No. 12 Baylor WGOLF Finishes Fourth at the Big 12 Match Play

[Roberts, Matt]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 9, 2023

No. 12 Baylor WGOLF Finishes Fourth at the Big 12 Match Play
BU’s Silje Ohma and Sera Hasegawa led the Bears with six points each
For more information contact: Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280, WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu<mailto:WM_Roberts at Baylor.edu>

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Baylor women's golf fell to TCU 3-2 in the consolation match of the Big 12 Match Play Tournament at Kierland Golf Club on Sunday.

Silje Ohma collected her sixth point of the weekend with a 3&1 win over TCU's Sofia Barroso Sa in the third-place match. Ohma finished the weekend with a 6-2 mark, joining sophomore Sera Hasegawa who also collected six wins finishing with a record of 6-1 after sitting out the Sunday session.

Texas secured the team championship with a 4-1-0 win over Kansas in the championship match.

THE RUNDOWN
Ohma’s 3&1 win came against TCU’s Sofia Barroso Sa. Ohma took a 1-up lead on the second hole and followed that up with another win to go 2-up after three. She would go 3-up with another win at No. 10, before Barroso Sa would trim it to 2-up with three holes to play. Ohma would put the match away with a win at No. 17.

Rosie Belsham secured her fourth point of the weekend with a 1-up win over TCU’s Trinity King. The junior took a 1-up lead after the first hole and after King squared the match at No. 7, Belsham picked up a win at No. 9 to make the turn at 1-up. Belsham led by as many as 2-up on the back nine before King won at Nos. 16 and 17 to send the match to the 18th all square. With a four at No. 18, Belsham edged King to win the hole and the match.

Hannah Karg fell 1-down in her match at the second hole and trailed by as many as three on the front nine but won at Nos. 7, 8 and 9 to get back to even at the turn. TCU's Lois Lau won at No. 12 to take a 1-up lead before Karg squared the match at No. 16. The pair went to the 18th tied, but Lau walked away with a four and a match victory, 1-up against Karg.

BaiMai Seema also fell 1-up to TCU’s Sabrina Nguyen on Sunday. Nguyen took a 1-up lead after two, but Seema tied the match with a win at No. 3 and took her first lead with a win at No. 7. Leading 1-up at the turn, Seema took a 2-up lead at No. 10, only to see Nguyen flip the match with three-straight wins at Nos. 15, 16 and 17 to go 1-up where they would finish after a halve at No. 18.

Britta Snyder Drew TCU’s Caitlyn Macnab and fell 4&2 on Sunday. The junior played the match even through four when Macnab won her first hole of the day at No. 5. Two holes later, Snyder pulled back even at No. 7, but Macnab won two-straight holes to take a 2-up lead through 10. Snyder pulled within one at No. 11, but Macnab won three of the next five holes to close out the match at 4&2.
HIGHLIGHTS

  *   Silje Ohma finished the week with a record of 6-2, tied for the most wins on the team.
  *   Sera Hawegawa did not play on Sunday but still finished with a mark of 6-1.
  *   Rosie Belsham finished the week 4-4, moving her career match play record to 6-5.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Jay Goble — “Obviously not the result we wanted, but I saw some good things. Sera was incredible, winning six matches and having only one match that needed to go all 18 holes. Silje showed what she can do in this format with six wins. She continues to impress in her freshman season. Ultimately, we want to be playing match play at Grayhawk next month, so these reps can only help us as we prepare for the postseason and hopefully put ourselves in a position to be back out there."

WHAT’S NEXT
The Bears will see these eight teams again at the Big 12 Championship April 21-23 at Dallas Athletic Club. For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.


—BaylorBears.com—


Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-227-2280
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