Baylor WGOLF Climbs into Tie for 22nd in Second Round of NCAA Championship

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- May 18, 2024

Baylor WGOLF Climbs into Tie for 22nd in Second Round of NCAA Championship
BU’s Seema shoots career-best NCAA postseason in solid showing for the Bears
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

CARLSBAD, Calif. — On the strength of a strong showing by BaiMai Seema and Sera Hasegawa, Baylor women’s golf shot a 7-over 295 and pulled into a tie for 22nd in the second round of the NCAA Championship Saturday at La Costa.

With her 2-under 70, Seema is leading the charge for the Bears, in a tie for 29th, while Hasegawa used a 70 of her own to move up 66 spots on Saturday and into a tie for 50th. Seema enters the third round eight shots behind the 36-hole leader, Texas A&M’s Adela Cernousek and her 8-under 136.

Tied for the third-best round of the afternoon wave, BU sits at 19-over 595, eight shots outside the current cutline occupied by Wake Forest and Arizona State with 11-over 587s. Texas A&M shot one of just seven under-par team rounds on the day to take the lead at 11-under 265.

THE RUNDOWN
Seema started strong with two birdies in her first four holes, to get to 2-under on the round. Her first bogey came at No. 14 but was quickly erased with a birdie at No. 15. A final bogey on her outward nine dropped her back to 1-under at the turn. A second-straight bogey at No. 1 saw her fall back to even, but Seema played her final eight holes at 2-under with birdies at Nos. 2 and 8.

Hasegawa got off to a strong start with a birdie at No. 10 and added two more at Nos. 14 and 15. A double bogey at No. 16 pulled her back to 1-under before she quickly recovered with a birdie at No. 18 to make the turn at 2-under. She played an even-par inward half with a bogey at No. 6 and a birdie at the final hole of the day at No. 9.

Rosie Belsham shot a 5-over 77 and is tied for 127th after two rounds. The senior was seven over through her first eight holes with a double-bogey at No. 11 a quadruple bogey at No. 15 and a bogey at No. 17. Belsham finished strong playing her final 10 holes at 1-under par starting with a birdie at No. 18. She turned with a bogey at No. 1 but recorded two more birdies at Nos. 2 and 5 to get back to 5-over. She finished her second nine with a bogey at No. 7 and a birdie at No. 8.

Ashleen Kaur shot a 6-over 78 and is tied for 73rd after Saturday. The freshman opened with a birdie at No. 10, followed by a couple of dropped shots with bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12. She fought back to even with a birdie at No. 13 just ahead of a double-bogey at No. 14 to fall back to 2-over. A final birdie on her first nine at No. 18 saw her make the turn at 1-over. The Houston, Texas, native played the first six holes of the second nine at 5-over after a double bogey at No. 2 between bogeys at Nos. 1 and 6 but closed with three-straight pars.

Yoonjeong Huh made her NCAA Championship as a sub and shot a 14-over 86.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   The Bears tied for the third-best round among teams in the afternoon wave.
  *   Seema carded her career-best postseason round.
  *   Hasegawa’s 70 was her third under-par round in five-career NCAA Championship rounds.

QUOTABLE:
Head coach Jay Goble on the team’s performance in the second round— “I saw a lot of fight. I saw a lot of great golf. What BaiMai and Sera did today was really impressive. I mean, it was not easy this afternoon. We had a lot more wind when we teed off, and for them to come out here and shoot under par was pretty awesome.”

Goble on the outlook for the third round on Sunday — “We’re going need to continue to creep up that leaderboard. We need to gain a few shots tomorrow afternoon and move into that top 15, and we know that anything's possible on Monday. If we can have another great round on Monday, we have a chance to move down into that top eight. But the top of the priority list right now is getting some rest and getting ready for another afternoon tee time on Sunday.”

WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears will play alongside Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, with tee times beginning at 2:55 p.m. CT. The top-15 teams will advance to Monday’s final stroke-play round. Specific tee times, stats and live scoring are available throughout the tournament at Golfstat.com.<https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=29165>

For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.


—BaylorBears.com—



Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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