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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – May 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 Tied for 26<sup>th</sup> Place After Two Rounds at the NCAA Championship<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">BU freshman Malena Castro carded the round of the day for the Bears
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<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">CARLSBAD, Calif. —</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> Baylor women’s
golf settled into a tie for 26<sup>th</sup> place with a 23-over 311 on Saturday at the NCAA Championship on Omni La Costa’s North Course.<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">Baylor's solid start was undone by a struggle on the homeward half for the second-straight day. Starting on No. 10 on Friday, the Bears tamed
the back nine to the tune of 4-under as a team but counted a score of 17-over on the homeward half on Saturday.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">For the round, Malena Castro carded Baylor’s best score with a 4-over 76 and is tied for 103<sup>rd</sup>. BaiMai Seema holds Baylor's top spot
overall with a tie for 67<sup>th</sup> place at 5-over.<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">The top 15 teams after Sunday's third round will advance to the final round on Monday. Additionally, the top nine individuals on non-advancing
teams will make it through to the fourth round. As of Saturday night, the team cutline stands at 13-over while the individual cutline is at 3-over.<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">Mississippi State’s Avery Weed surged into the lead, sitting at 7-under, two shots clear of South Carolina’s Eila Galitsky.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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 opened with a steady front nine, making just two bogeys at Nos. 6 and 9 to make the turn in 38. A triple bogey at No. 11 and a bogey at
No. 12 cost her four shots, before she closed her final seven holes at 1-under to card a 5-over 77.<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">Castro got off to a good start with a birdie at No. 3 but closed the front nine with bogeys at Nos. 5, 8 and 9. A bogey at No. 10 was offset
by a birdie at No. 11, ahead of two more bogeys at Nos. 14 and 17 to finish the round and move into a tie for 103<sup>rd</sup>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Ashleen Kaur also finished Saturday tied for 103rd on the heels of a 7-over 79. A quick birdie at No. 2 put her in red figures through eight
holes before a bogey at No. 9 saw her make the turn at even par. The sophomore dropped over par with another bogey at No. 11, before playing her final six holes at 6-over.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Silje Ohma also carded a 7-over 79 to drop into a tie for 129<sup>th</sup>. The junior bounced back from a double bogey at No. 1 with a birdie
at No. 2. Following six-straight pars, she made a bogey at No. 9 to turn at 2-over. A double bogey at No. 11 started a six-hole stretch that the Bergen, Norway, native played at 5-over to fall to 11-over for the championship.<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">Bridget Boczar shot an 8-over 80 to fall into 129<sup>th</sup> with Ohma. The junior was rolling along at 2-over after a birdie at No. 11. The
hardest hole on the course bit Boczar, though, as she carded a nine at the par-4 13<sup>th</sup>, to derail her round.
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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">5</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none"> — Freshman
Malena Castro has contributed a counting score in all five of her NCAA postseason rounds<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">Baylor will play alongside Purdue and Ole Miss in the third round beginning at 3:07 p.m. CT. A full list of tee times,
live scoring and stats will be available at </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236560/scoring/participants"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white">Clippd.Scoreboard.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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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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