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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- Sept. 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor WGOLF Fights to Fifth in Round One of the Folds of Honor Collegiate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s Hasegawa led the charge on day one with a 1-over 73<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">GRAND HAVEN, Mich.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">— Sera Hasegawa paced Baylor women’s golf to a fifth-place finish after day one of the Folds of Honor Collegiate on Monday.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor’s career stroke-average leader shot a 1-over 73, a shot better than Ashleen Kaur’s 2-over 74. The Baylor duo sit tied
for 10<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup>, respectively. Texas’ Lauren Kim captured the first-round individual lead with a 5-under 67.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">With a 1-over 289, former Baylor player Giovana Maymon has Arizona in first place after Monday in her first event as the Wildcat's
head coach. Baylor's 12-over 300 is seven shots behind fourth-place Florida State and nine shots behind third-place Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa suffered a quick bogey on her opening hole of the Day at No. 10 but rebounded immediately with a birdie at No. 11.
A bogey at No. 17 cost her another shot as she made the turn with a 1-over 37. A birdie-bogey start to her second nine kept her at 1-over, where she would finish after a birdie-bogey exchange at Nos. 8 and 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Kaur started 3-over through her first five holes but picked up a shot with a birdie at No. 16 to make the turn at 2-over. The
sophomore fought back to 1-over with a birdie at No. 2 before falling back to plus-four with a double-bogey at No. 3. A birdie at No. 4 kickstarted a 1-under finish on her final six holes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">BaiMai Seema carded a tie for 24<sup>th</sup> in the first event of her senior season on the heels of a 3-over 75. An up-and-down
first nine saw her make birdies at Nos. 10 and 14 around a bogey at No. 11 and a double-bogey at No. 16 to turn with a 1-over 37. She played a clean inward half aside from a couple of stray bogeys at Nos. 3 and 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">YoonJeong Huh finished her day with a 6-over 78 and tied for 41<sup>st</sup>. Playing her first six holes at even par, Huh made
double-bogeys at Nos. 16 and 18 for a 4-over 40 on her opening nine. She settled in with four pars on the front side before a bogey at No. 5 and a double at No. 8. The sophomore finished strong, though, with a birdie on her final hole of the day at No. 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bridget Boczar made her Baylor debut with a 7-over 79 in the first round. Spending most of her day near the top of the leaderboard,
the Oakland transfer bounced back from an opening bogey at No. 10 with two birdies at Nos. 11 and 16. Sitting at 1-under through 11 holes, Boczar played her final seven at 8-over.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa shot her lowest score to open a season since carding a 2-under 68 at the Schooner Fall Classic in 2022<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Head coach Jay Goble on the team’s performance</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">—
“I think today was about what I expected for the first round of the year. I saw some good things and some not-so-good things, but this is a tough golf course we played in some tough conditions. I believe we will build off of our experiences today and get ready
for the rest of the week.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will play alongside Tulsa and Howard again, with tee times beginning at 11:17 a.m. CT. Specific tee times, stats and
live scoring are available throughout the tournament at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournament-leaderboard/233597/scoring/team"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">scoreboard.clippd.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">.
Golf Channel will also feature live coverage from 3:30 p.m. through 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<span style="color:black;background:white">
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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