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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 – April 22, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26044">https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=26044</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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. 13 Baylor WGOLF remains in Third Place After the Second Round of Big 12 Championship<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">Freshman Silje Ohma leads the group with 1-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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">DALLAS, Texas – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">With all four scoring
golfers shooting under par, the Baylor women fired a 7-under 281 in Saturday’s second round at the Big 12 Championship and moved up one spot to third place in the team standings.
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">After a five-way tie at 2-over-par on day one of the tournament, Silje Ohma emerged to lead the group of Baylor women’s golfers. The
freshman from Norway shot 3-under 69 in the second round to climb the leader board and move up to sixth place at 1-under 143, just three shots out of the 36-hole lead shared by three golfers.
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Oklahoma State leads the field at 4-under-par, while Texas Tech sits in second at 2-under, just ahead of Baylor at 1-over going into
Sunday’s final round. </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN
</span></u></b><b><u><span style="color:red;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hannah Karg played the front nine 1-under with birdies at Nos. 1 and 4 and a bogey at No. 5. Another birdie at No. 15 completed the 2-under-par round and moved her from 11<sup>th</sup> to seventh.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Britta Snyder completed an even-par front nine with a bogey on No. 3, Baylor’s only double bogey of round two on No. 5, and three birdies on Nos. 6, 8, and 9. Her back nine had one birdie on No.
13 and even-par holes the rest of the way, securing the 1-under-par and moving up to ninth place.
<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">In Baylor’s only sub-70 performance of the day, Silje Ohma shot birdies on Nos. 1 and 7 and bogeys on Nos. 8 and 9 for an even-par front nine. In the back nine, she shot one bogey on No. 14 and
birdies on Nos. 10 and 13 before ending with another pair on Nos. 17 and 18 to come in at sixth place.
<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 had a clean front nine, hitting birdies on Nos. 3 and 6 with no bogeys. Her back half was Baylor’s only above-par nine, with a birdie on No. 13 and bogeys on Nos. 16 and 18, tying
Belsham with Snyder in ninth. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Sera Hasegawa anchored the Bears, striking an even front half with birdies on Nos. 1 and 3 and bogeys on Nos. 2 and 5. Her back nine contained Baylor’s first eagle of the tournament on No. 13,
and she ultimately came out even with bogeys on Nos. 10, 11, and 15, and a birdie on No. 18.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">HIGHLIGHTS </span>
</u></b><b><span style="color:red;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">BU is top two in all team stats except total birdies.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Baylor leads par-3 averages with 3.18, 0.07 ahead of second place.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Hasegawa’s eagle places BU among four teams to have an eagle in the tournament so far.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Ohma’s eight birdies are tied for the fourth-most in the field through two rounds.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="color:black;background:white">Karg and Ohma tie for second in Par 3s, while Snyder and Hasegawa tie for third.<o:p></o:p></span></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">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">WHAT’S NEXT</span></u></b><b><span style="color:black;background:white">
</span></b><b><span style="color:red;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Sera Hasegawa will kick things off for the Bears at 10 a.m. Sunday on hole one, followed by Britta Snyder at 10:10 a.m. and Rosie Belsham at 10:20 a.m. Hannah Karg will begin at 10:30 a.m., while
Silje Ohma anchors the team at 10:40 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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