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The Bears had won five titles in a row from 2015-2019 before last year’s championship was canceled due to COVID-19; Baylor was again ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time. Having lost the chance a year ago, this year’s title was all the more special. “I don’t think anybody understands,” says head coach Felecia Mulkey. “The sigh of relief to get to this point is unbelievable… There were so many times we thought we wouldn’t be able to compete at all.” Instead, the Bears brought home yet another title the 12th national championship in Baylor varsity sports history. In addition to A&T’s six titles, Baylor has also won championships in men’s basketball (2021), women’s basketball (2005, 2012 & 2019), men’s tennis (2004) and equestrian (2012).
April 12, 2021 // Posted In Athletics, Honors It’s been an interesting year for both Baylor volleyball and collegiate volleyball as a whole, thanks to (what else?) COVID-19. Traditionally a fall sport, the NCAA elected to move the volleyball postseason tournament to spring, and many conferences followed suit and moved their entire seasons to the spring. The Big 12, like the ACC and SEC, elected to play a limited fall season in the Big 12’s case, playing a conference-only schedule and then follow that with a short spring schedule to help teams prepare for the postseason. The Bears went 19-6 on the season suffering a tough 0-4 record against Texas, the NCAA tournament’s No. 4 overall seed, but going a combined 19-2 against the rest of their schedule. Four first-team all-Big 12 honorees led the way: Pressley, Lauren Harrison, Kara McGhee, and the program’s first-ever Big 12 Libero of the Year, Shanel Bramschreiber.
April 3, 2021 // Posted In Athletics, Honors Before we continue, take a minute and let that sink in. Then, consider this head coach Scott Drew’s squad just might be playing its best basketball of the year and at exactly the right time. Baylor raced out to a 25-point lead in the first half of Saturday’s Final Four match-up against Houston, and it was never close after that as the Bears coasted to a 78-59 win. The Cougars were a No. 2 seed in this year’s tournament, with just three losses on the year but against Baylor, UH both scored its fewest points in a half AND gave up its most points in a half this season.
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