 Baylor 3, 4th set (Baylor 2-1)
#SicEm

[Lariat Sports @BULariatSports]

#Baylor's discipline was again their advantage in the third set, limiting themselves to two errors while #Dayton struggled with nine.

Bears lead after three, 2-1 #SicEm