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K-State Completes First Day of Match Play at Jimmie Austin
Apr 08, 2024 | Women's Golf
NORMAN, Okla. – The Kansas State women's golf team carded a round of 11-over par 299 in the morning to claim the fifth seed for before losing its first-round match against Texas Tech, 4-1, in the afternoon on Monday at the Match Play at Jimmie Austin, held at the par-72, 6,512-yard Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club.
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Highlighting Kansas State's stroke-play round – which was used for seeding the eight-team match play bracket – was junior Carla Bernat, who fired her 11th under-par round of the spring at 1-under par 71, while sophomore Noa van Beek went 1-over par 73.
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In their first match of the event, the Wildcats claimed a victory from Bernat, who defeated the Red Raiders' Cameron Freund, 3&2. The match was tied through 12 holes, but Bernat won Nos. 13, 14 and 16 to end the match.
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K-State fell in a trio of matches that came down to the wire as van Beek and freshman Julia Ballester Barrio each lost 1 Up, while another freshman, Alenka Navarro, lost 2&1.
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van Beek held a three-hole lead over Gala Dumez entering No. 15, but she lost each of the next four holes to drop the match. Ballester Barrio, who was not a member of the scoring lineup for the stroke play round, was down by three holes after No. 8 against Kylee Loewe. She battled back to within one hole on two occasions, but she could never get the match tied.
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Navarro, who carded a 4-over par 76 in the morning, was also down by three holes early against Lauren Zaretsky before the Mexico City product tied the match after hole No. 11. However, Navarro dropped Nos. 13 and 15 before eventually suffering the loss.
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Senior Haley Vargas, who went 7-over par 79 in the morning, lost her match to Klara Hurtova, 8&7.
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K-State will face No. 8 seed Oklahoma State, which lost its Monday afternoon match to top-seeded Oklahoma, on Tuesday morning beginning at 8 a.m. off hole No. 5. The Wildcats will then take on either Tulane or Houston for their final match of the event on Tuesday afternoon. Live results can be followed at www.Golfstat.com.
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Highlighting Kansas State's stroke-play round – which was used for seeding the eight-team match play bracket – was junior Carla Bernat, who fired her 11th under-par round of the spring at 1-under par 71, while sophomore Noa van Beek went 1-over par 73.
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In their first match of the event, the Wildcats claimed a victory from Bernat, who defeated the Red Raiders' Cameron Freund, 3&2. The match was tied through 12 holes, but Bernat won Nos. 13, 14 and 16 to end the match.
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K-State fell in a trio of matches that came down to the wire as van Beek and freshman Julia Ballester Barrio each lost 1 Up, while another freshman, Alenka Navarro, lost 2&1.
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van Beek held a three-hole lead over Gala Dumez entering No. 15, but she lost each of the next four holes to drop the match. Ballester Barrio, who was not a member of the scoring lineup for the stroke play round, was down by three holes after No. 8 against Kylee Loewe. She battled back to within one hole on two occasions, but she could never get the match tied.
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Navarro, who carded a 4-over par 76 in the morning, was also down by three holes early against Lauren Zaretsky before the Mexico City product tied the match after hole No. 11. However, Navarro dropped Nos. 13 and 15 before eventually suffering the loss.
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Senior Haley Vargas, who went 7-over par 79 in the morning, lost her match to Klara Hurtova, 8&7.
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K-State will face No. 8 seed Oklahoma State, which lost its Monday afternoon match to top-seeded Oklahoma, on Tuesday morning beginning at 8 a.m. off hole No. 5. The Wildcats will then take on either Tulane or Houston for their final match of the event on Tuesday afternoon. Live results can be followed at www.Golfstat.com.
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