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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: black;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 6, 2026</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; color: black;"><b>WG: Baylor Only Five Shots Out of First Place</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b><i>Castro shoots 1-over 73, tied for 5<sup>th</sup> at the ‘Mo’ Morial </i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>For more information contact:
</b>Jerry Hill; 254-709-4994, </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu" title="mailto:jerry_hill@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="21c05f6e-8111-4b99-abf4-455bb8700132" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">jerry_hill@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><b><u><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238655/scoring/team" data-outlook-id="dbf907b4-3111-4664-8cf3-b63ad8f7ee25" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">THE
‘MO’ DAY 1 RESULTS</a></u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>BRYAN, Texas –
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Back near the top of the leaderboard, Baylor sophomore Malena Castro shot 1-over-par 73 in Monday’s opening round and is tied for fifth at the 22<sup>nd</sup> “Mo”
Morial at Traditions Club. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">At 18-over 306 , the 24<sup>th</sup>-ranked Bears are tied for sixth in the 16-team tournament but only five shots behind 18-hole leader Tulsa (13-over, 301). Missouri and
third-ranked Texas A&M are tied for second at 14-over, followed by Texas State and Louisiana Monroe at 17-over. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">“This is a challenging golf course, one that has hosted (NCAA) regional a couple times and even the national championship in 2011,” Baylor coach Jay Goble said. “Par is a
great score out here, and you have to grind all day. We will stay patient and put a high value on making pars.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Castro, who’s already had six top-10 finishes this season, tied for the most pars in the 84-player field with 15. She also birdied the par-5 fifth, with her only blemishes
being bogeys at No. 4 and 12. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">“Malena played very solid,” Goble said. “She hit a great shot all day. But more importantly, she put the ball in positions she could score from. That’s the name of the game
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Senior Bridget Boczar offset six bogeys with a birdie at No. 7 and the only eagle of the tournament at the par-5, 509-yard 15<sup>th</sup>, tying for 12<sup>th</sup> at 3-over
75. Back in the lineup for the first time in two months, Charlotte Brook had a birdie on each nine and is tied for 26<sup>th</sup> at 5-over 77, </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Silje Ohma was Baylor’s other scoring golfer, shooting 9-over 81, with Yurang Li tied for 62<sup>nd</sup> at 10-over 82. Mallory Matthews, playing as an individual, had a
pair of triple bogeys on the back nine and shot 89.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Texas A&M’s Vanessa Borovilos had a pair of birdies on the back nine and shot 1-under 71 to go into the second round with a one-shot lead over a trio of players. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Live scoring for Tuesday’s second round will be available at
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><u><a href="https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/238655/scoring/team" data-outlook-id="891cc7ee-d845-465b-a400-d746975dd926" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">The
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">For the latest news on the Baylor women’s golf team, follow its official Facebook, X and Instagram accounts: @BaylorWGolf. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(21, 71, 52);"><b>Jerry Hill</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> | Director of Sports Journalism (T&F/XC/MG/WG)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span></p>
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