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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 10 EQ Collects 13-7 Victory Over No. 5 Fresno State<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears finish third at Big 12 Championship following consolation round win<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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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">No. 4-seed Baylor equestrian won its consolation meet against No. 2-seed Fresno State as part of the Big 12 Championship on Saturday, 13-7, at the Willis
Family Equestrian Center in Waco.<br>
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BU (2-7) picked up its second win of the season behind an impressive all-around effort, taking all four events over the Bulldogs (5-5) en route to a season-high 13-point output.<br>
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The Bears started the day out hot with a 3-2 win in Horsemanship behind Gabrielle Marty’s top score of 151. Clara Johnson and Elsie Naruszewicz also won their points, scoring 147.5 and 141 respectively.<br>
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BU kept up its winning ways by collecting four of the five points in Fences. Rachael Davis collected her first win in the event this season, scoring a 175 (equivalent to a season-high 87.5) on Lui. Caroline Fuller, Gia Gulino and Savannah Hemby were the other
point-winners for the Bears, helping BU to its first event win in Fences of the 2021 campaign.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor led 7-3 heading into halftime and maintained its momentum following the break with a 3-2 win in Flat. Davis remained undefeated in the
event, improving to 9-0 with a 130 total, and was later named the Championship’s Most Outstanding Performer for Flat. Gulino led the Bears with a 158 and Maddie Vorhies tallied her fourth win of the year with a 148.<br>
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In Reining, all three point-winners for BU scored above 135. Madaline Callaway and Andie Pratt each recorded 138 tallies, while Isabella Jacuzzi put down a 135 on Bob for her second win of the weekend. Callaway was also named the MOP for the Bears in Reining.<b><br>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Following the win, Baylor will await its postseason fate for the NCEA National Championship, held April 15-17 in Waco.<b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NOTABLES</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor earned its second win over a ranked opponent this season.<br>
• BU registered a season-high 13 points on the day.<br>
• BU won all four events for the first time this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• The Bears took the Fences event outright for the first time in the 2021 campaign.<br>
• Rachael Davis improved to 9-0 on the year, remaining undefeated in the Flat.<br>
• Davis also scored a season-high equivalent 175 in Fences, collecting her first win of the year in the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Six Bears went undefeated on the weekend, collecting two wins in their respective events in Caroline Fuller and Savannah Hemby (Fences), Rachael
Davis (Flat), Gabrielle Marty (Horsemanship), and Madaline Callaway and Isabella Jacuzzi (Reining).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">STAT OF THE MEET</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">13 – Baylor registered a season-high 13 points in its win over Fresno State.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">TOP QUOTES</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Head coach Casie Maxwell…</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On today’s meet…</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“Today was really good. It’s hard to come off of an opportunity to go to the Championship round and not making it through. We asked them to ride with as much heart
and as much confidence as they did yesterday, and they did just that today. It’s a big win for us, I think we definitely earned it today.”<br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sophomore Savannah Hemby…</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On her success this season…</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It really means a lot because we’ve overcome a lot of adversity throughout the season. I just really had the mindset of pushing through and trying to put points
up for my team. It really means a lot that it all came together in the end.”<br>
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<b>Sophomore Gabrielle Marty…</b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On momentum from today’s win…</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“It definitely gives our team a lot of confidence and our Horsemanship side especially. We’ve had a couple tough meets the past couple of weekends, but these past
two days we had some really good rides. It gives us a lot of confidence heading into selections for seeding.”</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHAT'S NEXT</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 10-ranked Baylor awaits its postseason fate for the 2021 NCEA National Championship, held April 15-17 at the Extraco Events Center in Waco.<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
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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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