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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- Sept. 22, 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 Finishes 10<sup>th</sup> at the Mason Rudolph Championship<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 leads the way with a 5-under 211<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">FRANKLIN, Tenn.
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">— Baylor women’s golf shot an 8-under 856 to finish off a 10<sup>th</sup> place finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship on Sunday.</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">Sera Hasegawa led the way for the Bears with a 5-under 211, tying for 18th. Mississippi State’s Avery Weed captured individual
medalist honors with a 13-under 203. <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">Texas captured the team title with a 31-under 833, six shots ahead of second-place South Carolina, which had a 25-under 839.<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 played her first four holes at even par but closed the front nine with a birdie at No. 5 and an eagle at No. 7 to make
the turn in 33. The senior’s second nine included just three pars with four bogeys and two birdies to card a third-straight round at par or better.<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">Silje Ohma started strong with a pair of front-nine birdies at Nos. 1 and 4 to make the turn with a 2-under 34. The junior reached
3-under with a birdie at No. 13 and would stay there, playing the final four holes at even par after a bogey at No. 15 and a birdie at No. 18 to finish 26<sup>th</sup>.<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 closed the weekend with a 4-over 76 on Sunday to finish tied for 38<sup>th</sup>. The Oakland transfer reached
2-under with a pair of early birdies at Nos. 4 and 7 before closing the front nine with back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 8 and 9. The junior closed with a 4-over 40 on the second nine after bogeys at Nos. 11, 13, 17 and 18 around a birdie at No. 16.
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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 shot a 1-over 73 to finish her weekend in a tie for 51st. Seema played an even-par opening nine with birdies at
Nos. 1, 4 and 7 with bogeys at Nos. 3, 5 and 8. The senior’s second nine included a couple of bogeys at Nos. 13 and 15, but she closed strong with a birdie at No. 18.
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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">Ashleen Kaur carded a quick bogey at No. 2 but responded with three-straight birdies at Nos. 4-6 to get back into red figures.
She suffered a brief setback with a double-bogey at No. 8 before responding with a birdie at No. 9 to cap a 1-under front nine. The sophomore dropped back over par with a bogey at No. 10 and a double-bogey at No. 12. She scratched back a shot with a birdie
at No. 17 before closing with a bogey at No. 18 to shoot 2-over 74.<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">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">Baylor led the field with 65 birdies this week<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">BU’s 856 ranks as one of the top-20 rounds in team history<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Shooting 8-under for the week, the Bears recorded a top-15 score in relation to par in program history<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sera Hasegawa fired three rounds at par or better for the first time since the NCAA Las Vegas Regional last year<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ohma’s par-4 scoring average (3.77) led the field this week<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:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ohma, Hasegawa and Boczar tied for the fourth-most birdies in the field this week (15)<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 hate that we couldn’t get out of second gear the last two rounds, but we will take a lot of positives from this week. Silje [Ohma] is back to playing some solid golf, and it is fun to watch her play well. It was also good to see Sera have a consistent week,
and even though she did not putt her best, her ball striking is elite, which bodes well for us.”<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 tee it up in the White Sands Aggie Invitational at Paradise Islands, Bahamas, Oct. 18-20 at The Ocean Club Golf
Club. </span><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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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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