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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><b><u>BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Oct. 9, 2025</u></b></span></h1>
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Flat, respectively </i></b></span></p>
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</b>Zach Babajanof-Rustrian; 813-817-2451, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: purple;"><u><a href="mailto:zach_babajanofrustr1@baylor.edu" data-outlook-id="91137980-025c-4036-86b6-e3fd20edacd4" style="color: purple; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">zach_babajanofrustr1@baylor.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>FORT WORTH, Texas –</b> No. 8 Baylor equestrian fell to No. 5 TCU at Bear Creek Farms Thursday morning, 11-8. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Bears (0-3, 0-1 Big 12) led through the first half against the Horned Frogs (2-0, 2-0 Big 12), but had trouble finishing the job in the Big 12 opener.
Lauren Jorgensen earned her first MOP honor in Fences this season, while Lauren Reid garnered her second MOP award in Flat. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>THE RUNDOWN</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Starting in Fences, Emma Covarrubias’ 73.50 wasn’t enough to top the Horned Frog’s 84. Reid earned BU’s first point 85.50-84. Katie Smith bested TCU 77.50-76.
MOP Jorgensen earned an 87 over the Horned Frog’s 83. Morgan McCarthy rode for an 84.50 to beat TCU’s 79. The Bears took the event 4-1. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In Reining, Sadie Peters garnered a 68.50 score, which was bested by TCU’s 70.25. Bella Hehr and her opponent both earned a 72.50 with no point to be awarded.
Riley Cachat’s score of 73.50 was just shy of the Horned Frog’s 73.75. Kalena Reynolds earned a 68.25 score against TCU’s 72.25. Britt McIlnay earned the Bears’ sole point in the event with a score of 71.25 against the Horned Frogs’ 67.75. TCU won the event
3-1. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">BU had the lead 5-4 at halftime heading into Flat and Horsemanship. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In Flat, Lauren Stebbins bested TCU 77-66 for a green and gold point. Juliette Earley’s 77.50 wasn’t enough to best the Horned Frog’s 85.50. Reid, the MOP
of the event, earned a career-high in a regular-season meet with a 90.50 to win the point against TCU’s 85.50. Caroline Robelen earned a 68, which was not enough to beat the Horned Frog’s 78. McCarthy’s 77 was not able to top TCU’s 84.50. The Horned Frogs
took the event 3-2. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Finishing off in Horsemanship, Carley Rutledge’s 71.50 fell short of TCU’s 75.50. Addisyn Albers earned BU’s sole point in the event 76.50-75.50. Taylor
Smith was less than a point shy of beating the Horned Frogs, 77.25-76.50. Olive Holm’s 70.25 was not enough to best TCU’s 74, and Anna Thron lost her point 75.25-73.25. The Horned Frogs won the event 4-1 and took the meet 11-8.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>NOTABLES</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Baylor Fences earned first event win of the season. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Lauren Jorgensen earned her first MOP Honor in Fences this season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Lauren Reid earned second MOP Honor this season.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Reid collected a new high regular-season score on Flat.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Morgan McCarthy garnered a career high in Fences. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Jorgensen, McCarthy and Katie Smith collected their first point of the season. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Britt McIlnay scored a career-high 71.25. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">McIlnay collected her first point of the season. </span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;" role="presentation">Addisyn Albers scored a career-high 76.50.</span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<div role="presentation" style="font-size: 11pt;">Albers collected her first point of the season.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>STAT OF THE MEET</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">90.50 – Lauren Reid rode Lina to a new career-high in a regular-season meet of 90.50 in Flat. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>QUOTABLE</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Coach Casie Maxwell</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>On today’s meet…</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“I’m incredibly proud of how this team rode and battled today. Jumping Seat was phenomenal today and rode very strong from start to finish. Western showed tremendous improvement and garnered some great scores. There’s still
a lot to improve on but we’ve got the majority of the season left in front of us. Im excited about the improvement that’s been made in the first two weeks of the season already and looking forward to playing at home in a few short weeks.”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Senior Lauren Reid</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i>On her ride in Flat…</i></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">“I was extremely thrilled with my ride today! The horse I drew, Lina, is a very nice horse to ride, so my plan was to be as accurate and bold as I could be. It was also a great feeling to receive my highest regular-season
score. I’m super grateful to the coaches and horses who helped me achieve this!”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>WHAT’S NEXT</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The Bears ready to host No. 9 Fresno State on October 31 for the first home meet of the season at the Willis Family Equestrian Center, set for an 11 a.m. start time. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information on Baylor Equestrian, follow @BaylorEQ on X, Instagram and Facebook.</span></div>
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