PREVIEW: Houston Closes Regular Season at Baylor; Series Adjusted Due to Weather

WACO, Texas – The University of Houston Softball team closes the regular season with a trip to Baylor for a three-game series at Getterman Stadium this weekend.

Anticipated inclement weather has amended the original schedule for the weekend. The teams will now play a doubleheader on Friday starting at 4 p.m. with the series finale on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

BAYLOR
Teams				Houston vs Texas Tech
Dates				Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at noon
Location				Cougar Softball Stadium \| Houston
Live Streams				Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday
Live Stats				UHStats.com
Game Notes				Houston

SERIES vs BAYLOR

Overall: 15-25
First Meeting: L, 0-4, N, Feb. 23, 2001
Last Meeting: L, 0-3, A, March 19, 2023
Last Houston Win: W, 3-1, A, March 20, 2021
In Waco: 6-12
Last five: 1-4
Last 10: 4-6
Under Vesely: 4-7
Houston Streak: L4

HEAD COACH KRISTIN VESELY
Overall record: 211-189-1 (8th season)
At Houston: same

FIRST PITCH

The Cougars rank 14th nationally in walks drawn (192), 17th in scoring (6.35) and 22nd in on-base percentage (.406).
Lair Beautae broke the team's single season runs scored record, previously set by Kendra Cullum with 52 runs in 2013. Beautae now has 55 this season, including four games with three-or-more runs. She also tied the team's single-game runs record with four against Texas Tech on April 27. She's scored 12 runs in her last five games.
Kennedy Thomas is also on the team's top-10 list in single-season runs with 46 this year. She's tied for ninth.
Houston has hit four grand slams this season, bringing the program's historic total to 52.
Houston broke its single season sacrifice flies record that it set last season, posting 23 this season. Bree Cantu leads the team with 5, which ranks 16th in the country and second in the Big 12.
Cantu has drawn 38 walks so far this season, tying for sixth on the program's single-season list. She's seven walks away from tying the record.
The Cougars' 324 runs scored have surpassed the program's season totals from all but one season: 2008. They're 44 runs away from the record.
The Cougars won their first Big 12 game in style, sealing the team's highest ranked win in program history with a 12-10 win over No. 2 Texas on March 8. The victory also continued Head Coach Kristin Vesely's streak of seasons with a win over a ranked opponent.
The team posted its best 11 game start (10-1) since 2008 when the program went 11-0. At 15-5, the team earned its best 20 game start since 2020 (16-4).
Houston's 94 runs tied the program record for most runs through the first 11 games, originally set in 2014.

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