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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January 30, 2021<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 9 EQ Drops Narrow Opener at No. 7 Texas A&M<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears fall after raw score equivalency tiebreaker used to decide the meet<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<b>THE RUNDOWN</b><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">COLLEGE STATION, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 9 Baylor equestrian
(0-1) opened the 2021 season with a narrow defeat to No. 7 Texas A&M (2-2) Saturday at the Hildebrand Equine Complex in College Station.<br>
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After tying 9-9 at the conclusion of the meet, the judges were forced to implement the raw score equivalency tiebreaker, which determined that TAMU had edged BU, 1579.75-1568.75.<br>
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The meet began with Fences where the Bears and Aggies tied 2-2. Caroline Fuller scored an 84 on Chapman, the highest score of the morning and earned the MOP nod. In Horsemanship, the Aggies bested the Bears 4-1 to bring the overall score to 6-3 at the half.<br>
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Following the break, BU took charge and closed the gap with a 4-1 win in Flat and another 2-2 draw in Reining, where Madaline Callaway took home MOP honors after scoring a 74. However, it proved to be not enough by the slimmest of margins, as the Aggies claimed
victory via the tiebreaker.<br>
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<b>NOTABLES<br>
</b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor is now 2-2 in season openers under fourth-year head coach Casie Maxwell.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• BU is now 7-15 all-time against Texas A&M.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• BU won Flat by a score of 4-1.<br>
• The Bears claimed a 6-3 advantage in the Jumping Seat events.<br>
• Caroline Fuller and Madaline Callaway picked up MOP honors for the Bears in Fences and Reining.<br>
• Fuller and Maddie Vorhies each collected two points for Baylor.<br>
• Fuller led the Bears with two scores of 84.<br>
• Freshmen Shelby Clausen and Emma Fletcher made their collegiate debuts.<br>
• Fletcher picked up her first-career point with an 80-78 win in Flat.</span><br>
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STAT OF THE MEET<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">9 –<b>
</b>The Bears won nine points and tied with the Aggies in the overall meet score.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Head coach Casie Maxwell<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On today’s meet…<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“I’m very proud of how this team came out and performed in the first meet. Texas A&M is a tough place to play and our team put down some strong,
confident rides. It’s tough to lose such a close competition, but we’ll focus on how strong our performance was and clean up the areas we need to improve.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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WHAT’S NEXT<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">A full year and one day since their last meeting, the Bears (0-1) will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 6, to open up Big 12 play against conference
rival TCU (2-0). The meet is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. CT. The Horned Frogs (2-0) won the last meeting over BU 12-8 in Fort Worth.
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To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor equestrian, follow the team on Facebook (Baylor Equestrian), Twitter (@BaylorEQ) and Instagram (@BaylorEquestrian).<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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