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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 – Mar. 1, 2025</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"><span style="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>
<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 Upsets No. 2 TCU To Conclude the Home Season</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 win 11-9; Alexis Rutledge earns MOP honor</span></i></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:#242424;mso-ligatures:none"> </span></i></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><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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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>
<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 upset No. 2 TCU, 11-9, at the Willis Family Equestrian Center on Saturday. </span><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-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">The Bears (3-5, 2-3) took down the Horned Frogs (7-5, 3-1) in BU’s final home meet of the spring
slate. The last time Baylor defeated TCU was October 21, 2022, at the Willis, 12-7.</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"><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 Flat, Caroline Robelen earned the first point for the Bears, scoring an
84 and beating TCU’s 79. Lauren Stebbins came up half a point short, scoring a 79.5 on Albert to TCU’s 80. Madison Mitchell also came up short in her Flat matchup against TCU’s Ella Bostwick, scoring a 75.5 to Bostwick’s 83.5. Lauren Reid scored an 81 on Grande
but was edged out by TCU’s 85. Juliette Early scored a 77.5 to beat TCU’s 68.5 and earn the second point for the Bears, bringing the score to 2-3 TCU. </span><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-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">In Reining, Sadie Peters came out first for the Bears with a 59 on Polly but was edged out by TCU’s
68.25. The Bears responded with a three-point run, with Riley Cachat’s 68 to beat TCU’s 67, Emily Moomaw winning her matchup 69.25-63.5 and Bella Hehr outscoring TCU’s 70 with a 71.5. To close out the event, Ryan Jensen scored a 69.75 but came up short to
TCU’s 71.5. Going into the half, the Bears and Horned Frogs were tied at 5-5. </span><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-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">In Fences, Emma Covarrubias scored an 82.5 to TCU’s 75.5, giving TCU the point. The Bears followed
that with a three-point run, with Juliette Early scoring an 83.5 to beat TCU’s 79.5 and Lauren Reid and Lauren Jorgensen both scoring an 80 to TCU’s 79.5 and 83.5 respectively. To close out the event, Madison Mitchell came up short scoring a 67 to TCU’s 83.5,
bringing the score to 8-7 going into Horsemanship. </span><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-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">In Horsemanship, Nadalee Vasquez was outscored by TCU’s 68. Taylor Smith responded with her ride
on Gracie, scoring a 75 to edge out TCU’s 74.25. Anna Thron scored a 58.25, but it wasn’t enough to beat TCU’s 71. The Bears took the final two points of the meet, with Alexis Rutledge scoring a 75 to beat TCU’s 73.25 and Gianna Pozzi scored a 72.75 to beat
TCU’s 70, bringing the final score to 11-9.</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">HIGHLIGHTS</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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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This was the Bears first win against TCU since a 12-7 win on October 21, 2022, at the Willis. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#242424;text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Alexis Rutledge earned an MOP for Horsemanship, her second MOP in a row for the event.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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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">NEXT UP</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">The Bears head on the road for a tri-meet with South Dakota State and Minnesota-Crookston at the
DeHaan Equestrian Center in Sioux Falls, S.D. </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, X
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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