Sports briefs
Nov. 5, 2008Bears clean up after Ike
The Baylor baseball team will travel to Houston this weekend to help a relief organization clean debris leftover from Hurricane Ike.
The Bears will partner with the Christians Organized for Relief Efforts (CORE) Alliance in League City.
The group was established in 2005 by two Houston churches to assist people hit by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The baseball team will clean houses, remove tree limbs, debris, sheetrock and water-logged floors.
"Our players and coaches are looking forward to providing assistance to people hit so hard by Hurricane Ike," Baylor head coach Steve Smith said. "It is wonderful to have a program like CORE to coordinate not just our group but groups from all over the country."
The Baylor roster features three students from the Houston area: Raynor Campbell (Katy) Andrew Cooley (Conroe) and Aaron Miller (Channelview).
Contributions to CORE can be made at www.core-alliance.org.
Volleyball back on court
The Baylor volleyball team will return to the Ferrell Center Wednesday, as the Bears welcome the No. 4 Longhorns.
Texas won the last meeting in Austin 3-0.
Baylor is on a three-game losing streak with the latest coming Saturday: a 3-2 loss at Oklahoma.
Women's golf takes 10th
Hannah Burke finished 4th overall, leading the Lady Bears into 10th place at the Challenge at the Wolfdancer.
Colorado took the tournament, while Texas Tech and Texas State took second.
Baylor ranked No. 19
The women's basketball team is ranked No. 19 in the preseason AP poll.
The University of Connecticut claimed the top seed, followed by Baylor's first official opponent: No. 2 Stanford University.
Oklahoma came in No. 4, Texas A&M University claimed No. 11, the University of Texas is No. 13 and Oklahoma State University is No. 14.
Only the Atlantic Coast Conference has as many in the top 25.
Soccer places 12 on list
The Baylor soccer team placed 12 players on the Academic All-Big 12 team.
Beckah Brady, Megan Humke, Lindsey Johnson, Betsy Kyle, Lucy Quintana, Gianna Quintana, Courtney Seelhorst, Elena Sutherland and Katie White were named to the first team, while Lotto Smith, Andi Fagan and Allie Moran earned second team honors.
In addition, the Big 12 Conference selected goalkeeper Seelhorst to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team.
She is the first Bear to be selected since Megan Sherrell and Anna Schuch in 2004.
Hoops game time changed
The Baylor men's basketball game scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday has been moved to 7:30 p.m.
The exhibition against Tarleton State University was moved due to Baylor's football game at Texas being changed to 11 a.m.
Baylor will return to the court at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 for its first official game against Paul Quinn College.
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