Baylor WGOLF Tied for 26th Place After Two Rounds at the NCAA Championship

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 17, 2025

Baylor WGOLF Tied for 26th Place After Two Rounds at the NCAA Championship
BU freshman Malena Castro carded the round of the day 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. — Baylor women’s golf settled into a tie for 26th place with a 23-over 311 on Saturday at the NCAA Championship on Omni La Costa’s North Course.

Baylor's solid start was undone by a struggle on the homeward half for the second-straight day. Starting on No. 10 on Friday, the Bears tamed the back nine to the tune of 4-under as a team but counted a score of 17-over on the homeward half on Saturday.

For the round, Malena Castro carded Baylor’s best score with a 4-over 76 and is tied for 103rd. BaiMai Seema holds Baylor's top spot overall with a tie for 67th place at 5-over.

The top 15 teams after Sunday's third round will advance to the final round on Monday. Additionally, the top nine individuals on non-advancing teams will make it through to the fourth round. As of Saturday night, the team cutline stands at 13-over while the individual cutline is at 3-over.

Mississippi State’s Avery Weed surged into the lead, sitting at 7-under, two shots clear of South Carolina’s Eila Galitsky.

THE RUNDOWN
Seema opened with a steady front nine, making just two bogeys at Nos. 6 and 9 to make the turn in 38. A triple bogey at No. 11 and a bogey at No. 12 cost her four shots, before she closed her final seven holes at 1-under to card a 5-over 77.

Castro got off to a good start with a birdie at No. 3 but closed the front nine with bogeys at Nos. 5, 8 and 9. A bogey at No. 10 was offset by a birdie at No. 11, ahead of two more bogeys at Nos. 14 and 17 to finish the round and move into a tie for 103rd.

Ashleen Kaur also finished Saturday tied for 103rd on the heels of a 7-over 79. A quick birdie at No. 2 put her in red figures through eight holes before a bogey at No. 9 saw her make the turn at even par. The sophomore dropped over par with another bogey at No. 11, before playing her final six holes at 6-over.

Silje Ohma also carded a 7-over 79 to drop into a tie for 129th. The junior bounced back from a double bogey at No. 1 with a birdie at No. 2. Following six-straight pars, she made a bogey at No. 9 to turn at 2-over. A double bogey at No. 11 started a six-hole stretch that the Bergen, Norway, native played at 5-over to fall to 11-over for the championship.

Bridget Boczar shot an 8-over 80 to fall into 129th with Ohma. The junior was rolling along at 2-over after a birdie at No. 11. The hardest hole on the course bit Boczar, though, as she carded a nine at the par-4 13th, to derail her round.

STAT OF THE DAY
5 — Freshman Malena Castro has contributed a counting score in all five of her NCAA postseason rounds

WHAT’S NEXT
Baylor will play alongside Purdue and Ole Miss in the third round beginning at 3:07 p.m. CT. A full list of tee times, live scoring and stats will be available at Clippd.Scoreboard.com.<https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236560/scoring/participants>

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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