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No. 21 Baylor softball pauses Big 12 play, faces No. 5 Tennessee in Knoxville

*Editorial note: Use of the term “the Bears” refers to the Baylor softball team, not the Mercer Bears. Mercer will be noted as “Mercer” or “MU.”

By Michael Haag | Sports Editor

Being a head coach means having to adapt and adjust on the fly.

When No. 21 Baylor softball head coach Glenn Moore scheduled the Tennessee Invitational, his plan was to keep his team playing competitive softball outside of Big 12 play.

What Moore didn’t realize was that one of the teams the Bears (27-9, 2-4 Big 12) would be facing is now a top-five squad in the country.