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<a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS –
</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Jan. 28, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">No. 8 Baylor Equestrian Jumps Over Jackrabbits, 17-3<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">32 points marks a program record for back-to-back meets<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> Max Calderone, 254-265-1639,
</span><a href="mailto:Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Max_Calderone@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 8 Baylor equestrian (4-4, 2-1) won its third-consecutive meet on Saturday with a 17-3 victory
over South Dakota State (1-6, 1-2) at the Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears improved to 4-0 at home on the season behind their second four-event sweep in as many meets. For the second day in a row, Fences got it started with a 5-0 sweep.
Then, Flat and Horsemanship each claimed 4-1 event victories. Reining rounded it out with a 4-1 win of its own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Senior Dominika Silvestri was named Most Outstanding Performer in Fences with an 84 on Petey, marking the third-consecutive meet that she has picked up MOP honors. She became
just the second Bear all-time with at least five career Fences MOP’s, joining Savannah Jenkins (2013-17).<br>
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Additionally, Annie Vorhies earned her second Most Outstanding Performer award of the year in Flat with an 85 on Capi. In Horsemanship, Alexis Rutledge collected her second MOP of the year and Shelby Clausen picked up the fourth MOP of her career in Reining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>THE RUNDOWN</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Silvestri led the way in Fences to start the day, as the Bears got out to a 5-0 lead over the Jackrabbits. Lauren Reid (85) tallied the highest score of the event, while Maddie
Vorhies (82), Madison Mitchell (81) and Molly Canfield (79) helped complete the sweep.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Flat and Horsemanship kept up with event wins of their own, behind point-winning scores from Maddie Vorhies (88), Annie Vorhies (85), Mitchell (83) and Silvestri (82) on the
Jumping Seat side and Rutledge (78), Nadalee Vasquez (76), Bella Rosa (74) and Elsie Naruszewicz (70) in the Western ring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">To finish it out, Madaline Callaway (76) put down her career-best ride that was just half a point shy of BU’s program record. Clausen (75.5), Daisy Kaufman (74.5) and Jenna
Meimerstorf (70) collected the remaining points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Baylor’s 32 points are its most scored in back-to-back meets in program history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• BU’s Jumping Seat team scored a season-high nine points, its most since at least 2017-18.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• This is the first time since at least the 2017-18 season that Baylor’s Fences squad has recorded back-to-back sweeps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Horsemanship and Reining each matched season-highs with four points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Senior Dominika Silvestri was named Most Outstanding Performer for the eighth time in her career and fifth time in Fences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• This is Silvestri’s fourth MOP of the season, and second in Fences.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Silvestri became just the second Bear all-time to collect five Fences MOP’s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Silvestri also extended her Flat winning streak to seven meets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Senior Maddie Vorhies extended her Fences win streak to five meets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Vorhies also scored a season-high 88 in Flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior Madison Mitchell recorded a season-high 81 with her first win of the year in Fences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Mitchell also matched her season high with an 83 in Flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Freshman Lauren Reid tied her career high with an 85 in her fourth-straight Fences win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Sophomore Alexis Rutledge scored a season-high 78 to match her career high in Horsemanship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Rutledge also earned her second-career MOP award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Fifth-year senior Madaline Callaway scored a career-high 76 in Reining, just half a point shy of Baylor’s program record.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Junior Shelby Clausen recorded a career-high 75.5 in Reining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Clausen also earned her fourth-career MOP award, and first of this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">• Senior Daisy Kaufman scored a career-high with a 74.5 in Reining.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">STAT OF THE MEET<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">32 – Baylor’s 32 points in back-to-back meets are its most in program history.<br>
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<b>QUOTABLE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Head coach Casie Maxwell<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On her team’s performances the last two days…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“They were great. We told them yesterday to come back out and do the same thing. Make some small adjustments and the task today was to not get tired, to not let day two wear
on them. I thought their enthusiasm was great, their confidence was great and they put down the same, if not better performances today, which is all we could ask.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On the support from the home crowd…</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
“I think it might have been the biggest crowd I’ve seen since I’ve been here. It was great to have so many Baylor supporters, people who aren’t necessarily equestrian enthusiasts or parents, come out to a meet and learn about the sport. Lots of kids came out
today for Cub Club day, which was great too. We really appreciate them coming to show their support for us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Jumping Seat senior Dominika Silvestri<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On Jumping Seat’s nine points and her fifth-career Fences MOP…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“It’s really cool. I love this team and it’s great to be consistent. We’ve been harping on that lately. Everyone came out swinging no matter who we were facing and rode their
personal best. That’s been one of our biggest goals and it’s written in our locker room, to ‘PR’, so we’re working on it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Horsemanship sophomore Alexis Rutledge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">On matching her career-best score…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">“I got a horse that I had never gone in the show pen with before and I was super excited about it because I really like him. I just had a lot of confidence going in and was
super excited, so went out and did my best.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">WHAT’S NEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">No. 8 Baylor (4-4, 2-1) is off to Fresno, Calif. to face Minnesota Crookston (0-3) and Fresno State (0-6, 0-3) on back-to-back days. The meet against the Golden Eagles will
begin on Friday, Feb. 3 and resume on Saturday, Feb. 4, while the Bears will also take on the Bulldogs on Saturday, Feb. 4. First ride times are still to be determined.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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To stay up to date on all things Baylor equestrian, follow the team on its official Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts: @BaylorEQ.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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