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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS - Feb. 24, 2025<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 In Third Place after Day One of Bruin-Wave Invitational<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa and Ohma tied for ninth to lead BU on a difficult day<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">VALENCIA, Calif. —</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor women’s golf fought its way to third place after two rounds on Monday at the Bruin-Wave Invitational, where the stroke average neared 78 at Valencia Country Club</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BU spent the majority of the day at the top of the leaderboard and was within a few shots of UCLA as the Bears made the turn in the second round. The final nine
holes proved to be a struggle for Baylor, who played the inward half at 18-over after going out in 3-under on the first nine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor’s 21-over 597 through 36 holes trails only UCLA and Arizona, who shot a 574 and a 589, respectively. On its home turf, UCLA was the only team to break
par and holds a 15-shot lead over the Wildcats entering Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Silje Ohma continued her strong play as of late, to finish Monday in a tie for ninth with her teammate Sera Hasegawa, the duo shooting matching 3-over 147s. After
day one, UCLA's Francesca Fiorellini was one of three players in red figures, shooting a 7-under 137 to lead her teammate Angela Liu by three.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Round One<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa led the Bears in round one with a 1-under 71. After a couple of bogeys and a birdie to start, Hasegawa was 1-over through five
holes but birdied two of her final three at Nos. 16 and 18 to close down her outward half. Nine-straight pars to finish the round clinched her team-leading 10<sup>th</sup> round at par or better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ohma finished round one just two shots behind Hasegawa with a 1-over 73. Pushing to 1-under with a birdie at No. 15, the junior gave
one back with a bogey at No. 16 to turn at even. She jumped back into red figures with a birdie at No. 1 but fell back over par with bogeys at Nos. 5 and 7.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BaiMai Seema got off to a solid start in round one with a 2-over 74. Bogeys at Nos. 10 and 14 around a lone birdie at No. 13 put the
senior at 1-over through five holes before she turned it one with three birdies in her final four holes en route to a 2-under first nine. Back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 2 and 3 put her back at even before she made a double at No. 8 to close out her 74.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Jenny Lee shot a 5-over 77 in round one. Five bogeys in her first seven holes put her in a hole, but she settled in with 11-straight
pars to finish the round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur returned to the lineup with a 9-over 81 on Monday morning. Four bogeys in her first six holes dropped her to 4-over at the
turn. She would add three more bogeys and a double on the inward half. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">On Monday, Bridget Boczar shot a 3-over 75 as an individual in the first round.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Second Round<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Ohma burst out of the gate with four-straight birdies to start at Nos. 10-13 but made six bogeys on her final 14 holes for a 2-over 74.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa also began with a birdie at No. 10 but gave back a shot with a bogey at No. 12 to turn at even par. The senior got back into
red figures on the front nine with birdies at Nos. 1 and 3 but dropped six shots on the final five holes with double bogeys at Nos. 5, 6 and 9, a bogey at No. 7 and a birdie at No. 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Seema finished Monday in a tie for 21<sup>st</sup> after a 5-over 77. She played a good first nine with a pair of birdies at Nos. 11
and 16 around a bogey at No. 14 to make the turn with a 1-under 35. The senior ran into trouble on the second nine with bogeys at Nos. 2 and 7l and double-bogeys at Nos. 6 and 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Kaur beat the stroke average in round two with a 4-over 76 to climb into a tie for 40<sup>th</sup>. Sitting at 1-over through five, the
sophomore made her second eagle of the season at No. 15 to jump back into red figures. Back-to-back bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18 saw her turn with a 1-over 37. Making two more birdies to start her second nine at Nos. 1 and 3, Kaur played her final six holes at
5-over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lee recorded an 8-over 80 in the second round to tie with Kaur in 40<sup>th</sup>. Three bogeys on her front side were followed by a
5-over back nine. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Boczar shot a 6-over 78 in the second round and is tied for 25<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">All four of Baylor’s counting scores in round one were below the scoring average in both the first and second rounds<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor carded the second-best par-4 scoring average on Monday (4.27)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur made Baylor one of four teams to card an eagle on day one<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor's team leader in par-4 scoring average, Silje Ohma, finished with the second-best par-4 scoring average on day one (3.95)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">STAT OF THE DAY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">10</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> — Carding
a 1-under 71 in the opening round, Sera Hasegawa added to her team lead with 10 rounds at par or better this season<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="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" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears will tee it up with Arizona and UCLA in the final round, beginning at 10:36 a.m. CT. Tee times, live scores
and stats can be found at </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=29367"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Golfstat.com.</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
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