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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 25, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">No. 14 Baylor WGOLF in Third Place After the Second Round of PING/ASU Intercollegiate<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Sophomore Sera Hasegawa continues to lead for BU at 6-under par
<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">TEMPE, Ariz. – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor women’s golf
fired a 1-under 287 on Saturday to sit tied for third entering the final round at Papago Golf Club.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><s><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></s></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Sera Hasegawa continued her stellar play with a second-consecutive 3-under 69 to pull into third place with 18 holes to play. The sophomore
transfer is just one shot off the lead of Northwestern’s Kelly Sim and Mississippi State’s Julia Lopez Ramirez.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><s><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></s></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Northwestern leads the field at 12-under par, while Arizona State is eight-shots back at 4-under par, just ahead of Baylor, who sits
at 1-over with 18 holes to play.</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hasegawa played the front nine at one over with bogeys at Nos. 3 and 6 around a birdie at No. 5. The sophomore played the back nine at 4-under with birdies at Nos. 12 and 16 to go along with an
eagle at No. 15 to shoot sub-70 for the second-straight day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Britta Snyder shot an even-par 72, her first round at par or better in a team event since her 67 at the Match in the Desert in January. Snyder made an early birdie at No. 2 before dropping back
to even with a bogey at No. 6, opening with a 36 on the front nine. Snyder strung together an even-par back nine with a birdie at No. 13 and a bogey at No. 15 to finish the second round tied for 23<sup>rd</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hannah Karg also shot an even-par 72 on Saturday to sit in a tie for 39<sup>th</sup> through two rounds. Karg rolled into red figures with a birdie at No. 4 but made a pair of bogeys at Nos. 6
and 8 to fall back over par. After a birdie at No. 9 saw her make the turn at even par, she dropped another stroke at No. 12, before bouncing back with a birdie at No. 13 to secure an even-par finish and a tie for 39<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Silje Ohma shot a 2-over 74 to finish the day tied for 32<sup>nd</sup>. The freshman opened with a bogey at No. 1 and made a double at No. 4 to drop to 3-over on her outward nine, where she finished
after a birdie-bogey finish at Nos. 8 and 9. Ohma caught fire on the back nine with birdies on four of her first five holes, before a triple bogey at No. 17 dropped her back over par for the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Rosie Belsham shot a 3-over 75 on Saturday to sit in a tie for 43<sup>rd</sup>. The junior made an early bogey at No. 4 but got it right back with a birdie at No. 5 to finish off the front nine
at even par. On the inward half, Belsham made bogeys at Nos. 10, 12 and 17 to finish off the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">BU was one of six teams with all four counting scores at or below the stroke average on Saturday (74.00).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Through two rounds, Baylor had four eagles, while no other team had more than one.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Silje Ohma and Sera Hasegawa are tied for the second-best par-5 scoring average through two rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Hasegawa’s eight birdies are tied for the fourth-most in the field through two rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Hasegawa’s 69 was her 11<sup>th</sup> round at par or better this season, which ties for the team lead.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">65% of Hasegawa’s rounds this season have been at par or better, which leads the team.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">QUOTABLE: <o:p>
</o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Head coach Jay Goble
</span></i><span style="color:black;background:white">“I think we had another solid day on a challenging course. I think the fight was real today, and I believe this group is doing a good job of quieting outside noise, which is something we will look to continue
tomorrow. Sera continues to play great golf, and I'm really excited about the opportunity in front of her tomorrow."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The Bears will play with Arizona State and Northwestern in the final round. Rosie Belsham will lead things off for Baylor at 11:00 a.m. CT, just ahead of Hannah Karg at 11:09 a.m. Silje Ohma will
take the No. 1 tee at 11:18 a.m., followed by Britta Snyder at 11:27 a.m. Hasegawa will take her spot in the anchor position for the second-straight day at 11:36 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Live stats and scores are available throughout the tournament at
</span><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=27026"><span style="background:white">Golfstat.com.</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span>For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<span style="color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">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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