Big Spring Herald

Baylor soccer gearing for 9-game schedule in fall of 2020

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When the Big 12 decided that it would play a nine-game conference-only schedule, the Baylor soccer team responded with a mix of joy and relief.

After exploring several different scenarios, Big 12 soccer teams will begin games Sept. 11 as the Bears host TCU at Betty Lou Mays Field.

"Getting anything is great at this point, so we're excited about that," said Baylor coach Paul Jobson. "It will be interestin­g stepping on to the field for the first time without any type of exhibition or nonconfere­nce match right into it. But I think that's a challenge that our girls will be really up for."

There will be no postseason tournament this fall after the NCAA announced that it plans to postpone its soccer championsh­ip to possibly the spring due to COVID-19 concerns.

NCAA board members cautioned that fall championsh­ips should be played in the spring only if they can be conducted safely and in accordance with federal, state and local health guidelines. The final decisions on bracket sizes and compositio­n will be approved by the board at a later date.

Jobson would be open to bringing his team back for an NCAA spring tournament.

"If I've learned anything from the COVID season is not to look too far ahead for sure," Jobson said. "If they allow us to do something in the spring great. The more matches we can play, the coaches are always going to like that. I don't know what a championsh­ip is going to look like, I have no idea how they're going

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Herald to get that going. I'd be for it, especially if we get to play now and later, that sounds like the best of both worlds to me."

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