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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 1, 2024<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: black;"><b>Baylor Equestrian Falls to No. 1 TCU, 12-7<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Jumping Seat finds momentum at home<br>
</i></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>For more information contact:</b> Kalie Smith, 409-351-0790,
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="mailto:Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu" id="OWA165a704b-2259-fb4c-ae6e-7d2e267b8202" class="OWAAutoLink" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Kalie_Smith1@baylor.edu</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b>–</b> Baylor equestrian (2-10, 1-5) fell 12-7 to No. 1 TCU (11-0, 6-0) on Friday afternoon at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">The Bears found some momentum in Jumping Seat but struggled in the Western arena.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">BU tied Fences, 2-2. Madison Mitchell (87) and Dominika Silvestri (88) collected points for Baylor.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Sadie Peters (66.5) picked up the lone point for BU in Reining.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">After the break, BU claimed Fences, 3-2. Mitchell (94), Lauren Reid (87) and Silvestri (86) tallied points for the Bears. Mitchell’s
94-ride aboard Teddy marks the second highest Flat score of the season.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">On the Western side, Nadalee Vasquez (73) scratched a point on the board in Horsemanship.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>NOTABLES</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Baylor moves to 25-12 against TCU all-time.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BU Flat scored 80+ on all five rides.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Madison Mitchell (Flat) earned her third Most Outstanding Performer honor of the season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mitchell’s 94-ride marks the second-highest Flat score of the season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lauren Reid (Flat) picked up her fifth-consecutive point.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>STAT OF THE MEET</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4- Four Bears finished the season with a winning Big 12 record, including Madison Mitchell (Flat, 4-2), Sadie Peters (Reining, 3-2), Lauren Reid
(Fences, 3-2 | Flat, 5-1) and Dominika Silvestri (Fences, 3-2).</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>TOP QUOTES</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Head Coach Casie Maxwell</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On Senior Day…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“The team put forth a good effort. TCU is a really good team. You know you've got to be at your best today, playing the No. 1 team in the country
that’s been No. 1 all year. Our jumping seat team was fantastic. Really happy to be able to recognize our seniors and send them out on a good note. I appreciate everything that they've done over the last couple years.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Jumping Seat senior Madison Mitchell</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>On her 94-ride…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“I knew that it was a big point. Every point counted, so I knew that I needed to have a clean pattern and give it all I had and push Teddy the most
that I could. I felt like I did a good job of knowing his limits and making sure that I was putting myself out there to get a higher score.”</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">Baylor hosts the 2024 Big 12 Equestrian Championship, March 29-30, at the Willis Family Equestrian Center.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">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.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(21, 71, 52);"><b>Kalie Smith</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> | Communications Coordinator (Equestrian)</span></p>
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