TCU Surges Back, Falls Just Short of Oklahoma State

Friday, March 29

Stillwater, Okla.

4 PM/10 AM

TCU

Oklahoma State

TCU Surges Back, Falls Just Short of Oklahoma State

3/30/2019 6:23:00 PM | Equestrian

Scoresheet

STILLWATER, Okla. – After trailing by eight points, the TCU equestrian program earned six in a furious comeback, but fell just short of No. 3 Oklahoma State, 13-7, Saturday morning in Totusek Arena at the Big 12 Championship.

Head Western Coach Melissa Dukes
"It was pretty awesome coming back like that. We have to keep in mind that it is just a horse show, and yeah, we kind of had a tough day, but everybody had strong rides. We made a few little mistakes which we can tighten up before nationals. All in all, I'm just super proud of everybody. They rallied and came back strong today and had some great rides. I couldn't be more proud of these ladies and their attitudes."

Director of Equestrian Haley Schoolfield
"We deserve to be a part of the national team competition. We deserve to be in because of our strength of schedule. All of our losses have been to teams in the top six. We are competitive, we are young. We had a lot of firsts this weekend, half of our riders are at their first Big 12 Championship and, of course, NCEAs will be their first national championship. We know that they are talented, competitive and we know that we will be a contender at nationals."

The Rundown
The Frogs entered the meet trailing 9-1 to the Cowgirls as they finished the meet with Equitation over Fences and Horsemanship.

TCU kicked off the morning in Equitation over Fences, winning the event 4-1. The Horned Frogs dominated in the event, with the smallest margin of victory being eight points. The highest scorer for the Frogs was the only one to lose a point as Alex Beneson earned a 158 on Clever. Izzy Baxter and Wynne Weatherly both totaled a 155, while Raegan Rast picked up a 154 en route to victory. Grace Upshaw tallied a 143 but had the second-highest margin of victory at 15.

Outside at the covered arena, Horsemanship fell to the Cowgirls in the cold, 3-2. Josie Mootz and Natalia DeVencenty picked up the points for TCU with scores of 145 and 141, respectively. The Frogs lost two points by a margin of one point or less. Anna Hauter scored a 150 but was bested by OSU's Sarah Miller on Seven with a score of 151. Jamie Cook was the other heartbreaking defeat as she fell to Maddie Bender 145-144.5 on Sweetie.

Notes
- Anna Hauter competed for the first time since Feb. 15 at South Dakota State. It was her first career loss in Big 12 action.
- Cydney Benes lost for the first time in the spring season, 146-139. She came in with a record of 7-0-1.
- Fences won the event for the 12^th time this season.
- Freshman Izzy Baxter is the first and only Horned Frog to break the 10-win barrier on the season.

Up Next
TCU prepares for the NCEA National competition in Waco, Texas next month. The Frogs will await their fate in the team portion of the event as the committee announces the field of eight Monday at 4 p.m.