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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Complete results attached, along with trophy photo.<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="margin-left:.5in;text-align:right;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 14, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor Men’s Golf Claims Big 12 Match Play Tournament Title<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 defeat Kansas 5-1 in title match, finish off perfect 5-0 weekend</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"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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HOCKLEY, Texas – </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor men’s golf won the inaugural Big 12 Match Play Tournament in dominating fashion by defeating Kansas 5-1 in the championship match on Sunday afternoon at Golf Club of Houston Oaks. The Bears also
earned a 4-0-2 win over Kansas State earlier in the day, and BU finished the tournament with an unblemished 5-0 record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“I told the guys that this would be history, because it’s the first time we’ve ever played it, and it is a conference championship,” head coach Mike McGraw said. “It’s a big deal, and they knew it. Match play
brings out the parody in the conference, and there are a lot of really good teams. We beat some great programs this week, and to be able to do that gives us a lot of confidence.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor nearly swept all six matches in the championship against Kansas. Braden Bailey got the Bears on the board first with a 5&3 win over Jake Scarrow. Cooper Dossey put the Bears’ second victory on the board
with a 4&3 win over Harry Hillier, and Colin Kober made it 3-0 by knocking off Ben Sigel 3&2, and BU officially clinched the match when Ryan Grider won 2&1 against Charlie Hillier. Garrett May added a 3&1 win over Andy Spencer to give the Bears their fifth
win. Mark Reppe was all-square against Drew Shepherd entering the final hole, and Shepherd won that hole to give Kansas its lone point long after the match was decided.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“We were up in almost every match early on, which was great, and you kind of use that as a springboard,” McGraw said. “When you’re ahead you feel the momentum, and the guys did a really good job this week
feeding off of each other. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Bailey led wire-to-wire in his win over Scarrow. Bailey won the first, second and third holes to go 3-up, and he added wins on the sixth and eighth holes to extend the lead to 5-up. Scarrow won the ninth and
13<sup>th</sup> for his only hole victories in the match, and Bailey finished it off by winning the 15<sup>th</sup> hole to claim a 5&3 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dossey traded wins with Hillier early in the round before taking the lead for good by winning the ninth hole to go 1-up. Dossey added wins on the 12<sup>th</sup>, 14<sup>th</sup> and 15<sup>th</sup> holes
to finish off the 4&3 victory. Dossey finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record in his matches, including wins of at least 3&2 in every match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kober trailed for only one hole in his match against Sigel. After Sigel won the third hole, Kober brought it back all-square on the fourth, and he took the lead for good on the seventh hole. Kober extended
the lead to 2-up with a win on the eighth, and though Sigel won the 10<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> to twice cut the deficit to 1-up, Kober never relinquished the lead, winning the 13<sup>th</sup> to go 2-up and the 16<sup>th</sup> to finish off the 3&2
win. Kober joined Dossey in going a perfect 5-0 in his individual matches during the tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Grider didn’t take his first lead until winning the 11<sup>th</sup> hole against Hillier, but he maintained that lead the rest of the match. Grider added a win on the 12<sup>th</sup> hole to go 2-up, but Hillier
cut it back to 1-up with a win on the 13<sup>th</sup>. The duo halved the next two holes before Grider built the lead back to 2-up with a win on the 16<sup>th</sup> hole, and he clinched the 2&1 victory by halving the 17<sup>th</sup> hole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">May didn’t trail at any point in his match against Spencer, though Spencer brought the match back all-square three different times after May took a 1-up lead. It was all-square through 14 holes, but May put
the match away by winning the 15<sup>th</sup>, 16<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup> holes to secure a 3&1 win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Reppe twice faced a 1-up deficit against Shepherd on the front-9, but he brought it back all-square both times and won the ninth and 12<sup>th</sup> holes to take a 2-up lead. The next two holes were halved
to put Reppe 2-up with four to play, but Shepherd won the 15<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup> to bring it back all-square, and Shepherd secured the win on the 18<sup>th</sup> hole as the last match still on the course.<br>
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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Earlier in the day, Baylor won its final pool play match against Kansas State, 4-0-2. The Bears had already clinched a spot in the championship match by going 3-0 over the tournament’s first two days, but
Baylor added to its win total without dropping any individual matches against the Wildcats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Grider earned a 4&3 victory over Roland Massimino, Kober and Dossey both won 3&2 over Jeremy Gandon and Ben Fernandez, respectively, and May won 2-up against Jacob Eklund. Reppe and Bailey played all-square
against Kyle Vance and Will Hopkins, respectively. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">All told, the Bears went 20-5-5 in the tournament, recording wins over Texas (3-1-2), Oklahoma (4-1-1), Iowa State (4-2), Kansas State (4-0-2) and Kansas (5-1). Dossey and Kober posted perfect 5-0 records
in individual matches during the tournament. May went 3-1-1, Grider posted a 3-2 record and Bailey and Reppe recorded identical marks of 2-1-2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The tournament title was the fourth conference championship in program history. Baylor’s last conference title came at the 2001 Big 12 Championship, and prior to that the Bears won Southwest Conference championships
in 1957 and 1966.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Texas defeated Oklahoma State 3-2-1 in the third-place match, TCU took fifth place by knocking off K-State 3-2-1, Oklahoma and Texas Tech tied 2-2-2 in the seventh-place match, and West Virginia won the ninth-place
match 4-2 over Iowa State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">WHAT'S NEXT</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Baylor puts its two-tournament winning streak on the line and wraps up the fall season by hosting the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate in Dallas Oct. 22-23 at Royal Oaks Country Club. Follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter,
Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2018 BIG 12 MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT RESULTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1. Baylor (5-0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Kansas (2-1-2)<br>
3. Texas (4-1)<br>
4. Oklahoma State (2-1-2)<br>
5. TCU (3-1-1)<br>
6. Kansas State (1-3-1)<br>
T7. Oklahoma (1-2-2)<br>
T7. Texas Tech (1-3-1)<br>
9. West Virginia (1-3-1)<br>
10. Iowa State (0-5)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">BAYLOR INDIVIDUAL RECORDS AT BIG 12 MATCH PLAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Cooper Dossey 5-0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Colin Kober 5-0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Garrett May 3-1-1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Ryan Grider 3-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Braden Bailey 2-1-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Mark Reppe 2-1-2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">POOL A RESULTS (Record; Points Earned – Highest Possible Total)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T1. Kansas (2-0-2; 8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T1. Oklahoma State (2-0-2; 8)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">3. TCU (2-1-1; 7)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">4. Texas Tech (1-3-0; 3)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">5. West Virginia (0-3-1; 1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">POOL B RESULTS (Record; Points Earned – Highest Possible Total)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">1. Baylor (4-0-0; 12)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">2. Texas (3-1-0; 9)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T3. Oklahoma (1-2-1; 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T3. Kansas State (1-2-1; 4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">5. Iowa State (0-4-0; 0)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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>
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