SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State softball heads on the road for its final midweek game of the season, a date with the Baylor Bears on Tuesday, April 22. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.

The Bobcats come into the week with a 30-15 record, having an 12-6 record in Sun Belt action after dropping a series to the Troy Trojans last week. 
Coming into the week, Bobcat first basement Aiyana Coleman is tied for 1^st in the Bobcats all-time single season record for home runs. Coleman hit her 15^th home run of the season during the Bobcats series with Troy to tie the record.
 
GAME NOTES
ABOUT THE BOBCATS:
Texas State is coming off a 47-win campaign and an appearance in the NCAA College Station Regional after winning the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in 2024. The Bobcats were selected to finish 1st in the Sun Belt Conference Preseason poll. The team currently sits in 2nd place in the Sun Belt.

The Bobcats have a new look to them this year, but return key position players like outfielders Ciara Trahan, Emilee Baker, and Sydney Harvey, pitchers Maddy Azua, Presley Glende, Analisa Soliz and Abigail Jennings, catchers Karmyn Bass, Makayla Hall, and Megan Kelnar.

The Bobcats also brought in four transfers, all from Power 4 schools, Aiyana Coleman (Texas A&M), Keely Williams (Texas A&M), Kate Bubela (UNC), Emma Strood (LSU) to round out the team.

Also joining the team was seven freshmen. Through 45 games so far, 25% of Texas State's starters have been freshmen. Erin Peterson leads the freshmen with 45 consecutive starts at shortstop, one of just seven known freshmen in the nation to have started every game of the season.

The Bobcats currently have four players batting above .300, led by Coleman at .423. Coleman leads the team in hits (47) home runs (15) and RBI (48) Rounding out the top of the order is Ciara Trahan (.333), Bailee Slack (.324), Sydney Harvey (.314) and Keely Williams (.308).
The Bobcat pitching staff also continues to impress with a team ERA of 2.78 while being one of the best teams in the nation for strikeouts per seven innings, WHIP, and earned run average.
 
ABOUT THE BEARS:
Baylor comes into the week with a 22-23 record on the season, and they are 8-10 so far in Big 12 play. The Trojans are coming off a run-rule win vs Arizona State despite losing the series last weekend.

Baylor's batting is led by Shaylon Govan who's batting .398 this season, one of just three Bears above .300. She leads the team in RBI with 23 and has six home runs this season. Rounding out the top of their order is Turiya Coleman who's batting .379 and Presleigh Pilon who's batting .311.
 
The Bears most effective pitchers are Lillie Walker and Sadie Ross. Walked has a 2.71 ERA in 118.2 innings of work. She's allowed just 46 earned runs while striking out 73 batters. Ross has seen 68.2 innings with 38 earned runs allowed. She has struck out 28 batters. 
 
UP NEXT:
The Bobcats will host their final series of the season this weekend against the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns. The series will run April 25-27 inside Bobcat Softball Stadium. All three of the games will be streamed on ESPN+ and the Bobcats will honor graduating seniors Ciara Trahan, Presley Glende and Bailee Welsh before the Sunday game of the series