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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 30, 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 Routs Fresno State, 14-6, For Third Place<br>
</b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>Western dominance clinches third place for the Bears<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="OWAfb7a7226-ced5-f952-b179-b0663f7b5d9e" 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>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>WACO, Texas
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><b>–</b> Baylor equestrian (3-11) claimed third place in the Big 12 Championship, dominating Fresno State (3-10), 14-6, Saturday 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;">BU dropped Flat but surged back in the Western arena with two event victories. A Fences win sealed third place 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;">Lauren Reid (74.33) and Dominika Silvestri (83) tallied Flat points for the Bears. Reid’s 74.33-ride marked her seventh-consecutive
point.</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;">Baylor commanded Reining, 4-1. Riley Cachat (70.17), Emily Moomaw (70.83), Sadie Peters (69.5) and Kalena Reynolds (69.83) added
to the tally. This event win marks the largest margin of victory this 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;">After the break, BU continued the Western momentum, taking Horsemanship 4-1. Elsie Naruszewicz (74.83), Gianna Pozzi (72.33), Bella
Rosa (70.33) and Alexis Rutledge (75.5) scratched points on the board.</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 clinched the win with a 4-1 Fences victory. Lauren Jorgensen (73.67), Madison Mitchell (77.33), Silvestri (77) and Maddie
Vorhies (85) picked up the victory-sealing points for BU.</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 19-8 against Fresno State all-time.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, 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);">Ten of BU’s points were won with a margin of 2+ points.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, 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);">Two Bears went undefeated in their Big 12 Championship debuts, including Riley Cachat (Reining) and Emily Moomaw (Reining).</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, 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 seventh-consecutive point.</span></li><li style="font-family: Aptos, 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);">Dominika Silvestri (Flat) collected her third-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);">6- Six Bears claimed points in both rounds of the Big 12 Championship, including Riley Cachat (Reining), Lauren Jorgensen (Fences), Emily Moomaw
(Reining), Lauren Reid (Flat), Alexis Rutledge (Horsemanship) and Dominika Silvestri (Flat).</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 today’s win…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“I am incredibly proud of the team for their bounce back performance today. They rode with a lot of confidence and finished on a high note for the
season. There was a lot of extraordinary scenarios today that the team took in stride and handled great. I could not ask any more of them.”</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;"><b>Jumping Seat Fifth Year Dominika Silvestri</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>On team’s performance…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">“Today everyone still came out swinging even though we were in the consolation bracket, but it went well. Started strong in Flat
and fed into Fences. We had some uncontrollable circumstances us in Fences, but everyone kept their head up and we still came out on top. The western girls were really on top of it going for it in both events. I was really proud of them.”</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;"><b>Reining Freshman Sadie Peters</b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;"><i>On her first Big 12 Championship…</i></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.25pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; color: black;">“It was a really fun and exciting weekend. I’m glad I was able to show up for my team. I had a lot of confidence, and I was able
to show that in the pen. Today, I was thrown some punches with a reride and different four-minute warmups, but I stayed calm with the help of Coach (Casie) Maxwell.”</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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