No. 4 EQ Opens Big 12 Championship with Victory over TCU

Friday, March 29

Stillwater, Okla.

10:00 AM CT

Baylor

TCU

No. 4 EQ Opens Big 12 Championship with Victory over TCU

3/29/2019 4:22:00 PM | Equestrian

Baylor pushes past the Horned Frogs in round one and will face Oklahoma State tomorrow

THE RUNDOWN
STILLWATER, Okla. – Top-seeded and No. 4 Baylor equestrian (8-4) pushed past No. 7 and third-seeded TCU with an 11-8 victory on day one of the Big 12 Championship Friday morning at Totusek Arena in Stillwater, Okla.

Baylor will face No. 2 seed and third-ranked Oklahoma State in round two Saturday at approximately 1 p.m. CT for a chance to claim the program's fourth Big 12 title.

The meet started with equitation over fences and horsemanship. The Bears dropped fences, 3-1, with Madison Day securing the lone point with a 172 on Phia.

Meanwhile, the horsemanship team rattled off a 4-1 win. Marley Mainwaring (136 on Whiz), Kacie Scharf (144 on Rolex), Abbi Demel (150 on Snip) and Katie Davis (145 on Rudy) all secured western points to help BU take the 5-4 lead at the half.

In reining, the Bears edged the Horned Frogs, 3-2, with points from Madaline Callaway (138 on Penny), Georgia Smith (140 on Paul) and Carly Salter (133 on Willy).

The Bears closed out the meet with a 3-2 win in equitation on the flat. Shannon Hogue scored a 151 on Puzzle while Caroline Weaver secured a 134 on Tony, and Grace Thiel scored a 159 on Zotti for the Baylor win.

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HIGHLIGHTS
• Baylor won its first meet at the Big 12 Championship under Casie Maxwell.
• Baylor improved to 6-4 against ranked opponents this season.
• Baylor won all three meetings against TCU this season.
• Baylor improved to 38-13 in equitation on the flat points this season.
• Baylor improved to 29-18 in horsemanship points this season.
• Baylor is now 27-21 in reining points this season.
• Baylor is now 21-28 in equitation over fences points this season.
• Baylor won its first neutral site meet of the season, improving to 1-1.
• Baylor won three of four events against the Horned Frogs.

STAT OF THE MEET
4 – the meet-leading point total for Baylor horsemanship.

TOP QUOTE
Head coach Casie Maxwell
On the win…
"The team rode strong today and did a great job fighting for every point down to the last ride. We had a lot of really great rides today and feel really good coming out with the win in round one. We also made some mistakes that we will definitely have to address and clean up before we go up against OSU. Overall, it was a really good day and we look forward to building on our momentum tomorrow."

WHAT'S NEXT
Top-seeded BU will face No. 2 seed and host Oklahoma State for the conference title Saturday in Stillwater. The meet will start at approximately 1 p.m. CT and will air live on EQSportsNet.