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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 5, 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:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">Baylor WGOLF Climbs Five Spots in Round Two at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate<o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;font-style:normal">BU’s 1-over 285 is its best team score in seven appearances at the Darius Rucker
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<h2 align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Matt Roberts, 254-227-2280,
</span><a href="mailto:WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">WM_Roberts@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">Baylor women’s
golf improved on its opening round by 13 shots on Tuesday with a 1-over 285 in the second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">On Tuesday, Sera Hasegawa built on a solid opening round with a 2-under 69 to climb into the top 10 in a tie for seventh with 18 holes
to play. Ashleen Kaur used five birdies to card a 2-under 69 of her own and jump into a tie for 21<sup>st</sup>. Arizona State’s Grace Summerhays holds the individual lead entering the final round with a 6-under 136.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;font-weight:normal">No. 12 Northwestern leads the event at 5-under 563, one shot ahead of No. 20 Arizona State. The Bears enter Wednesday’s final round within
eight shots of the top eight.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Hasegawa played her first five holes at 1-under par, highlighted by a birdie at No. 3. Her round hit a snag with a double bogey at No. 6 to drop back over par. The junior settled in and played
the final 12 holes bogey-free at 3-under with birdies at Nos. 12, 13 and 16.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Kaur opened her round with a bang, carding three birdies in her first five holes at Nos. 1, 4 and 5. The freshman's first bogey came at No. 9 as she made the turn with a 2-under 34. She birdied
two of her first three holes on the back nine to get to 4-under but finished with bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Rosie Belsham carded an even-par 71 to finish tied for 31<sup>st</sup>. The senior got off to a steady start with seven straight pars before her first bogey of the day came at No. 8 to make the
turn with a 1-over 37. Belsham’s first birdie of the day came at No. 13 but was offset by a second bogey at No. 14. The Whitley Bay, England, native closed strong with a birdie at No. 18, which has played as the fourth-hardest hole this week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Silje Ohma shot a 5-over 76 to finish Tuesday tied for 79<sup>th</sup>. Her round started slow, with a triple-bogey at No. 2 and a bogey at No. 4 around a birdie at No. 3. The sophomore picked
up a birdie at No. 6 and another at No. 8 to make the turn at 1-over. Ohma played the first five holes of the back nine at 5-over with bogeys at Nos. 11, 13 and 14 around a double bogey at No. 12. She closed with a birdie at No. 18 to get back to 5-over on
the day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Yoonjeong Huh recorded a 13-over 84 in the second round and slipped into 88<sup>th</sup>.
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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-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white">285 is Baylor’s best team score in 20 rounds at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club.<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-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white">Ashleen Kaur has the second-best par-4 scoring average through two rounds (3.91).<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-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white">Sera Hasegawa is tied for the third-best par-4 scoring average after the second round (3.95).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:black;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;background:white">Rosie Belsham’s 29 pars are tied for the second-most in the field after 36 holes.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:black;background:white">QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Head coach Jay Goble — “I think today was a big improvement, and I am glad to see us get more comfortable in competition,” he said. “We had some great individual performances. Sera and Ashleen
had fantastic days around this place, and I am really proud of how hard they fought out there. Rosie hit the ball amazingly well and finished her round off with a birdie on one of the hardest holes of the course at No. 18, so I was really happy with some of
the things I saw today.”<o:p></o:p></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">The Bears will play in the final round beginning Wednesday morning alongside No. 6 Arkansas and Kentucky beginning at 10:10 a.m. CT on the 10<sup>th</sup> tee. Huh, will lead things off for the
Bears, followed by Ohma at 10:20 a.m. Belsham will play at 10:30, followed by Kaur at 10:40 and Hasegawa at 10:50 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Live scores and stats can be found at
</span><a href="https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=28543"><span style="background:white">Golfstat.com.</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white"> Golf Channel will have live coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m. CT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information on Baylor Women’s Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.<span style="color:black;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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