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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">EQ’s Team Gold Defeats Team Green in Scrimmage<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Madaline Callaway, Caroline Fuller, Elsie Naruszewicz and Maddie Vorhies named MOPs<br>
</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No.
8<b> </b>Baylor equestrian hosted its annual Green &<b> </b>Gold scrimmage Saturday morning at the Willis Family Equestrian Center, with Team Gold defeating Team Green, 13-8.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“We’re really excited to have the opportunity to have this scrimmage and start our season on time,” head coach Casie Maxwell said. “All in all, a really great team effort. Very
minimal errors today. A great place to start and build from as we head on the road next week.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The scrimmage comes after a 2020-21 season that was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All meets were held in the spring, as the Bears went on to make a NCEA semifinals appearance
despite a 3-8 record.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Madaline Callaway (Reining), Caroline Fuller (Fences), Elsie Naruszewicz (Horsemanship) and Maddie Vorhies (Flat) were each named Most Outstanding Performers in their respective
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“I just wanted to have a nice, clean and bold round to start the year with,” Fuller said. “I think everything really went according to plan. It felt great to have a solid first
ride going into the rest of the season.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Newcomers Mackenzie Altheimer, Molly Canfield, Lauren Graves, Delaney Hoffman, Gianna Pozzi, Olivia Reiskin, Tatum Richey, Molly Roberts, Caitlyn Upham, Nadalee Vasquez and Annie
Vorhies all saw their first action as Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Baylor officially opens the regular season next week at No. 10 UT Martin with a 10 a.m. meet on Friday, Sept. 24, at the Ned McWherter Agricultural
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“No one on our roster has ever been to UT Martin, but we’re well prepared,” Maxwell said. “We put some really tough horses in our scrimmage to prepare for going on the road.
This helps shake out some of the nerves. We’re just excited to be competing a full season again.”<o:p></o:p></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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#154734">Max Calderone</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (BSB, FB, EQ)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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