How did Hess meet the expectations that she might not have known existed? And how is she planning to follow up her freshman success in her sophomore campaign?

Here are 11 things that caught my attention when looking back at the Bears' first loss of the season.

No. 6 Baylor Soccer lost for the first time in the 2026 season, dropping a 3-1 contest to PAC 12 foe Texas State on Sunday night.

After an exciting 4-1 thrashing of No. 10 Arkansas to open the Baylor Soccer season, here are some of my thoughts and takeaways from the game.

Baylor Soccer went into SEC territory for the season-opener against No. 10 Arkansas and rode a first-half Lauren Omholt penalty kick goal to a 4-1 drubbing of the Razorbacks to kick off the 2026 season in style.

Analyzing the top three questions facing Baylor Soccer going into the 2026 season.

Bears land program-most selections to preseason all-conference team

While Baylor Soccer must replace five starters in 2026, three returning veterans form the backbone of Michelle Lenard’s reload.

Baylor Soccer head coach Michelle Lenard doesn’t just want Baylor Soccer to win, she wants her program to play like newly crowned world champions Spain while doing it.

After starting the spring with wins over Navarro College, UTSA and TCU, Baylor Soccer dropped a neutral site game against Oklahoma 2-1 two weekends ago and lost 4-1 to SMU on Friday night. Here is what you should know heading into the summer.

Last Friday night on the Banks of the Brazos, Baylor Soccer sent a message. The Bears earned a 4-3 victory over rivals TCU in a game that looked like a key regular-season conference clash and offered as much entertainment as a Champions League knockout stage second leg.

Notes on Baylor Soccer's first two spring exhibitions, including a standout freshman. The third spring game is this Friday against TCU in Waco!

Key Players, lessons, direction, momentum, roster turnover, contract extensions and overarching thoughts on one of Baylor's most successful team sports so far this academic year! Find all of that in this very late review of the 2025 Baylor Soccer season.

No. 5 Seed Baylor Soccer prevailed over the Sun Belt Champion Texas State Bobcats in their NCAA Tournament first round matchup by a score of 3-0.

BU earns its highest All-Big 12 total under head coach Michelle Lenard

Baylor Soccer lost its first game of the season to the visiting Texas Tech Red Raiders by a score of 1-0, thanks to a 72nd-minute penalty.

The Bears continue the best start of the Michelle Lenard era with a 4-1 thumping of Texas State. Tyler Isgrig narrowly missed out on a hat trick and Aryanna Jimison was a menace in the attack.

Hess scored game-winning goal in fourth career match