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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 15, 2025</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">No. 10 Baylor EQ Comes Up Short Against No. 4 Oklahoma State</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Bears have dominating performance in Fences; Alexis Rutledge earns MOP honors</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">The 10th-ranked Baylor equestrian team came up short to the No. 4 Oklahoma State on Saturday at the Willis Family Equestrian Center, 13-7</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears (2-6, 1-4) fell to the Cowgirls (6-3, 2-3) in BU’s second Big 12 matchup of the spring
slate. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">Starting off the meet in Fences, Emma Covarrubias scored a 72 on Vif to beat Gable Gering’s 68.5,
scoring the first point for the Bears. Lauren Jorgensen scored a 66.5 on Sherman but was upended by OSU’s 83.5. Juliette Early responded with a 79.5 on Florio to beat the Cowgirls’ 76.5, giving Baylor the lead. Lauren Reid scored a 78.5 on Florio but was surpassed
by OSU’s 81.5 in a close matchup. Madison Mitchell dominated to close out Fences for the Bears, scoring a 79 on Lennox and giving Baylor the 3-2 lead and their first Fences win against OSU since October 13, 2023. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">In Reining, Isabella Hehr came out first for the Bears with a 70.25 on Raymond but was edged out
by Abby Budd’s 71.25. Sadie Peters came out on Penny and scored a 69.25 against OSU’s 65.75, earning a point for Baylor. In another close matchup, Ryan Jensen fell by one point against OSU’s Tristan Bagby, scoring a 69.5 against the Cowgirls’ 70.25. Emily
Moomaw came short in a close matchup, scoring a 70.75 against OSU’s 71.5. To close out Reining, Kalena Reynolds scored a 67.25 but was outscored by OSU’s 70.25.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">Going into the half, the Bears were down 4-6. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">In Horsemanship, Taylor Smith came up a quarter of a point short, scoring a 72.25 to OSU’s 72.5.
Alexis Rutledge outscored Peyton Baxter, scoring a 75.5 to her 74, earning a point for Baylor. Anna Thron led another close matchup, scoring a 73.75 to OSU’s 73.5. The Cowgirls scored the last two points of the event, with Emily Moomaw’s 70.75 coming up short
to OSU’s 71.5 and Kalena Reynolds’ 67.25 being outscored by OSU’s 70.25. It was Rutledge who came away with the MOP honor at the end of the meet.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">In Flat, Lauren Jorgensen earned the first point for the Bears, scoring a 76 against OSU’s 62.5.
The Cowgirls went on a four-point run from there, with Caroline Mirts’ 77 outscoring Madi Mitchell’s 65.5, Lauren Reid coming up a half point short with a 64 to OSU’s 64.5, Riley Hogan upending Juliette Early’s 81, and OSU’s Hannah Dodd scoring a 71 to Caroline
Robelen’s 0. The Bears earned the final point of the event, with Lauren Stebbins scoring an 81.5 to beat OSU’s 76. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">The Bears return to the Willis on March 1 for the last home meet of the season, facing TCU for Senior
Day with a start time of 12 p.m.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424;mso-ligatures:none">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor equestrian, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram: @BaylorEQ.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate
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