{"id":20459,"date":"2017-11-07T11:33:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T17:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=20459"},"modified":"2017-11-07T12:25:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:25:10","slug":"baylor-soccer-wins-big-12-title-will-host-ncaa-tournament-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2017\/11\/baylor-soccer-wins-big-12-title-will-host-ncaa-tournament-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor soccer wins Big 12 title, will host NCAA tournament first round"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2017<\/p>\n

Baylor soccer entered last week’s Big 12 tournament with the league’s No. 1 defense (No. 13 in the nation), allowing barely half a goal per game. That shutdown defense carried the Bears straight through the tournament to\u00a0the program’s second Big 12 title in six years<\/a> and the league’s\u00a0automatic bid in this year’s NCAA tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Led by All-Big 12 first-team selections<\/a>\u00a0Precious Akanyirige, Aline De Lima, and Julie James — the first time Baylor has ever had three first-team selections — head coach Paul Jobson’s squad went 10-5-2 in the regular season. Four of those five losses came in overtime, but Baylor avenged three of those losses — to 14th-ranked Texas, No. 16 Oklahoma State and TCU — by beating each during the tournament title run (with two of the three victories again coming in OT). (See highlights of the championship game victory<\/a> below.)<\/p>\n