Head Coach Michelle Lenard was very disappointed in her team's play, but the Bears were anything but overrun in this matchup. Expectations remain high for the Bears of Betty Lou.

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.

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.

Tech’s leading goal scorer, Ashleigh Williams, scored her 11th and 12th goals of the season to make the difference for the visitors. The goals came in the 24th and 53rd minutes respectively.

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

The Bears looked tired for much of the night and the Mustangs made the most of Baylor’s mistakes, scoring on counterattacks in the 54th and 61st minutes. Ashley Merrill slammed a goal in off the crossbar with just seven minutes left to draw one back.

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.

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

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