Baylor WGOLF Closes Monday in Fourth Place at the NCAA Norman Regional

Mon May 5 20:16:02 CDT 2025

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 5, 2025

Baylor WGOLF Closes Monday in Fourth Place at the NCAA Norman Regional
BU’s Ohma goes low on day one to lead the Bears
For more information, contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

NORMAN, Okla. — Baylor women's golf finished round two in fourth place on the heels of a 1-over 577 on Monday in the NCAA Norman Regional at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.

The Bears are four shots behind third-place Michigan State with a one-shot cushion on the projected cutline, which stands at +2 with 18 holes to play. Tulsa and North Carolina sit at +2, with host Oklahoma one shot behind them at 3-over in seventh place. At the conclusion of 54 holes, the top five teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, with all ties broken. Stanford’s 16-under 560 finished five shots clear of second-place Northwestern.

Baylor’s Silje Ohma shot a 4-under 140, one of three players that stand one shot behind the overnight co-leaders Hsin Tai Lin and Ashley Yun of Northwestern.

THE RUNDOWN
First Round
Ohma got off to a good start with two birdies in her first five holes at Nos. 3 and 5. Back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9 dropped her back to level par at the turn. The junior responded nicely, playing her inward half at 1-under, highlighted by a birdie at No. 14 to finish the round in a tie for seventh.

Ashleen Kaur made pars on her first six holes before suffering a bogey at No. 7 to briefly drop back over par. The sophomore responded with a birdie at No. 8 to turn with an even-par 36. Two more birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 moved her to 2-under before dropping a final shot of the round with a bogey at No. 17 to finish tied for seventh.

Malena Castro put together one of her best rounds of the season with an opening-round 72. She made a quick birdie at No. 2 but gave a shot back with a bogey at No. 5. A bounce-back birdie at No. 6 saw her turn with a 1-under 35. On the second nine, she improved to 2-under with a birdie at No. 12, her third birdie on a par-3 in the round. Bogeys at Nos. 14 and 17 dropped her back to even par and a tie for 11th.

Bridget Boczar opened her second NCAA regional appearance with a 1-over 73 in round one. Making a lone front-nine bogey at No. 4, she recovered with a birdie at No. 8 for an even-par outward half. The Oakland transfer tripped up with a double bogey at No. 11 but played the final seven holes at 1-under with a birdie at No. 17 to tie for 19th.

BaiMai Seema carded a 3-over 75 to tie for 39th in the first round. Following a birdie at No. 1, Seema made three bogeys on the front side at Nos. 2, 6 and 7 to shoot a 2-over 38. The senior dropped to 5-over after a double bogey at No. 11 and a bogey at No. 12 but would recover with two birdies to close out her inward side at Nos. 13 and 16.

Second Round
Ohma opened the second round with a bogey but atoned with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 3 and 4. A second bogey came at No. 5 before two more birdies at Nos. 6 and 9 saw her close the first nine at 2-under. She got to 3-under with a birdie at No. 12 but gave it back with a bogey at No. 14. The junior took some momentum into the final round with a birdie at No. 18 for a 3-under 69.

Kaur got off to another good start with two birdies in her first five holes before two bogeys at Nos. 6 and 7 pulled her back to even at the turn. A pair of bogeys at Nos. 10 and 15 offset a couple of birdies at Nos. 13 and 17 for an even-par closing nine to tie for 11th

Boczar shot a 1-over 73 in the afternoon, moving to 2-over for the championship and a tie for 25th. An even-par front nine consisted of bogeys at Nos. 2 and 6 around birdies at Nos. 3 and 5. She jumped into red figures with a birdie at No. 12 ahead of two more bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16 to close the round.

Castro closed her first NCAA Regional day with a 4-over 76 to tie for 39th. Two bogeys on her opening nine at Nos. 3 and 7 saw her make the turn at 2-over. She made three more bogeys at Nos. 10, 12 and 13, but closed strong with her fourth birdie of the day on a par-3 at No. 15.

Seema finished the day with a 9-over 81 to settle into a tie for 61st.

HIGHLIGHTS

  *   BU’s 1-under 287 tied for the second-best team score in round one
  *   The Bears’ opening-round 287 tied for the 12th-best round in Baylor's NCAA Tournament history
  *   Malena Castro became the first BU freshman to shoot par or better in their NCAA regional debut since Gurleen Kaur in 2018.
  *   Castro led the field in par-3 scoring average on Day one at 2.63
  *   Ohma finished the day with the second-best par-3 scoring average at 2.75.
  *   Ohma’s nine birdies tied for the second-most in the field
  *   With a 71 and 72 on Monday, Ashleen Kaur now has four straight NCAA regional rounds at par or better

STAT OF THE DAY

4 — Silje Ohma has played four of her eight-career NCAA regional rounds at par or better

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Jay Goble on the team’s performance — “I think we got off to a good start today and put ourselves firmly in the mix. We got solid contributions up and down the lineup in both rounds today so that was good to see. We'll see what the weather has in store for us the next couple of days, but if you had told us before we started that we would be in the fight, and in position to advance with 18 holes to play, we would always take that"

WHAT’S NEXT
The rules committee will meet Tuesday morning to assess the weather. If play occurs on Tuesday, tee times will not begin before 1 p.m. CT. Officials will share an update shortly after 10 a.m. CT on Tuesday. The committee will review the forecasts for both Tuesday and Wednesday before making a decision.

A full list of tee times, live scoring and stats will be available at Clippd.Scoreboard.com.<https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236567/scoring/participants> For more additional information, you can also visit the tournament central page at Soonersports.com.<https://soonersports.com/feature/2025-wgolf-ncaa-central>

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

—BaylorBears.com—

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