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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 class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 6 Baylor EQ Dominates South Carolina, 13-5<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears send seniors out in style with largest margin of victory this season<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><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. 6 Baylor equestrian (5-5) dominated
South Carolina (0-8) 13-5 to close out its home season Friday afternoon at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.<br>
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A sweeping first half gave the Bears a 9-0 lead at the break, and BU was able to keep the Gamecocks from rallying to see out the win.<br>
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Baylor set the tone with four rides above 80 in Fences. After Dominika Silvestri tied her point at 83, Emma Fletcher, Caroline Fuller, Savannah Hemby and Madison Mitchell put points on the board with scores of 87, 83, 84 and 77, respectively. Fletcher garnered
her first Most Outstanding Performer honors of the year in leading the Bears to a 4-0 event win.<br>
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Over in the Western arena, BU remained in total control as the Horsemanship squad collected all five points. Nadalee Vasquez’s 76.5 was good for her second-consecutive MOP recognition.<br>
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After the break, the Gamecocks found their footing in Flat, taking the event 4-1. Maddie Vorhies was the sole pointwinner for the Bears with an 80.<br>
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However, Baylor’s Reining contingent saw out the meet with a 3-1 win. Shelby Clausen, Daisy Kaufman and Jenna Meimerstorf collected the points with a 71.5, 70.5 and 71, respectively. Clausen’s ride earned her MOP accolades for the day.<br>
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<b>NOTABLES</b><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 improved to 5-5 on the season with its first win against an unranked opponent in 2021-22.<br>
• The Bears improved to 7-8 all-time against South Carolina.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><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 has scored at least seven points in all 10 of its meets this year.<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 swept Horsemanship for the second 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">• BU swept Fences for the first time this season.<br>
• Emma Fletcher scored a career-high 87 in Fences and earned her first MOP honors of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Bella Rosa collected her first point of the season in Horsemanship with a season-high 75.5.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Nadalee Vasquez earned her second-consecutive MOP honor in Horsemanship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Shelby Clausen gathered her third MOP of the 2021-22 campaign.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">STAT OF THE MEET<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">9 – Baylor held a nine-point lead at halftime, winning nine of 10 points and tying one.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>TOP QUOTES</b><br>
<b>Head coach Casie Maxwell</b></span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On today’s meet…<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“What an incredible way to send out our seniors. It’s so great to finish up t</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">he regular season at home
with a big win for our team. We definitely needed this coming off two hard losses, but we knew this is what they were capable of. They just pulled it together in all of the events today and made it happen. So glad to finish our home regular season and send
our seniors out this way.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On this year’s senior class…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“What a volatile four years they’ve had. It’s been a wild ride for them. Just to let them have a true, holistic experience their senior year, for us to be having
an amazing season, for us to be able to send them out with a big win, I think is awesome because they’ve really been resilient through everything they’ve been through. I just appreciate them so much. We’re gonna miss them. They’ve been a huge part of our chapter
here."</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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">Horsemanship freshman Nadalee Vasquez<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On her run of form lately and the excitement of Senior Day…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“It’s been awesome to close out the season strong. It’s important to stay strong going into our next competitions and keep going. And today was an awesome opportunity to support
all of the seniors. We love them as they head off to their new adventures.”<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">Jumping Seat senior Caroline Fuller<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On going out on top for Senior Day…<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I think ending at home with everyone around, the whole team being here, was really special. It meant a lot to everybody.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>WHAT’S NEXT<br>
</b>No. 6 Baylor (5-5, 2-3) heads to California as part of a three-meet road trip beginning with a showdown at No. 7 Fresno State (4-6, 1-3) on Friday, March 4, at the Student Horse Center in Fresno, Calif.<br>
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To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor equestrian, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorEQ.<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 (BSB, FB, 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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