No. 24 Baylor WGOLF Finishes Two shots Back at the Match in the Desert

Monday, January 23

Phoenix, Ariz.

Baylor

Match in the Desert

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No. 24 Baylor WGOLF Finishes Two shots Back at the Match in the Desert

1/23/2023 7:52:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Stats

GOLD CANYON, Ariz. -- Baylor women's golf knocked the rust off with a third-place finish at the Match in the Desert, on Monday at Superstition Mountain Golf Club.

Britta Snyder and Silje Ohma led the way for Baylor firing a pair of 5-under 67's to finish tied for fourth. Monday marked Snyder's fifth-career top-5 finish moving her into the top-10 all time in program history. Ohma notched her first-career top-5 finish in just her freshman season.

BU finished two shots back of No. 22 UCLA who claimed the team title with a 12-under 276, edging out No. 15 Arizona State by a shot.

THE RUNDOWN
Snyder, playing out of the No. 1 spot this week, shot her best round since a second-round 65 at the Icon Invitational in 2021. The junior started strong with a pair of birdies at Nos. 1 and 2, before adding a third at No. 7 to shoot a 3-under 33 on the front nine. Snyder opened the back nine with seven-straight pars, closing with birdies at Nos. 17 and 18 to finish off a bogey-free 67.

Ohma made bogey on her opening hole at No. 3 but bounced back with a birdie at No. 6. The freshman caught fire after that with three-straight birdies at Nos. 10, 11 and 12 to get to 3-under par. Following a bogey at No. 14, she closed with birdies at Nos. 15, 18 and 1 to get into the clubhouse at 67.

Hannah Karg finished tied for 21^st in her return to the lineup with an even-par 72. In her first round in the lineup since the NCAA championship at Grayhawk, she played her opening nine at even par, with a bogey at No. 3, offset by a birdie at No. 7. The senior continued her steady play on the back nine with a birdie at No. 14 and a bogey at No. 17.

BaiMai Seema made her fourth-straight start in the lineup and responded with an even-par 72 of her own. The team leader in total pars this fall made 13 more on Monday. After a birdie on her opening hole, Seema rolled in nine-straight pars until a double bogey at No. 12. She responded by playing her final seven holes at 1-under with birdies at Nos. 15 and 18, around her lone bogey of the day at No. 17.

Rosie Belsham opened the spring with a 1-over 73, good enough for 25^th place. The native of Whitley Bay, England, recorded a pair of birdies to start the round at Nos. 1 and 2. She gave a shot back with a bogey at No. 4, and added three more at Nos, 10, 11 and 12, before getting back on track with a birdie to get back to 1-over where she finished the day.

Ilani Short made her collegiate debut today with a 6-over 78. The Brisbane, Australia, native, who enrolled in January, bounced back from bogeys on two of her first three holes with back-to-back birdies at Nos. 6 and 7. She finished with bogeys at Nos. 9, 10, 12, 15, 16 and 1 to card a 35^th place finish in her first collegiate event.

HIGHLIGHTS

Baylor led the field in par-5 scoring at 4.55.
Britta Snyder tied for the best par-3 (2.75) and par-5 (4.25) scoring averages.
Silje Ohma tied for the best par-3 scoring average (2.75) and tied for the second-best par-4 scoring average (3.70).
Ohma's seven birdies tied for the second-most in the field on Monday.
Hannah Karg's 14 pars tied for the second-most in the field on Monday.

QUOTABLE:
Head coach Jay Goble – "Coming here Friday and playing a couple of days before, was big for us. We actually had one of our qualifying rounds at Grayhawk which was a great experience because our ultimate goal is to be playing there in May. I think the hardest thing to do is simulate competition, get your blood flowing again and being able to score your ball and have it mean something. I really like how we handled ourselves, coming out here Friday and getting some extra reps, which led to some great things today."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Bears will return to action on Feb. 5^th at the Collegiate Invitational in Guadalajara, Mexico. For more information on Baylor Women's Golf, follow @BaylorWGolf on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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