No. 6 EQ’s Season Ends in Quarterfinals

Thursday, April 14

Ocala, Fla.

1:30 PM

Baylor

Texas A&M

No. 6 EQ’s Season Ends in Quarterfinals

4/14/2022 8:42:00 PM | Equestrian

Results (PDF)

Bears drop 13-6 contest to No. 3 Texas A&M

THE RUNDOWN
OCALA, Fla. – No. 6-seeded Baylor equestrian (7-8) fell to No. 3 Texas A&M (13-4) in the NCEA quarterfinals on Thursday by a final of 13-6 at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla.

BU dropped both of its first-half events, Fences and Horsemanship, to fall behind 8-2 before the break. The Bears bounced back to take Flat 3-2, but strong Reining rides clinched the meet for the Aggies.

Maddie Vorhies scored the lone point in Fences with a 257, the third-highest tally of the day, while Gabrielle Marty put up a 217 in Horsemanship to win her matchup.

In Flat, Emma Fletcher (258), Caroline Fuller (273) and Dominika Silvestri (221.5) collected points for the Bears. Fuller's score was the highest Flat score in all four quarterfinals. Though the Bears rode tough in Reining, Jenna Meimerstorf claimed her point with a 214, while Andie Pratt knotted her matchup at 214.

NOTABLES
• Nine Bears made their NCEA National Championship debuts, including Shelby Clausen (Reining), Emma Fletcher (Jumping Seat), Marley Mainwaring (Horsemanship), Madi Mitchell (Jumping Seat), Elsie Naruszewicz (Horsemanship), Andie Pratt (Reining), Bella Rosa (Horsemanship), Dominika Silvestri (Jumping Seat) and Nadalee Vasquez (Horsemanship).
• Fences finished the year having outscored its opponents 41-31.
• Reining outscored its opponents 37-27 in 2021-22.
• Caroline Fuller put up the highest Flat score of the day with a 273.
• Emma Fletcher (Flat) scored a point in all three postseason meets.

STAT OF THE MEET
91 – Caroline Fuller's three-judge score of 273 equates to a 91, her highest Flat score of the season.

TOP QUOTES
Head coach Casie Maxwell
On today's meet…
"We came in here knowing that we had the potential to win, but it just wasn't our day. Our girls put their hearts out there and rode incredibly hard. They tried really hard to make up for it in the second half after losses in the first two events. I'm just really proud of them. To come here and have the confidence they did, I'm just really proud of them for that."

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