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<a class="ContentPasted1"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">Sept. 29, 2023<br style="mso-special-character:line-break" class="ContentPasted1">
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<b><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">No. 7 Baylor Equestrian Falls to No. 4 Texas A&M, 16-3<br class="ContentPasted1">
</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">Bears struggle in Jumping Seat before strong showing from new faces in Reining<br class="ContentPasted1">
</span></i><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1"> Kalie Smith, 409-351-0790,
</span><a href="mailto:Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu" id="OWAf0bf5179-adc4-a807-8058-778bcca0dcb3" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1" data-loopstyle="linkonly"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">THE RUNDOWN<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">COLLEGE STATION, Texas </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">–</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1"> No. 7
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">Baylor (0-1) dropped its season opener to No. 4 Texas A&M (1-0) 16-3 on Friday afternoon at the Hildebrand Equine Complex in College Station.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">After a tough first half in which the Bears only scored one point, Reiners managed to tie the event. Big Jumping Seat scores from the Aggies proved too difficult to overcome.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">BU needed a comeback early after A&M took Fences 5-0. Elsie Naruszewicz scratched Baylor’s first point on the board in Horsemanship. Naruszewicz was named the Most Outstanding Performer after scoring a 75
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">Despite a strong ride from Madison Mitchell (92), the Bears dropped Flat 5-0.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted1">
</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted1"> </span>BU Reiners fought back to tie the event 2-2. All five riders made their first career start in today’s meet. Senior Emily Moomaw (69) and sophomore Rylee Butler (72) tallied their first career
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">NOTABLES<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="ContentPasted1">Baylor is now 3-4 all-time in season openers under seventh-year head coach Casie Maxwell.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li><li class="ContentPasted1">BU Reining started five first-time starters.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li><li class="ContentPasted1">Sophomore Lauren Reid scored a career-high 88 in Flat.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li><li class="ContentPasted1">Naruszewicz (Horsemanship) picked up her first MOP honor of the season with a score of 75.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li><li class="ContentPasted1">Butler (Reining) scored her first career point.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li><li class="ContentPasted1">Moomaw (Reining) scored her first career point.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">6- Six Bears made their collegiate debut, including sophomore Rylee Butler, freshman Riley Cachat, senior Emily Moomaw, freshman Sadie Peters, sophomore Kalena Reynolds and sophomore Caroline Robelen.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">TOP QUOTES<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">Head Coach Casie Maxwell<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">“There’s nowhere to go but uphill from here. That’s what we have to tell the team. We have one of two ways we can go with this. We can stay here and stay this team. We are not this caliber of a team that
we were here today. Or we can come out next weekend swinging like the team that we are and the team that we’re capable of being. That’s going to be my challenge to them over the next four days. They throw this one over their shoulder to have a new day on Monday
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt" class="ContentPasted1">No. 7 Baylor (0-1) welcomes No. 2 Auburn (1-0) to Willis Family Equestrian Center for a 11 a.m. matchup on Friday, Oct. 6.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.25pt; color: black;" class="ContentPasted1">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.<o:p class="ContentPasted1"> </o:p></span></p>
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