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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">No. 4 Baylor EQ Drops Narrow 10-8 Decision at No. 2 Texas A&M
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</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor moves to 4-3 on the year with a trip to No. 1 Oklahoma State awaiting<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,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;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">COLLEGE STATION, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 4 Baylor equestrian
(4-3, 2-1) dropped a narrow 10-8 contest to No. 2 Texas A&M (7-1, 3-0) Saturday at the Hildebrand Equine Complex in College Station.<br>
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Despite a late charge from the Reining squad, the Bears couldn’t quite overcome the Aggies at their home arena. BU and TAMU were neck-and-neck through the first two events, with the Aggies holding a slight 5-4 advantage at the half. A strong Flat event for
A&M widened the margin, and Baylor’s comeback bid came up just short at the end of the day.<br>
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Points from Savannah Hemby (89) and Madison Mitchell (86) earned BU a tie in Fences to start things off. Maddie Vorhies knotted her matchup with an 83, while Caroline Fuller’s 90 was bested by her Aggie counterpart before heading into Horsemanship.<br>
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Over in the Western arena, the Aggies edged ahead with a 3-2 win in Horsemanship right before the break. Gabrielle Marty and Marley Mainwaring were the pointwinners for the Bears with scores of 76.5 and 74.5, respectively.<br>
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Following the halftime pause, TAMU pulled away with a 4-1 event win in Flat. It was Fuller’s high score of 93 that gave Baylor its only point of the event and earned her Most Outstanding Performer honors.<br>
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Needing to pull off a 5-0 sweep in Reining, the Bears mustered three points and one tie, but it ultimately wasn’t enough. Shelby Clausen’s MOP ride of 73 led the charge, with Jenna Meimerstorf (71.5) and Andie Pratt (70.5) chipping in with tallies of their
own. Madaline Callaway’s 72.5 matched her opponent, but A&M sealed the meet with a 72-70 decision in favor of Lisa Bricker over Daisy Kaufman.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Baylor moves to 4-3 against ranked opponents this season and 1-3 against top-five teams in 2021-22.<br>
• The Bears have scored at least seven points in all seven of their meets this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• BU won the Reining event for the fifth time in the 2021-22 campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Caroline Fuller’s two career-high scores (93, 90) are the only marks above 90 by the Bears this season.<br>
• Fuller gathered her third MOP of the season and first in Flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Shelby Clausen collected her second MOP recognition of the year with a season-high 73.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Madaline Callaway matched her season-high with a 72.5 in Reining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Gabrielle Marty scored a season-best 76.5 in Horsemanship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">• Nadalee Vasquez put down a career-high 75 in Horsemanship despite losing her point.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">STAT OF THE MEET<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">93 – Caroline Fuller’s Flat score of 93 is the highest by a Bear since Rachael Davis scored the same on Feb. 28, 2020, at Texas A&M.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>TOP QUOTES</b><br>
<b>Head coach Casie Maxwell<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">On today’s narrow defeat…<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“It was great to be back in the competition arena today and get the spring started. We made some unfortunate mistakes which cost us some points in a few events, but nothing we can’t work
out in the next few days as we prepare for OSU. I want to give a huge congratulations to Caroline Fuller and Shelby Clausen on their event high scores and MOP honors from today. They were both fantastic.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>WHAT’S NEXT<br>
</b>No. 4 Baylor (4-3, 2-1) remains on the road at No. 1 Oklahoma State (4-1, 3-0) on Saturday, Feb. 5, at Totusek Arena in Stillwater, Okla. First ride is set for 1 p.m. CT.<br>
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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>
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