Tuesday August 17, 2010 9:03 PM Posted by gobears20
BaylorFans.com is holding a contest for all Baylor registered members on the Message Boards once again. This will be the seventh year that this contest has been held on this Website! The winner of the contest will be chosen at the end of the year based on who chooses the most correct winners of each weekly contest combined. One point will be awarded for each correct guess. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker will be determined on who entered their picks first in the very last week of the contest. If you edit your picks during the last week of the contest, that would be your latest entry recorded date and time. You will have to have the Week 1 picks in by Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 6:00am CST. You have over two weeks to enter Week 1 of the contest and this will give everybody a chance to get in on this contest. The contest is more user friendly this year allowing you to view your weekly results and scores. The winner of this contest will be able to select one prize out of a, Nintendo WII, Sony PlayStation 3 120GB, Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite, Sony - 3D*/Internet Connectable/Wi-Fi Built-In Blu-ray Disc Player...etc.
The 2007 winner of this contest was, Tylerbear. The 2008 winner of this contest was, sicem530. The 2009 winner of this contest was, fubar.
I would like to thank the sponsors for all of their help because without the sponsors, I would not be able to put out contests like this and offer prizes like this!
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:07 PM Posted by staff
WACO, Texas - Baylor's cross country teams begin the season hosting the Bear Twilight Invitational on Friday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Baylor Intramural Fields in Waco, Texas.
This year's edition will feature a host of regional competition, including TCU, SMU, Texas State, North Texas and UTA, along with non-Division I opponents UT-Tyler, Arkansas-Fort Smith, Dallas Baptist, Angelo State, Southwestern, Paul Quinn and Incarnate Word.
Baylor's women return a solid group, and with the addition of key newcomers, begin their quest of reaching the program's eighth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance. After finishing second in last season's NCAA South Central Regional, they will start the season ranked fourth the preseason regional rankings. Meanwhile, the Baylor men, who finished seventh at the regional meet and start the season regionally ranked seventh, will be looking to show they can be a contender for a berth to nationals with a veteran group of runners.
For the women, the familiar faces of All-Americans Erin Bedell, Nichole Jones and Danielle Bradley are gone, but veteran senior leaders Katie Shaw, Leigh Ann Ganzar and Lauren Simpson will join experienced junior Cate Westenhover, Sam Patty and Kristen Hanselka to lead the team. Newcomer Robyn Bennett joins the Bears as a former Australian national champion and will help provide depth to the squad.
Westenhover shined at the NCAA South Central Regional last season, coming across the tape as the second Baylor finisher and 10th overall with a time of 21:23.4 to help lead the Lady Bears to a second-place team finish. Westenhover was the top finisher at the Ken Garland Invitational with a fifth-place finish, while Kristen Hanselka paced BU at the Chile Pepper Festival with a 49th-place finish.
On the men's side, the makeup of the squad mirrors the women with a solid group of juniors and seniors, along with underclassmen with the potential to contribute. Senior Robbie Knorr returns a year after lead the Bears as the top BU finisher in all five events, including an individual victory at the Bear Twilight Invitational.
Seniors Jeff Sadler and Ben Haby provide experience with a quartet of juniors that includes Brandon Reed, Brandon White, Zac Flowers and Logan Roberts. Sadler was the second BU finisher in four of five events in 2009 with a second-place finish at the Bear Twilight Invite.
Newcomers to the men's squad include Baylor track standout Gavyn Nero and freshman Brad Miles. Nero competed in track and field as a freshman last spring, earning all-Big 12 honors in the middle distances. Miles, who enters his first semester at Baylor, is a former Foot Locker Northeast Regional Cross Country champion.
The 2010 Bear Twilight Invitational is set to begin with the women's race at 6:30 p.m., with the men's race to follow. The meet will take place at the Baylor Intramural Fields located across LaSalle Ave. to the east of the Ferrell Center on the Baylor University campus.
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:06 PM Posted by staff
GAME CENTER: Matches 5-6-7
MEDIA INFORMATION
Date: Sept. 3-4, 2010
Location: Minneapolis, Minn.
Arena: Sports Pavilion (5,700)
Internet Audio: www.BaylorBears.com
Internet Video: n/a
Talent: Todd Zeidler (pxp)
Live Stats: www.BaylorBears.com
THIS WEEK'S TOP FIVE
- Baylor finished second in the Holiday Inn and Suites Baylor Classic going 2-1 with wins over Stephen F. Austin and Butler, with its lone loss coming in five sets against SMU. The Bears then traveled to UTSA on Wednesday, recording a 3-0 sweep of the Roadrunners and marking Baylor's third consecutive road win dating back to Nov. 25, 2009.
- Libero Caitlyn Trice was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts in Baylor's three weekend matches. The senior earned Baylor Classic Defensive MVP honors and leads the league with 100 digs and 6.67 digs per set. Trice's teammate Elizabeth Graham leads the Big 12 in blocks (31) and block per set (2.07). Baylor leads the league in both categories.
- With a win in its first match of the season, Baylor is now 6-1 under head coach Jim Barnes in season openers. In the Barnes era, Baylor dropped the opener his first season, but has won the first match each of the last six years. During his tenure at Baylor, Barnes has compiled an astonishing non-conference record of 62-14 (.816).
- Baylor's features a dynamically tall front line with 6-foot-3 Briana Tolbert and three 6-2 players, Elizabeth Graham, Ashley Byrd and Torri Campbell. Graham leads the Big 12 with 31 blocks (2.07 bps), while Tolbert is second with 19 blocks and fifth at 1.27 per set. All-told BU averages 3.00 per set for a total of 45.0 in just four matches.
- Against UTSA on Wednesday night, Torri Campbell accomplished one of the rarer feats in program history, serving four consecutive service aces at the beginning of the third set.
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS
MINNESOTA
- The No. 8 Golden Gophers, a 2009 NCAA Final Four team, opened the season with a 3-0 weekend, hosting the Minnesota Invitational?????? UM recorded a .410 hitting percentage in sweeps over Denver, Stony Brook, and Marquette. The Gophers feature for players that hit over .400 with at least 2.75 kills per set in the opening weekend. Tabi Love averaged 4.57 kps, while Ashley Wittman averaged 4.22. Stephanie Nucci quarterbacks the offense average 14.33 assists per set. On defense, Wittman averaged 2.89 digs per set and Lauren Gibbemeyer tallied 2.12 bps.
DAYTON
- Dayton opened the season as the host of the Flyer Classic. The Flyers swept Pitt and VCU, and also beat Arizona State in four sets. Four Dayton players record between 20 and 28 kills, led by Amanda Cowdrey's 28 in the first three matches. Jessica Yanz quarterbacked the offense to a .302 hitting percentage with 9.6 assists per set. Defensively, libero Paige Vargas recorded 38 digs for an average of 3.8 digs per set, while Lindsay Fletemier had 18 blocks for an average of 1.8 blocks per set.
NORTHERN IOWA
- UNI, ranked 22nd in the NCAA, return a host of veterans from an NCAA Tournament team. The Panthers have a balanced offense, producing six players that recorded between 15 and 30 kills in the first three matches. Dynamic setter Bre Payton is tied for the team lead in kills, while also averaging 8.91 assist per set. On defense, MVC libero of the year from 2009, Ellie Blankenship averages 3.45 digs per set and MB Krista DeGeest leads the squad in blocking at 1.27 bps.
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:04 PM Posted by staff
No Xs and Os here. Every Wednesday during the 2010 football season, "This is Bear Country" Blog will take an unconventional (and somewhat random) look at Baylor's opposition that week. This week's 'What's Not in the Game Notes' focuses on Baylor's season-opening opponent, Sam Houston State:
Separated by a mere 135 miles, Baylor and Sam Houston State will meet on the football field this weekend for only the third time. When SHSU fielded its first athletic team in 1906, the Bears had been playing football for seven seasons (Baylor did not field a team in 1906). By the time Sam Houston State played its first football game in 1912, Baylor....LINK: http://www.baylorbears.com/blog/this...try.html#shsu1
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:02 PM Posted by staff
The Baylor soccer team (3-1-0) will return home for three-straight home games beginning with a pair this weekend. The Bears will welcome UTSA (3-1-0) on Friday at 7:00 p.m. and then face Houston (3-0-0) for a 1:00 p.m. showdown on Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
"I think we learned quite a bit from last weekend that will make our team better," head coach Marci Jobson said. "This is going to be a tough weekend of games with two quality opponents coming in, but we are excited to be back on our home field and in front of our fans."
The Bears are coming off their first loss of the season, a 3-1 defeat at Arizona State on Aug. 29. Sophomore Hanna Gilmore is second in the Big 12 Conference in both points (nine) and goals (four). As a team, Baylor is leading the conference in goals (15) with a 3.75 average per game. The defense has also been stellar, ranking second in the Big 12 with three shutouts.
UTSA enters a 1-1 weekend that saw them fall to Texas 3-1, but come back to beat Houston Baptist at home, 2-1. The last time Baylor met UTSA was a 1-0 win overtime win at UTSA on Sept. 20, 2009. The Bears lead the all-time series, 3-0-1.
Houston, who has yet to surrender a goal this season, will face BU on Sunday following a matchup at TCU. The Cougars picked up road wins over Louisiana-Lafayette, 2-0 and McNeese State, 6-0 last weekend to remain perfect. The Bears and Cougars last met on Sept. 21, 2008, with BU pulling off a 1-0 win in Waco. Baylor has the overall series advantage with a 3-1 lead.
Friday will be Family Fun Night, as fans can purchase four tickets, four hot dogs and four drinks for $20. Sunday, kids 12 and under will get in free.
