No. 5 EQ Grinds Out 11-7 Road Victory over No. 8 TCU

Saturday, March 2

Fort Worth, Texas

10:00 AM CT

Baylor

TCU

No. 5 EQ Grinds Out 11-7 Road Victory over No. 8 TCU

3/2/2019 3:25:00 PM | Equestrian

Complete Results

Baylor secures the No. 1 seed at the Big 12 Championship with 3-1 conference record

THE RUNDOWN
SPRINGTOWN, Texas – No. 5 Baylor equestrian (7-3, 3-1 Big 12) locked up the No. 1 seed at this month's Big 12 Championship meet when it took an 11-7 road win over No. 8 TCU (5-6, 1-3) Saturday at Turning Point Ranch in Springtown, Texas.

BU secured the top seed in the Big 12 postseason for the fourth time in five years (2015, '16, '17, '19) and first time under second-year head coach Casie Maxwell.

The meet started off with equitation over fences and horsemanship. BU battled the Horned Frogs to a 2-2 tie in fences with Catherine Moorhead's 77 on Elle and Gia Gulino's 82 on Mabel earning points.

However, TCU went 4-1 in horsemanship and took a 6-3 lead at the halfway mark of the meet. Kaylee Mellott earned the lone point for the Bears with a 75.5 on Jake.

The meet continued with reining and equitation on the flat. In reining, BU claimed a 3-1 win with Carly Salter (68 on Diesel), Madaline Callaway (70 on Willy) and Sydney Scheckel (71 on Roxie) earning points.

BU locked up a 5-0 win in flat and secured the win behind MOP Madison Day's 88 on Ozzie. Shannon Hogue scored an 85 on Caprilli while Grace Thiel scored an 87 on Pim and Rachael Davis recorded an 81 on Biggie.

Caroline Weaver's 84 on Tony made it a clean sweep to help BU outscore the Horned Frogs 8-1 in the second half for the team's first road win of the season.

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HIGHLIGHTS
• Saturday's win helped BU secure the No. 1 seed at this month's Big 12 Championship for the fourth time in five years and first time under head coach Casie Maxwell.
• BU swept the regular season series over TCU for the fifth consecutive season.
• Baylor improved to 5-3 against ranked opponents this season.
• Baylor earned its first road win of the season, improving to 1-2.
• Baylor is 7-0 when scoring 10 or more points at a meet this season.
• Baylor improved to 33-8 in equitation on the flat points this seasons.
• Baylor dropped to 23-14 in horsemanship points this season.
• Baylor is now 21-17 in reining points this season.
• Baylor is now 18-22 in equitation over fences points this season.
• Madison Day (flat) earned her second MOP honor of the season.

STAT OF THE MEET
5 – the point total for the Bears in equitation on the flat to help secure the road win.

TOP QUOTE
Head coach Casie Maxwell
On the win…
"I am very pleased we're able to bring home a big road win today. Our team rode well all day, but they fought especially hard in the second half. TCU rode really well and forced us to rally and fight for the win. This gave us a lot of confidence to come home and finish the regular season next weekend then take on the postseason."

WHAT'S NEXT
BU will close out the regular season with a home meet against No. 2 Texas A&M next Saturday at Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco. The meet is scheduled for an 11 a.m. CT start with a bounce house and pony rides during the meet.

Senior recognition will take place at the conclusion of the meet where BU will honor 17 riders.