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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ¡V March 3, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WGOLF Continues Spring Slate at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">BU Newcomer Malena Castro leads the way for Bears in the first round<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">By Shayla Richardson, Baylor Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Brent Ingram; 210-845-8651, </span><a href="mailto:brent_ingram@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">brent_ingram@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">HILTON HEAD, S.C. --
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Baylor women¡¦s golf finished in 17th after round one of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Freshman Malena Castro led the way for the Bears in the first round, shooting 3-over 74. Following close behind was Bridget Boczar at 5-over 76.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Arkansas holds the team lead at 4-over 288, while the Bears sit at 20-over 304, just a stroke behind Kentucky and eight shots out of the top 10.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Castro landed two sets of bogeys on each side of the course, holes No. 3 and 6 on the front nine and Nos. 15 and 17 on the back nine. The freshman carded one birdie on No.
10 to tie for 36th after round 1. </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">With an up-and-down first half, Boczar recorded a pair of birdies on Nos. 8 and 9 to finish off the front nine. Carding only one blemish on the back nine, a bogey at No.10,
Boczar finished the round to tie for 51st. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">BaiMai Seema started out with a birdie on No. 6 and then carded consecutive bogeys on Nos. 11, 12 and 13. Shooting 6-over 77 for the day, the senior is tied for 61st.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sera Hasegawa also shot 6-over 77 in round 1, carding birdies on Nos. 6 and 12. A triple bogey at the par-4 14th left Hasegawa tied for 61st.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Starting the round with a set of bogeys on the front nine at Nos. 1 and 4, Silje Ohma shot 6-over 77 for the round. After starting the back nine with bogeys at Nos. 10 and
11, Ohma closed out the day with a birdie at No. 18 to tie for 61st. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">HIGHLIGHTS
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">¡´ Bridget Boczar tied for 1st on par-3 scoring with an average of 2.50 at 2-under<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">¡´ Malena Castro tied for 2nd on par-4 scoring with an average of 3.91 at 1-under</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WHAT¡¦S NEXT
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Round two will begin at 9:30 a.m. CT Tuesday. Live scores and stats can be found at Scoreboard.clippd.com.
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">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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