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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NOTE: Play has been suspended with 12 of 19 teams still on the course. Teams will resume at 7 a.m. CT Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Live scoring: <a href="http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16021">
http://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=16021</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 9, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Women’s Golf Tied for Ninth at Cougar Classic<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Bears recovered from slow start to climb leaderboard
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David Kaye, 254-709-5147,
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</a></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">THE RUNDOWN <br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">HANAHAN, S.C. – </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor women’s golf recovered from a slow start to shoot 3-over-par 291 in Sunday’s first round of the 2018 Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall. The Bears are
currently tied for ninth place and just six shots back of the top four.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BU was one of only seven squads in the 19-team field to complete the first round before weather forced players off the course. Teams will resume their first rounds at
7 a.m. CT Monday, and the second round is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s four counting scores were a combined 8-over through 14 holes, but Gurleen Kaur and Maria Vesga both finished with two birdies and two pars, while Diane Baillieux
shot 1-under over the final three holes and Fiona Liddell carded even-par from Nos. 15-18. The late charge helped the Bears climb into a tie for ninth place and the third-best score of seven teams to complete the first round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Florida (-10) and Arkansas (-6) were the only teams to finish their rounds with better scores than the Bears. Central Florida (+4), Indiana (+13), Maryland (+14) and
Charleston Southern (+30) also completed all 18 holes. BU trails six more teams who will complete the first rounds on Monday, including Vanderbilt (-8), Penn State (-3), Furman (-3), College of Charleston (-3), Wake Forest (E) and Boston College (+1). BU is
tied with Florida State and North Carolina State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Vesga carded the Bears’ best round with a 1-under 71 to sit in a tie for 15<sup>th</sup> place. Kaur shot even-par 72 and is currently tied for 27<sup>th</sup> place,
while Liddell shot 1-over 73 to tie for 41<sup>st</sup> place. Baillieux posted the Bears’ final counting score with a 3-over 75 to tie for 65<sup>th</sup> place, and sophomore Jordan Shackelford shot 5-over 77 while making her career-first appearance in the
Baylor lineup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HIGHLIGHTS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Baylor is tied for third in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00, eighth in par-5 scoring at 4-under 4.80 and tied for 14<sup>th</sup> in par-4 scoring at 12-over 4.24.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Baylor’s four counting scores were just 3-over at the turn, but a tough three-hole stretch to start the back-9 moved the Bears to 8-over.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">BU players combined to make one birdie over the first five holes on the back-9, then finished with seven birdies and an eagle over the final four holes.
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Baylor’s 58 pars are third-most in the field, and the Bears rank eighth with 12 birdies.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Fiona Liddell is second in the 102-player field in par-3 scoring at 2-under 2.50, while Gurleen Kaur is tied for third at 1-under 2.75.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Diane Baillieux is tied for 11<sup>th</sup> in par-5 scoring at 2-under 4.50.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Maria Vesga and Liddell are tied for fifth in the field with 13 pars.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">STAT OF THE DAY </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
5-under – Baylor combined to shoot 5-under over its final four holes, which launched the Bears up the leaderboard into a tie for ninth place at 3-over 291.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">WHAT'S NEXT</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">First round play resumes at 7 a.m. CT Monday, and the second round is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Baylor is again paired with Florida and Arkansas for Monday’s second
round, and those teams will start on the back-9. Shackelford tees off first for Baylor at 9:12 a.m., and she’ll be followed in nine-minute intervals by Baillieux, Liddell, Kaur and Vesga, respectively. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com. Follow
@BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">David Kaye</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#385623">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Assistant AD for Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">C: 254-709-5147<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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