Equestrian: SMU at New Mexico State

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SMU starts the spring portion of the season Saturday in Las Cruces against No. 5 New Mexico State.

The Mustangs defeated NMSU 10-9 earlier this season at BuckBranch Farm the first combination Hunter Seat and Western meet in SMU program history.

SMU preview:

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-equest/spec-rel/021314aaa.html

Go Mustangs!!!

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NMSU defeated SMU 11-7 today.

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The Mustangs actually had a really nice day, with a 1501-1433.5 advantage on aggregate score.

SMU points:

Fences - Schaefer Raposa, Emma Roberts (Julie Fischer had a tie)
Flat - Greer Hindle, Emma Roberts
Horsemanship - Morgan Redwine (MOP) (Courtney Line had a tie)
Reining - Jaclyn White, Hannah McCain

SMU will be in Fresno next weekend to face Fresno State and Baylor.

Go Mustangs!

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Here is a link to the scoresheet:

http://www.nmstatesports.com/downloads2/858702.pdf?ATCLID=209407961&SPSID=10845&SPID=603&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=1900

NMSU really brought it over fences today. If we go our usual 4-1 over fences and get the tied point in horsemanship we win on the aggregate score tiebreaker at 10-10.

Meets like today really show how competitive collegiate equestrian is at this level.

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SMU release:

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-equest/recaps/021514aaa.html

"We won in raw score in hunterseat, western and overall today, which is very respectable," head coach Natalie Burton said. "Taking a young team on the road is always challenging, but I thought that we executed very well as a team today, and rode mistake free. That'll give us some confidence when we head to California next week."