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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 17, 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 Finishes 11th at the Big 12 Championship, Becomes Postseason Eligible<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">The Bears will learn postseason destination next Wednesday<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-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">HOCKLEY, Texas —</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> Needing a solo
11<sup>th</sup>-place finish or better to advance to the postseason, Baylor women’s golf finished 11<sup>th</sup> at the Big 12 Championship on Thursday at Houston Oaks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Spending most of its second-nine on either side of the bubble, Baylor played its final four holes at 2-over as a team to finish two shots ahead
of 12<sup>th</sup> place Texas Tech. Arizona won the team title in a playoff over Arizona State and Oklahoma State.</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">Kansas State’s Sophie Bert captured individual medalist honors with a 2-under 211, the only player in red figures after 54 holes. In her final Big 12 Championship,
BaiMai Seema paced the Bears with an 11-over 224. <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"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Seema got off to a good start with five straight pars before hitting a bogey-birdie-bogey stretch at Nos. 15-17 to turn at 1-over. Another four-hole
stretch on the second nine cost her three shots with bogeys at Nos. 3, 4 and 6. For the second straight day, Seema carded a birdie at the final hole of the day, accounting for two of the 15 birdies at No. 9 all week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur wrapped up her championship in a tie for 40<sup>th</sup> on the heels of a 5-over 76. The sophomore dropped five shots on the front
nine after a double bogey at No. 10 and bogeys at Nos. 12, 14 and 16. The Houston native bounced back with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 1 and 2 ahead of a bogey at No. 3. Her final birdie of the round came at No. 4 and was followed by two more bogeys at Nos.
8 and 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Sera Hasegawa also finished tied for 40<sup>th</sup>. Following a birdie at No. 1, Hasegawa struggled to close her outward nine with bogeys at
Nos. 13 and 14 and double bogeys at Nos. 15 and 18 to turn in 41. A bogey at No. 2 preceded back-to-back birdies at Nos. 4 and 5 to get back on track before bogeys at Nos. 7 and 9 bookended a birdie at No. 8 to close out her 76.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Silje Ohma also shot a 76 on Thursday to finish tied for 45<sup>th</sup>. A rough start saw her play the first six holes at 5-over, thanks to
a triple-bogey at No. 11 and bogeys at Nos. 12, 14 and 15 around a birdie at No. 13. The junior responded nicely with a clean card the rest of the way, making 12-straight pars on a difficult day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Malena Castro wrapped her Big 12 championship debut with a 7-over 78. The freshman got off to a steady start with a 2-over outward nine, with
bogeys at Nos. 14 and 15 as the only blemishes. She fought back with a birdie at No. 1 to get to 1-over but finished with six bogeys on the final eight holes.
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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">BaiMai Seema’s 74 finished 1.5 shots ahead of the stroke average on a difficult Thursday at Houston Oaks<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">Seema made two of the 15 birdies at No. 9 this week<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">Seema led the Bears in each of the last two rounds
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">.500</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> —
Baylor finished the regular season with a 67-67-3 record making them eligible for the postseason<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">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Jay Goble on the team’s resilience to make the NCAA regional</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">
field — “Obviously, we did not come here to finish 11th; at the same time, we had a job to do, and we got that job done. It was close on the second nine, but we ground our way around and found a way to get it done and get into the NCAA postseason. We used
the entire team we brought here, and everyone contributed at some point, which was good to see. Now, we can truly wipe the slate clean and get a fresh start to try and make it back to La Costa and accomplish everything we set out to do 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">BU will learn its postseason road map next Wednesday with the NCAA Women's Golf Selection show, which will begin at
12 p.m. CT and be televised on Golf Channel.<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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