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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Equestrian Upsets No. 5 Georgia, 11-8<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Jumping Seat dominance clinches second win of the season<br>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>For more information contact:</b> Kalie Smith, 409-351-0790,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu" id="OWAa567deb2-5b51-86cb-a522-b05689cdf70f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b>–</b> Baylor (2-6) topped No. 5 Georgia (4-4), 11-8, Saturday afternoon at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Behind a dominant Jumping Seat performance, the Bears clinched their second win of the season.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">BU set the tone early with a 5-0 sweep of Fences. Lauren Reid’s 88 ride on Calvi set a new career-high, picking up her second Most
Outstanding Performer (MOP) nod of the season. Lauren Jorgensen (84), Madison Mitchell (84), Dominika Silvestri (85) and Maddie Vorhies (84) also tallied points for the Bears.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Jumping Seat continued to assert themselves as Baylor claimed Flat 3-1. Mitchell (95), Reid (81) and Vorhies (93) added points to
the tally. Mitchell’s career-high 95 ride aboard Teddy marks the second-highest Flat score in the Maxwell era.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">BU extended its lead in Horsemanship, scratching two points on the board. Bella Rosa (73.5) and Anna Thron (73) collected points
for the Bears.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Riley Cachat (70) scored the lone point in Reining.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>NOTABLES</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor moves to 4-16 against Georgia all-time.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BU picked up its first ranked win of the season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bears’ Fences squad improved to 5-3 on the season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Riley Cachat has won three consecutive Reining points.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lauren Jorgensen scored her first Fences point of the season with an 84.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lauren Reid picked up her second Fences MOP honor of the season with a career-high 88.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Reid has won five consecutive Fences points.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Madison Mitchell earned her first Flat MOP nod of the season with a career-high 95.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mitchell’s 95 marked the second highest Flat score in the Maxwell era.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bella Rosa collected her first point of the season with a 73.5.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Anna Thron picked up her first point of the season with a season-high 73.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Maddie Vorhies set a career-high with a 93 in Fences.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STAT OF THE MEET</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4- Four Bears set new career-highs, including Lauren Jorgensen (Flat-87), Madison Mitchell (Flat-95), Lauren Reid (Fences-88) and Maddie Vorhies
(Flat-93).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>TOP QUOTES</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Head Coach Casie Maxwell</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On today’s win…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Amazing. This is the team that we know we’ve had. It’s getting them to come together on the same page. There’s still some work to do. We’d like
the spread to be even bigger than it was today, but what an awesome win. A statement win to come out and start this spring semester. It’s the boost of confidence that our team needed to start the spring semester. I can say wholeheartedly, they’ve been fired
up. Not about the fact that we’re playing Georgia, but just about it being a good turning point for them. Leaving the fall behind coming into the spring semester. They’ve really come at this entire semester. Their approach to it has been positive and optimistic.
It’s awesome to watch their hard work pay off.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On today’s record setting rides…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“It’s huge. It gives them a boost of confidence. It reminds them what they’re capable of. We tell them all the time, but for them to go out there
and have a judge appraise them for such a solid ride to earn a record is outstanding. They know how high they’ve set their bar today. They’ve just got to keep striving for that.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Jumping Seat senior Madison Mitchell</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On team’s mindset…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“It felt good, especially coming off last semester. The team was feeling strong. It was a good push through moment. The team really needed this.
We’ve all been working hard for three weeks. We need this for our mindset and to give us a boost for the rest of the season.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Jumping Seat sophomore Lauren Reid</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On team’s feeling after today’s win…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“Today was such a great feeling. Our whole jumping seat squad came out with a bang. We executed very well, which was our plan all week in practice.
It gives us a lot of confidence. We’re a young team. So, it gave a lot of the underclassmen confidence. We just have to not become complacent and carry that into Oklahoma State.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor (2-6,1-2) starts a three-week road trip beginning with a Big 12 rematch in Stillwater, as the Bears face Oklahoma State (2-5, 2-1) on Friday,
Feb. 9.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">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.</span></p>
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