No. 19 Baylor WGOLF Tied for 14th After Round One of the Northrop Grumman

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 13, 2022
No. 19 Baylor WGOLF Tied for 14th After Round One of the Northrop Grumman
Freshman Antonia Matte leads BU with a 4-over 75 in round one
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. – Baylor women’s golf is tied for 14th place after a team total of 20-over 204 in round one of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.

On Sunday, Freshman Antonia Matte shot Baylor’s low round of the day with a 4-over 75. The Santiago, Chile, native, opened her tournament on the back nine and had a couple of birdies at Nos. 11 and 14, book-ending a bogey and a double-bogey at Nos. 12 and 13. Following a double at the par-4 18th, Matte birdied Nos. 2 and 9 on the way to a 1-over 36 on her inward nine.

On a difficult day for scoring, BU’s No. 1 player, Britta Snyder, played a steady round with three bogeys on her opening nine at Nos. 12, 15 and 17. After a double bogey on No. 4 and a bogey on No. 5, Snyder closed with a birdie and three pars to finish the round in a tie for 43rd with a 5-over 76.

Fellow sophomore Rosie Belsham also finished with a 76 on Sunday. Sitting at 3-over through four holes, Belsham responded with a birdie at the par-4 14th but bogeyed the 18th to shoot a 3-over 39 on her outward nine. Turning towards the inward half, Belsham carded eight-straight pars before a double at the last dropped her to +5 for the tournament.

Starting on No. 10, senior Gurleen Kaur battled her way to an even-par 36 on her first nine, responding to a pair of bogeys at Nos. 13 and 15, with a couple of birdies at Nos. 14 and 16. However, six bogeys on the inward half would drop Kaur into a tie for 56th with a 6-over 77 in round one.

Graduate transfer Addie Baggarly made her stroke-play debut with the Bears with an 8-over 79, putting her in a tie for 72nd after 18 holes.

Kent State held the tournament lead on day one with a 2-over 286.

HIGHLIGHTS

•      Antonia Matte finished with a 75 on Sunday, .08 strokes below the field average.

•      Matte and Rosie Belsham played the par-3’s at even par, two of just 22 players in the 84-player field to play them at even or better.

•      Belsham’s 13 pars tied for the third-most in the field.

•      Baylor made 53 pars as a team, which were the fourth most on Sunday.

STAT OF THE DAY

•      Freshman Antonia Matte carded the low score on the team for the third time in her career and the first time since the Schooner Fall Classic on Sept. 26, 2021.

WHAT’S NEXT

On Monday morning, the Bears will play round two of the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. They will tee off on No. 10 for the second day in a row led off by Addie Baggarly at 12:00 p.m. CT. Gurleen Kaur will follow her at 12:12 p.m. just ahead of Rosie Belsham at 12:24 p.m. Britta Snyder and Antonia Matte will round things out for BU at 12:36 p.m. and 12:48 p.m., respectively.

Live stats will be available at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=23392> For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MGOLF/ WGOLF/ FOOTBALL/ MBB)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
O: 254-710-4206 | C: 254-709-2348

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