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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Equestrian Returns to Big 12 Play Against No. 7 Oklahoma State<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Bears looking to capitalize on upset win over Georgia<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="OWA4ff5eec4-8db3-40a2-17ed-fa341f7bad83" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br>
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</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b>WACO, Texas –</b> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor equestrian (2-6, 1-2)
heads to Stillwater for a Big 12 rematch against No. 7 Oklahoma State (2-5, 2-1) on Friday, Feb. 9, with first ride set for 1 p.m. at the Pedigo-Hull Equestrian Center</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);">BU is looking to carry momentum from its 11-8 upset win over No. 5 Georgia two weeks ago. Four Bears set career highs on the way to the win, 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="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">The two last faced off earlier this season on Oct. 13, as Baylor fell to Oklahoma State 10-8. BU showed strength in Jumping Seat,
claiming Fences and Flat, but couldn’t overcome the Cowgirls in the Western arena. Live scoring will be provided by Oklahoma State and can be found
<a href="https://okstate.com/sports/2016/10/20/equestrian-live-scoring" id="OWA58c80f58-f2d1-491b-8889-91a62c5d870a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
here</a>.</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;">Following the meet, Baylor (2-6, 1-2) continues its road trip in California with back-to-back meets Friday and Saturday, Feb. 16-17,
against Fresno State (1-7, 0-5) and UC Davis (2-3).</span></p>
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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.</span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>-BaylorBears.com-</i></span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(21, 71, 52);"><b>Kalie Smith</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> | Communications Coordinator (Equestrian)</span></p>
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