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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 Comes Up Empty in Upset Bid Against No. 3 OSU<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears fall 12-8 in Big 12 Championship semifinals, will face No. 5 Fresno State in Saturday’s consolation<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">Fourth-seeded Baylor equestrian dropped its Big 12 Championship semifinal contest to top-seeded Oklahoma State Friday, 12-8, at the Willis Family Equestrian
Center in Waco.<br>
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BU (1-7) entered the meet in search of its second win of the season, hoping to avenge two earlier regular-season losses to the Cowgirls (5-1). However, the Bears were unable to take advantage of a strong first half and OSU ultimately pulled away late.<br>
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Starting off the day in Fences, Caroline Fuller scored the first point of the meet for Baylor with an 81-79 head-to-head victory. However, BU only mustered one other point via Savannah Hemby’s 157, as OSU took the event 3-2.<br>
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The Bears bounced back in Reining as Isabella Jacuzzi earned her first MOP honor of the season with a score of 145. Madaline Callaway and Maggie Cincotta also picked up points for BU, leading Baylor to a 3-2 event win and tying the score at 5-5 at the midway
point.<br>
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As Horsemanship kicked off the day’s second half, Baylor fell behind after the Western event with the Cowgirls nabbing a 4-1 victory. Gabrielle Marty tallied BU’s only point, scoring a 140.5.<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">On the Jumping Seat side, Flat rounded out the semifinal action as BU’s Rachael Davis earned her fourth MOP honor of the year with a 163 total.
Fuller also picked up another BU point, but once again OSU edged Baylor 3-2 to prevent a late rally by the Bears.<b>
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</b>Baylor will round out its Big 12 Championship with an appearance in the consolation meet against No. 2-seed Fresno State, beginning at 9:30 a.m. CT 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 is now 1-7 against ranked opponents this season.<br>
• BU improved to 2-3-3 this season in the Reining, taking a 3-2 decision in today’s meet.<br>
• Rachael Davis remained undefeated, tallying her eighth win of the season in the Flat.<br>
• Savannah Hemby improved to 6-1 on the 2021 campaign with a win in Fences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Isabella Jacuzzi earned her first MOP award of the year in the Reining.</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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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">4 – Rachael Davis picked up her fourth MOP award of the season as she remained undefeated in the Flat this season.</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 QUOTE</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">“We are very proud of how our team competed today. It was a very tough loss, but they rode incredibly strong and confident and left it all in the arena. We could
not have asked for anything more from them.”<br>
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<i>On the Big 12 Championship…<br>
</i>“I thought the entire team did an outstanding job hosting today. We are so grateful for their leadership and hard work in putting on this Championship, and we are excited to do it all again tomorrow.”</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 competes against No. 5 Fresno State in the Big 12 Championship consolation meet, beginning at 9:30 a.m. CT at the Willis Family Equestrian 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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