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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS- Oct. 28, 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 Wraps Day One in Seventh Place at the Charles Schwab Women’s 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 was one of just seven players in red figures on a windy first day<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">FORT WORTH, Texas
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">— Baylor women’s golf finished Monday in seventh place on the heels of a 21-over 589 on a windy Monday at the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate
at Ridglea Country Club.<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">Sera Hasegawa continued her strong play Monday, shooting back-to-back rounds at par or better following an opening-round 71,
with a 1-under 70 in round two. The senior enters the final round three shots back of a three-way tie at the top between Grace Kilcrease and Thitaporn Saithip of Oklahoma State and Texas A&M’s Vanessa Borovilos.<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">The Bears trailed Wake Forest by just two shots at the conclusion of the first round, but the Demon Deacons strung together
a solid second round to take the team lead by three shots over second-place Texas A&M with a 3-over 571.<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"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">First Round<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur came out firing with an opening round 67 to get within one shot of the first-round leader Kilcrease. Starting at
No. 12, Kaur opened with eight-straight pars before back-to-back birdies at Nos. 2 and 3. Bogeys at Nos. 4 and 8 dropped her back to even par only to see her play her final three holes at 4-under with birdies at Nos. 9 and 10 and holed out for eagle at No.
11.<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">Hasegawa ran into a bit of trouble with a double bogey at No. 13 but bounced back with a birdie at No. 14. On the heels of back-to-back
bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16, the senior made the turn with an eagle at No. 18. Two more bogeys dotted her card at Nos. 1 and 4 before closing with a flurry of birdies at Nos. 6, 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">Jenny Lee strung together an impressive opening round with a 1-over 73. Opening with a double-bogey at No. 13, the freshman
responded with birdies at Nos. 14, 16 and 18. Another double bogey at No. 1 was followed by bogeys at Nos. 3 and 4 to drop her to 3-over. She played her final eight holes at 2-under, highlighted by birdies at Nos. 7 and 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Silje Ohma finished round one with a 2-over 73. The Bergen, Norway, native carded a couple of bogeys early on at Nos. 12 and
14 to make the turn at 2-over. The junior got back to even with birdies at Nos. 3 and 5, before finishing with two more bogeys at Nos. 6 and 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">BaiMai Seema recovered from bogeys at Nos. 12 and 14 with birdies at Nos. 18 and 1. Playing her next four holes at 4-over, she
finished with four straight pars to end the round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Bridget Boczar shot a 2-over 73 as an individual in round one.<o:p></o:p></span></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">Second Round<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa carded her sixth round at par or better in her last seven chances with a 1-under 70, one of just six rounds in red
figures in the afternoon. Struggling to 3-over in her first four holes, Hasegawa battled her way back, starting with a birdie at No. 18. She added three more birdies on a bogey-free second nine to get back in red figures for the round and the championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Lee opened with a double bogey at No. 13 for the second-straight round, adding bogeys at Nos. 17, 18, 1, 3 and 5 to play her
first nine holes at 7-over. Birdies at Nos. 6 and 8 bookended a bogey at No. 7 to finish with a second-round 78 to pull into a tie for 31<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Seema also finished her day with a 7-over 78 to close the second round tied for 45<sup>th</sup>. A birdie at No. 12 was surrounded
by bogeys at Nos. 10, 14, 15 and 16 for a 3-over 38 on her opening nine. Playing the first five holes of her second nine at 5-over, Seema finished strong with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 8 and 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Kaur closed the day with a 9-over 80 to settle into a tie for 20<sup>th</sup>. The sophomore opened with a bogey at No. 12,
the first of eight for her on the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ohma recorded a 10-over 81 to close Monday in a tie for 51<sup>st</sup>. A double bogey on her third hole of the day at No.
13 was followed by eight more bogeys in round two. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Boczar concluded her first day with a 4-over 75 to wrap Monday in a tie for 25<sup>th</sup>.<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’s two eagles led the field on Monday.<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 has shot par or better in six of her last seven rounds.<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">Hasegawa finished with the second-most birdies on Monday (8).<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">Bridget Boczar finished the day with the second-best par-5 scoring average (4.33).<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></li></ul>
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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">QUOTABLE:
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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
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">— “I’m proud of Sera and how she played today. She really did a great job in some tough conditions today. We will be ready to have a better
day tomorrow.”<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 final round will commence on Tuesday morning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. For more information on Baylor Women's Golf,
follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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