Baylor soccer will face the Big 12’s highest-ranked team in this week’s coaches poll to open the 2018 conference schedule, trekking to Austin to face No. 11 Texas (8-0-1) on Friday evening at 7 p.m. at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field.
BU (7-3-0) will look to make a statement at the onset of the new Big 12 season, facing its highest-ranked opponent of the season and the second matchup with a Top 25 team.
Baylor is coming off a weekend with a pair of 2-0 wins, knocking off then-No. 23 Butler and UTRGV.
Texas went 2-0 with a tight, 2-1 win over UTRGV and a 3-0 besting of Northern Colorado.
The weekend schedule is the first single-match slate for the Bears this season, with Baylor having Sunday off.
Baylor will make its 2018 television debut, with the Friday contest being broadcast on the Longhorn Network, in addition to being streamed on ESPN3.com and the WatchESPN app.
