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They travel to Illinois on March 4, then will be in Arizona to face Arizona State on Mar. 27.įor March, the Bears are on the road for the majority of the month. Baylor finishes off the month at Oklahoma on Feb. The Bears will look to advance to Indoors through ITA Kickoff Weekend. 11, then powerhouse Virginia sees BU on Feb. 31.įebruary starts strong with hosting Texas on Feb. Baylor will be one of 15 host sites for the ITA Kickoff Weekend, playing William & Mary on Jan. Back in Waco, BU hosts Boise State on Jan. The Bears then travel to Nebraska to face the Huskers on Jan. The January slate starts off with Baylor hosting Louisiana and Abilene Christian on Jan. Our goal is always to prepare ourselves best for post-season play, and we feel the level of competition and travel that the spring presents will do just that. Our team has a unique blend of talent, experience and new faces that I'm confident will be ready for what will surely be a challenging slate. "Our schedule is one of the toughest in the country by design, as student-athletes choose Baylor to compete alongside and against the elite in collegiate tennis. "We are really looking forward to getting the spring season started," said Woodson.
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Baylor will also play in the ITA Kickoff Weekend with hopes to advance to ITA National Indoors, and will play in the Big 12 Championship hosted by TCU.īaylor men's tennis looks to make its 24 th-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid in 2022. For an interactive look at the sightlines from any seat in the stadium, check out this 3D seat viewer.WACO, Texas – Baylor men's tennis head coach Michael Woodson announced the 2022 schedule for the Bears on Tuesday.īU will host 12 matches and travel for nine in the spring. The school expects new hotels, restaurants and shops will soon surround the stadium.īaylor opens McLane Stadium this Sunday when the Bears host Southern Methodist University. At 860,000-square feet, McLane Stadium is the largest project in Central Texas history. Located on campus, along the river and near Waco's resurgent downtown area, Baylor officials expect the stadium will have a ripple effect throughout Central Texas' economy. With head coach Art Briles leading Baylor's resurgence, the defending Big 12 champs now have a home that matches the quality of their play on the field. RELATED: Discussing Heisman Trophy Campaigns With the Man Who Planned RG3's As a former employee in the communications department, the stadium's single elevator that brought fans, coaches and athletic department staff up to the stadium's lone press tower/ luxury seating area was a particular problem. Located in a residential neighborhood, it lacked the "big game" feel of a football Saturday on many college campuses. Floyd Casey Stadium was a small and antiquated stadium, perhaps best known for the tarp that covered up about 5,000 empty seats in the south end zone.
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RELATED: Man Dies in Baylor Stadium Construction AccidentĪs a former employee in the Baylor Athletic Department, it's hard to explain how much this stadium means to the university and the city as a whole.
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The stadium is connected to campus by a large pedestrian bridge, which AB featured in this February 2014 story. The stadium features six founder's suites, 39 luxury suites, 79 loge boxes, 1,200 outdoor club seats, 168 concession stands (compared to just 32 at Floyd Casey), state-of-the-art locker rooms and a high definition Daktronics scoreboard. Sitting along the banks of the Brazos River, Floyd Casey's $266 million replacement has a capacity of 45,000. The Populous-designed stadium brings football back to campus in Waco, Texas after Baylor played more than 60 seasons at Floyd Casey Stadium located a few miles away from campus.