Frogs Head South to National Championship
4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM | Equestrian
The Frogs will begin play on Wednesday with first round matches in each of the four events. Competition for the team championship will being on Thursday, when the Frogs take on No. 3 Oklahoma State.
TCU (8-8) last competed on March 30-31 when it finished second at the Big 12 Equestrian Championship. The Frogs have won six of their nine matches this spring, and head into Nationals having made the semifinals the past two seasons.
The Rundown
This year, the NCEA National Championship format has been expanded to include event and discipline national championships, as well as the standard team national championship. The team bracket features just eight teams competing in a single elimination format.
The event brackets feature up to 16 teams, also competing in single elimination formats across the four standard events: Equitation Over Fences, Equitation on the Flat, Horsemanship and Reining.
Discipline national championships will be awarded in Western and Hunt Seat based on a point system used during event play.
The team, event and discipline national champions will be recognized on Saturday.
Follow the Frogs
Updates will be live-tweeted from the @TCUWEquestrian Twitter account, which fans are encouraged to follow to keep up with the action. A full recap and final results will be posted after the completion of the meet to GoFrogs.com.
You can also find live stats and a live video stream for the Championship through the NCEA at collegiateequestrian.com.
Schedule
Event Championships -- Wednesday
Fences (8:30 AM): No. 7 TCU vs No. 10 Sweet Briar
Flat (1:30 PM): No. 7 TCU vs No. 10 South Carolina
Horsemanship (2:30 PM): No. 5 TCU vs No. 12 Delaware State
Reining (8:30 AM): No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 South Carolina
Team Championship -- Thursday
8:30 AM - No. 6 TCU vs No. 3 Oklahoma State
