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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">March 4, 2023<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">No. 8 Baylor Equestrian Drops 12-7 Contest at No. 3 TCU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Silvestri picks up 11<sup>th</sup> Flat win, Fences MOP in regular-season finale<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">FORT WORTH, Texas –</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"> No. 8 Baylor equestrian (5-8, 2-4) dropped its regular-season finale, 12-7, to No. 3 TCU
on Saturday, March 4, in Fort Worth, Texas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Despite a 3-2 event win in Flat, BU was unable to collect enough points needed to upset the Horned Frogs on their home dirt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">Two Bears took home Most Outstanding Performer honors in senior Dominika Silvestri (Fences) capturing her fifth award of the year and fifth-year senior Marley Mainwaring (Horsemanship)
bringing home her first honors of the season.<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">The meet kicked off with the Bears falling 3-1 in Fences against the Horned Frogs. BU’s only point came from senior Dominika Silvestri, who scored an 84 and garnered MOP honors
in the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">After a short break to clear the arena, the Flat squad collected its eighth-straight win, beating the Horned Frogs 3-2. Madison Mitchell’s 83, Madeline Vorhies’ 82, and Silvestri’s
82 all brought points to the board. In Reining, the Bears struggled to gain traction, dropping the event 4-1 with Jenna Meimerstorf’s 71.5 accounting for Baylor’s lone point.<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 close out the meet, the Bears pushed TCU in Horsemanship, but eventually dropped the event 3-2. None of the Horned Frogs’ three points came by a margin of more than a point,
as Bella Rosa (76) and Marley Mainwaring (77) racked up the tallies for BU.<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" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Baylor’s Flat squad is riding an eight-meet win streak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Senior Dominika Silvestri improves her Flat record to 11-2 for the season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Silvestri also earned her fifth MOP honor of the season and third in Fences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Senior Maddie Vorhies is unbeaten in her last 10 Flat rides.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Junior Madison Mitchell is on a seven-meet win streak on the Flat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Marley Mainwaring recorded a career-high 77 in Horsemanship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• Mainwaring earned her first MOP of the season, and third of her career.<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" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">• 11—Dominika Silvestri’s win in Flat improves her season record to 11-2, the most Flat wins by a Bear since Rachael Davis collected 11 in the 2020-21 campaign.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><br>
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<b>QUOTABLE</b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></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 performance against the No. 3 Horned Frogs…<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">“We had very strong performances in all four events today and I’m very proud of how our team challenged this tough TCU team. I feel like I’m getting redundant, but our team was
really good. We exuded a lot of confidence and rode really strong. I think we are definitely ready to keep pushing forward this postseason.”<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 (5-8, 2-4) enters the postseason with a trip to Stillwater, Okla. for the Big 12 Championship on March 24 and 25. The meet’s start time on Friday is yet to be
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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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<i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">-BaylorBears.com-</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><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>
<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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