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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 9, 2024<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Equestrian Falls to No. 7 Oklahoma State, 12-6<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Slow first half limits the Bears in Stillwater<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="OWA33b9fabf-b3be-535e-7732-943d7dcb4c51" 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 (2-7, 1-3) fell to No. 7 Oklahoma State (3-5, 3-1), 12-6, Friday afternoon at the Pedigo-Hull Equestrian Center in Stillwater,
Okla.</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 needed a comeback early after only scoring one point in the first half. The Bears managed to claim their first Horsemanship win
of the season, but the Cowgirls’ strong first half performance proved too difficult to overcome.</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;">Lauren Reid scored the sole point for the Bears in Fences, posting an 87.</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;">Emily Moomaw (71) and Sadie Peters (70) managed to tie their points in Reining, holding the Cowgirls at 7 points before the break.</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 Bears claimed their first Horsemanship win of the season, taking the event 4-1. Elsie Naruszewicz (72.5), Gia Pozzi (73), Alexis
Rutledge (75.5) and Nadalee Vasquez (75.5) tallied points for BU.</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;">Reid scored the lone point in Flat, posting an 82.</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 13-37 against Oklahoma State 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 Horsemanship claimed its first 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);">Lauren Reid (Fences) remains undefeated in Big 12 play.</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);">Sadie Peters (Reining) scored a season-high 70.</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 (Fences) posted a season-high 90.</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);">90- Maddie Vorhies’ 90-ride marks the highest Fences score 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>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 meet…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“I am very proud of our team’s performance today. Our team was confident and rode strong in all group events, putting pressure
on a good OSU team. The Horsemanship squad was outstanding today and I am very proud to see 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);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Baylor (2-7, 1-3) 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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<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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<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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