The Bears were four minutes away from earning their fourth win in a row — a streak of potentially as many games as the team won all of last season — but the team will have to settle for only a fifth game unbeaten in a row.

Baylor Soccer used a late goal from defender Hallie Augustyn to earn its third straight win and get back to .500 in Big 12 play with a 2-1 victory over the UCF Knights.

Tyler Isgrig had a stellar night for the Bears scoring two beautiful goals and assisting on a third. Ashley Merrill was the beneficiary and calm finisher of Isgirg’s assist while the Bears opener was netted by freshman and Manchester, UK native Salma Simonin.

Sophomore Hannah Augustyn, playing outside back today, scored the opener and winner for the green and goal in the seventh minute. Fellow defenders Hallie Augustyn, Ava Colberg and Blythe Obar all made last-ditch saves of KSU shots to preserve the Baylor lead as well.

There may be more questions than answers for the Bears as their Big 12 scoreless streak hits four full games.

Ashley Merrill scored the winner and lone goal for Baylor Soccer (5-3-1) to help the Bears close out non-conference play with a 1-0 win on Sunday night against UTSA.

Lexi Missimo scored twice for Texas despite great efforts by Baylor keeper Ashlee Zirkel in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

The senior scored four goals in the Bears’ two contests last week, highlighted by a four-minute hat trick against Abilene Christian last Sunday. Merrill also netted the Bears’ lone goal in their 2-1 loss to SMU last Thursday.

Baylor Soccer rebounded from their Thursday loss in style with a 7-0 drubbing of the visiting Abilene Christian Wildcats. Senior midfielder Ashley Merrill netted the 20th hat trick Baylor Soccer history.

Baylor Soccer (2-1-1) overcame a bit of a sluggish start to comfortably beat the visiting Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 3-0 thanks to goals from Ashley Merrill, Jenna Patterson and Tyler Isgrig.

Ashley Merrill scored for the Bears in the 16th minute to give the Green-and-Gold the one-goal lead that they would defend tooth-and-nail until the soft penalty was called on a Hallie Augustyn challenge in the Baylor box.

First half goals from Florence Belzile and Abbey Schwarz saw the hosts build a 2-0 lead before Callie Conrad drew one back for the Bears with 15 seconds left in the first half. It was Conrad’s first goal of her freshman season.

The Bears looked to be in almost total control of the game right from the start and dominated possession. Goals from Tyler Isgrig in the 66th minute and Skylar Zinnecker in the 74th minute made the difference for the Green-and-Gold.

The 2023 Baylor Soccer season begins tomorrow night in Eugene Oregon with the Bears set to battle the Oregon Ducks at 7 PM CST.

This pair of attackers plus a key defender are likely to play a large role in determining the direction of the coming season.

Bears defeat the Texans, 4-0

Let’s look at a couple of true question marks for the team before we get to a fun question.

With official practices starting today, how far along is the building project that is Baylor Soccer under Michelle Lenard?