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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 – Oct. 16, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor MGOLF Returns to Big 12 Match Play Championship</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">BU has two wins in four trips to Houston Oaks<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">HOCKLEY, Texas</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"> – Baylor men’s golf will
open the Big 12 Match Play on Monday morning at the Golf Club at Houston Oaks.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">The event began in 2018, and since its inception, the Bears have won two of the four tournaments. The last win came in the fall of 2020
when BU went 5-0 with a win over Oklahoma State in the championship match, thanks to a 9-4 hole differential in favor of the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor enters the fifth edition of the match play as a No. 6 seed, and head coach Mike McGraw is looking forward to watching his team compete
at Houston Oaks.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">"Playing this championship at Houston Oaks each year is an incredible opportunity for our players and for every team in the conference,”
he said. “We have had success here in the past, so we are excited about a return trip.”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Senior Johnny Keefer will play out of the No. 1 spot, making his fourth appearance at the Big 12 Match Play Championship. The San Antonio
native has a winning record in all three previous trips to Houston Oaks and boasts an 11-4-2 career record in match play.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Luke Dossey looks to continue his torrid start to 2022 playing out of the No. 2 spot this week. Dossey went 2-3 in his first appearance
in Hockley last season and is 3-4 all-time in match play. <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Tyler Isenhart will play at No. 3 this week, his first appearance at the Big 12 Match Play since he played one match in the 2019 version.
The senior will look to add to a 1-1-1 career match play record.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Trey Bosco will make his third start in the lineup this season, playing at No. 4. Like Keefer, Bosco was a part of Baylor’s last victory
at the Big 12 Match Play in 2020 when he beat Oklahoma’s Thomas Johnson for his first career match play victory.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Zach Heffernan will make his second-straight start in Hockley and play at No. 5. Heffernan collected his first-career match play win by
beating TCU’s Skov Olesen in 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Jonas Appel will make his first start as a member of the lineup when he takes his place at No. 6 this week. The freshman heads to Hockley,
making par or better on 83.9% of his 162 holes played this season, which is tied for the team lead.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="editable"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The conference is divided into two 5-team pools, competing against each other over the first four sessions. Teams will be awarded three points for a win, one
point for a draw, and zero points for a loss. Teams will then be ranked 1-5 within their pool based on the number of points accrued.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="editable"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">During the championship round, the championship match will feature the team with the highest point total from Pool A with the team with the highest point total
from Pool B. The third-place match will be between the teams with the second-highest point totals from their respective pools, but each team will participate during the championship session on Wednesday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Once finalized, tee times and pairings can be found
</span></strong><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=pairings&tid=26020"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">
Live stats can also be found at </span></strong><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26020"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Golfstat.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.</span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">
For more information on Baylor Men’s Golf, follow @BaylorMGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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