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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 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 15<sup>th</sup> Place After Day One 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-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hasegawa paces BU with a 1-over 141 on the famed track<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">FORT WORTH, Texas —</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> On a day where
just two teams finished at even-par, </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Baylor women’s closed Monday in 15<sup>th</sup> place after a 25-over 585.</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’s Sera Hasegawa was one of just 18 players to break par in the second round, battling her way to a 1-over 41 and a tie for 15<sup>th</sup> to lead the Bears.
SMU's Mackenzie Lee and Oregon's Kiara Romero share the 36-hole lead, matching 5-under 135s.<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">The Bears begin Tuesday within eight shots of the top-10, while Wake Forest and Oregon sleep on the team lead on Monday night on the heels of even-par 560s.<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">Silje Ohma paced Baylor in round one with an even-par 70, in a round where the stroke average sat at 72.79. Starting on No. 12, the junior
opened with five-straight pars before her first bogey of the day at No. 17. Preceded by another seven pars, Ohma pushed back to even-par with a birdie at No. 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">Hasegawa finished the first round with a 2-over 72. Opening with a par at No. 13 to start, the Gifu, Japan, native quickly found red
figures with birdies at Nos. 14 and 16. She gave a shot back with a bogey at No. 17 and then dropped to level-par with another at No. 5. Back-to-back double-bogeys would move her to 4-over before she clawed back a couple of strokes with birdies at Nos. 9 and
11.<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 also finished round one with a 72. Starting at No. 14, Seema found trouble with a double-bogey at No. 17 but would gain
back a stroke at No. 2 with her first birdie of the round. Back-to-back bogeys in the infamous "horrible horseshoe" dropped her to three over on the day. She bounced back nicely with birdies at Nos. 6 and 7, followed by her final bogey of the round at No.
9.<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 started her tournament with a 5-over 75 in the first round. Starting 4-over in her first five holes, the sophomore would
rebound with birdies at Nos. 1 and 3. A bogey, double-bogey stretch at Nos. 4 and 5 would drop her to 5-over before playing her final eight holes bogey-free.<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 also shot a 5-over 75 in her first competitive spin around Colonial. Starting at the par-5 11<sup>th</sup>, Lee carded a quick
birdie and would play her first eight holes at even-par, thanks to another birdie at No. 16, around a pair of bogeys at Nos. 15 and 17. The freshman played the next five holes at 5-over par with a bogey at No. 1 and double-bogeys at Nos. 2 and 5. She finished
the final five holes at even-par to get into the house at 5-over.<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">Starting at No. 13 in the second round, Hasegawa played her first nine holes at 2-under with birdies at Nos. 16 and No. 1. The senior
would play her inward half at 1-over, making bogeys at Nos. 5 and 8 around a birdie at No. 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">Ohma shot a 5-over 75 in the second round to settle into a tie for 31<sup>st</sup>. Going out in 2-over with bogeys at Nos. 15 and 17,
The Bergen, Norway, native dropped four more shots on her second nine after a double-bogey at No. 6 and bogeys at Nos. 8 and 10. She finished strong with a birdie on her final hole of the day at No. 11.<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 carded a 6-over 76 in the second round to get to 11-over on the day and a tie for 59<sup>th</sup>. An outward half that featured
a birdie at No. 18 and bogeys at Nos. 14, 15 and 1 was followed by an inward half that included only three pars. Playing the "Horrible Horseshoe" at 3-over, the freshman added another bogey at No. 6, ahead of her second birdie of the day at No. 7. A final
bogey befell her at No. 9 to finish with a 76.<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's second round started with a bogey at No. 14 before adding a second just three holes later at No. 17. She battled back with birdies
at Nos. 18 and 2 around another bogey at No. 1. Kaur played her next eight holes at six-over par but played her final three at 2-under on the strength of an eagle at No. 11 to tie for 59<sup>th</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">BaiMai Seema finished Monday with a 10-over 80, her highest round of the season, to tie for 66<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;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur made one of four eagles on Monday<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">Sera Hasegawa’s seven birdies through two rounds tied for the fourth-most in the field<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">Hasegawa’s second-round 69 was the 18<sup>th</sup> of her collegiate career<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">12</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> — With
her 1-under 69, Sera Hasegawa carded her team-leading 12<sup>th</sup> round 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 in the final round on Tuesday morning, beginning with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Hole assignments,
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://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/233464/scoring/team"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Scoreboard.clippd.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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