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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 21, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">No. 24 Baylor WGOLF Opens Spring Slate at The Match in the Desert<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU is one of four ranked teams in the six-team field
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">GOLD CANYON, Ariz. – </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor women's golf returns to action at the
Match in the Desert on Monday morning at Superstition Mountain Golf Club.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BU joins fellow Big 12 squads TCU and Kansas, who will square off against three Pac 12 schools in No. 13 Arizona, No. 15 Arizona State and No. 22 UCLA. The event
is an 18-hole stroke-play event with a conference challenge element to it. The lowest 12 scores from Big 12 individuals will be compared with the lowest 12 scores from Pac 12 individuals, with the best total taking home conference bragging rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Superstition Mountain Golf Club will play host to an NCAA regional in the coming years, but before teeing it up on Monday, the Bears will get a chance to play practice
rounds at Papago Golf Club and Grayhawk Golf Club. The team will see Papago at the ASU Ping Invitational in March and hope to see Grayhawk again at the NCAA Championships in May, so this trip will be invaluable for this team entering the spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">“We're excited for Monday," head coach Jay Goble said. “I feel good about the team. We have six of our eight available players here to see some golf courses we will
play later in the year. It's going to be nice to see what we’ve got, to see who's ready to play, and will be a gamer for us the spring.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Britta Snyder will lead things off for the Bears, aiming to get off to a strong start this spring after a productive winter break. She most recently finished tied
for 21<sup>st</sup> at the Women’s Orlando International Amateur in early January.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Rosie Belsham will play at No. 2, coming off a fall where she finished with a stroke average of 70.78 and led the team with a par-or-better percentage of 82.7%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Hannah Karg will make her first start since she won the MCC River Classic as an individual in September, with a 2-under 142 at Cottonwood Golf Course. It will be
her first round in the lineup since the second round of the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club last May.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">BaiMai Seema will make her fourth-straight start in the lineup at the No. 4 position. The sophomore is coming off a fall season where she made the second-most pars
with 102.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Silje Ohma takes the final spot in the lineup. The freshman burst onto the scene this fall, shooting a school-record 65 en route to a top-10 finish in her first-ever
collegiate event at the Schooner Fall Classic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Joining the team just a few weeks ago, freshman Ilani Short will debut as an individual on Monday morning. The Brisbane, Australia, native
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A2B2C;background:white">reached No. 1 in the Australian Girls' National Order of Merit in 2022</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The tournament will begin on Monday morning. Once available, pairings and live stats will be available at
</span><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=25698"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">Golfstat.com.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Matt Roberts | Associate Director of Athletic Communications (MBB/MGOLF/ WGOLF/) <br>
Department of Athletics | Baylor University<br>
C: 254-227-2280<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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