WG: #19 Bears Move Up Two Spots to 8th place in Vegas

Monday, March 2

Las Vegas, Nev.

Baylor

Lady Luck Invitational

WG: #19 Bears Move Up Two Spots to 8th place in Vegas

3/2/2026 11:21:00 PM | Women's Golf

Castro shoots Bears’ only sub-par round in a difficult first day

LADY LUCK INVITATATIONAL DAY 1 RESULTS

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Unable to string together birdies or even pars on a consistent basis, the 19^th-ranked Baylor women struggled to a 22-over 310 in Monday's morning round and came back with an 11-over-par 299 to sit in eighth place going into Tuesday's final round at the Lady Luck Invitational.

Big 12 rival and 16^th-ranked UCF had the only sub-par round of the day, shooting 8-under 280 in the second round and holds the 36-hole lead at 8-over 584, four shots ahead of Kent State (12-over, 588). At 33-over 609, the Bears are just three shots behind Northern Arizona and Oklahoma State and 11 back of 49th-ranked Oregon State for a top-five spot.

Playing on the Las Vegas Country Club course that will host next year's Big 12 Championships, Baylor got an even-par 72 from senior Silje Ohma in the opening round and a 1-under 71 from sophomore Malena Castro in the afternoon for the only two highlights of the day.

Ohma slipped to 3-over 75 in the afternoon and fell out of the top 10, tying for 12^th at 3-over 147, while Castro birdied four of her final eight holes and moved into the top 25 at 8-over 152.

Junior transfer Yurang Li survived a double-bogey on the par-4 fifth hole to shoot 3-over 75 and move up 12 spots to a tie for 44^th at 12-over 156. Freshmen Amelia Wan and Paloma Ibarra Ambia had matching rounds of 78 in the afternoon and are tied for 40^th and 56^th, respectively.

The Bears will have to make up 11 shots on Oregon State to keep alive a string of eight-consecutive top-five finishes this season.

Baylor will be paired with Oklahoma State and UTSA in a final round that starts with a 10:30 a.m. CT shotgun start. Live scoring is available at Lady Lucky.

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