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<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 – March 25, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<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 Ties for Eighth Place at Evans Derby<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">Kaur and Vesga both earn fifth career top-10 finishes</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><a href="mailto:David_Kaye@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">David_Kaye@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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">OPELIKA, Ala. – </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor women’s golf finished tied for eighth place with a 54-hole total of 29-over-par 893 in the 2019 Evans Derby Experience. The Bears carded 15-over 299
in Monday’s final round at Saugahatchee Country Club.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All seven teams that finished ahead of Baylor are top-14 ranked nationally. The No. 39-ranked Bears (+29) trailed only No. 11 Florida State (+6), No. 3 Duke (+10), No.
2 Texas (+10), No. 8 Arkansas (+10), No. 7 Florida (+16), No. 14 Kent State (+21) and No. 13 Auburn (+25). BU tied No. 9 South Carolina (+29) and finished ahead of No. 45 Mississippi State (+37), No. 41 Ole Miss (+37), No. 32 Clemson (+41), No. 18 Alabama
(+43) and No. 36 Louisville (+48).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor’s Gurleen Kaur and Maria Vesga finished tied for eighth place individually at 1-over 217. Both Kaur and Vesga earned their fifth career top-10 finishes, with Vesga
posting a final round of 2-under 70 and Kaur shooting 1-over 73.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Erica Chiang shot 5-over 77 in the final round to finish tied for 42<sup>nd</sup> place at 12-over 228, while Emma Bradley posted the Bears’ final counting score at 7-over
79 to finish tied for 67<sup>th</sup> place at 16-over 232. Diane Baillieux took 81<sup>st</sup> place at 27-over 243, while individual Amelia McKee tied for 48<sup>th</sup> place at 3-over 75.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 finished fifth in the 14-team field in par-5 scoring at 1-under 4.98, tied for fourth in par-4 scoring at 9-over 3.15 and 12<sup>th</sup> in par-4 scoring at 49-over 4.33.</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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor’s 177 pars were fourth-most in the tournament.<o:p></o:p></span></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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Vesga tied for eighth in par-4 scoring at 2-over 4.07, while Kaur tied for 12<sup>th</sup> at 3-over 4.10.<o:p></o:p></span></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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Kaur and Chiang tied for eighth in par-5 scoring at 3-under 4.75.<o:p></o:p></span></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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Vesga and McKee tied for 11<sup>th</sup> in par-3 scoring at even-par 3.00, while Kaur and Baillieux tied for 20<sup>th</sup> at 1-over 3.08.<o:p></o:p></span></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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Vesga made 42 pars across 54 holes, tied for third-most in the field, while Baillieux tied for 11<sup>th</sup> with 38 pars.<o:p></o:p></span></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;letter-spacing:.25pt">Kaur recorded a team-high eight birdies, which tied for 21<sup>st</sup> in the tournament. She also made one of only six eagles during the three-day event.<o:p></o:p></span></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 – Baylor finished ahead of five top-45 ranked teams and tied with a top-10 squad. All seven teams that placed ahead of Baylor were top-14 ranked entering the tournament.
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<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"> <br>
Baylor has one more regular season tournament before beginning postseason play. The Bears are scheduled to play the Bruzzy Challenge, which runs April 1-2 at Lantana Golf Club in Lantana, Texas. BU then heads to the 2019 Big 12 Championship, held April 14-16
at Golf Club of Oklahoma in Broken Arrow, Okla. Follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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