Baylor softball is set to kick off its annual Green and Gold World Series on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Getterman Stadium, with the Bears using the intrasquad action to keep sharpening things for the 2027 season.
This year’s group arrives with a top-25 transfer class, according to D1Softball.com, and head coach Glenn Moore said the series will help him sort through the roster while upperclassmen take on leadership duties in the dugout and on the field.
"The upperclassmen are doing the coaching, so it's fun to sit back and evaluate how they interact, deal with adversity, handle challenges and see their competitiveness come out," Moore said. "You want competitors, and this tells us a lot about the nature of their competitiveness and who's going to compete when we're playing an opponent in the spring."
For junior infielder Faith Piper, the benefit goes beyond evaluation. She said the series has a way of turning teammates into immediate rivals, which is part of what makes it valuable.
"This gets really competitive. It gets really amped up, honestly," Piper said.
"It's really cool to be able to compete against each other. You get to see people's competitive sides, and then you can look back on it in the spring and remember how competitive and fierce we were."
Junior pitcher Peyton Tanner pointed to that same edge as a built-in rehearsal for what Baylor will face when the games start counting.
"We just do a good job of making it competitive so that we can really simulate what it's going to be like in the spring," Tanner said. "Last year, when I would have bases loaded, Faith [Piper] would look at me and say, 'We've been here, Green and Gold.' Honestly, that was something that would get me through to the next inning in the spring, too."
The series resumes Monday at 4:30 p.m., and if a deciding game is needed, it is scheduled for Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. All games will be played at Getterman Stadium and are free and open to the public.
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