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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – February 4, 2024<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:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor WGOLF Plays to a Draw with OSU on Day Two of the T.Hession Regional Challenge<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU’s Hasegawa continues her domination of the event with another 3&2 win<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif.– </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor
Women’s golf closed Sunday with a 2.5-2.5 tie against Ohio State University at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Sera Hasegawa continued her undefeated run with a 3&2 victory. Additionally, Yoonjeong Huh claimed one point for the Bears by winning
her first career match 2&1.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">No. 4 South Carolina and No. 6 Texas won their matches and will advance to the finals on Monday at 1 pm CT.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hasegawa controlled her match from the outset and never allowed Kary Hollenbaugh to take the lead. The Bear started off strong, claiming two wins on Nos. 11 and 12. After halving the next three
holes, Hollebaugh got one back with a win at No. 16. The Buckeye also picked up a victory at No. 3 to pull even, but Hasegawa won the next three holes, securing a point for Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Yoonjeong Huh played a tied match for 11 of her 17 holes on Sunday but pulled ahead in the end for a 2&1 victory. Huh and Buckeye Kailie Vongsaga, traded 1-up leads through seven holes, and were
fittingly even through 12. On the heels of falling 1-down, Huh rallied and claimed back-to-back wins at Nos. 7 and 8 to go one up and closed out the match with another win at No. 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Rosie Belsham played Buckeye Caley McGinty evenly for the opening two holes of their match. The Ohio State senior pulled ahead with back-to-back wins at Nos. 11 and 12. Belsham battled back to
1-down as the Brits played evenly until No. 17 when McGinty rattled off three-straight wins, eventually closing out the match at 3&2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Ashleen Kaur came out with a tie in her match on Sunday morning. The freshman pulled ahead on the opening hole, No. 11, and held the lead until Faith Choi claimed a win on No. 16 to things up.
Kaur gained momentum by building her lead back to 3-up with wins at Nos. 17, 18, and 3 before Choi picked up key wins on Nos. 5, 8, and 9 to halve the match.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Silje Ohma lost her opening hole at No. 13 but battled back to tie and eventually pulled ahead at No. 16. She led 1-up after 14 holes, but Ohio State’s Jillian Bourdage reeled off three-straight
wins at Nos. 9, 10 and 11 to close out the 2&1 win. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Sera Hasegawa improved to 9-1 in her 10 matches at Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Hasegawa has played the fewest holes of any undefeated player through three rounds (43).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Hasegawa has never trailed at any point this weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Amy Huh won her first career match on Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">Quotable: </span>
</u></b><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Head Coach Jay Goble — </span>
</i><span style="color:black;background:white">“We showed more great fight today playing Ohio State to a draw. It was nice to win the tiebreak to advance to the finals of the B bracket against Arizona.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black;background:white">Goble on Hasegawa</span></i><span style="color:black;background:white"> — “Sera played another great match today. Her consistent game plays very well in match play, and I am very proud of the
work she has been putting in recently.”<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Weather permitting, Baylor will tee off against Arizona at 1 pm CT in the “B” bracket Championship on Monday. Live scoring can be found at
</span><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=match&tid=28611&rid=4"><span style="background:white">Golfstat.com</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">.
</span>For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on X, Instagram and Facebook.<span style="color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">—BaylorBears.com—</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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</span><span style="color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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