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No. 8 SMU will be competing in the United Equestrian Conference Championship this weekend in Fresno. Action gets underway Friday at 11am Texas Time.

The Mustangs are the 2-seed and face New Mexico State in the first round.

http://www.collegiateequestrian.com/news/articles/2014-15/124/united-equestrian-conference-championship-matchups-determined/#.VRHDGy5UVZ4

United Equestrian Conference Championship Seeding
1. Fresno State
2. SMU
3. New Mexico State
4. South Dakota State

United Equestrian Conference Championship First-Round Matchups
No. 1 Fresno State vs. No. 4 South Dakota State
No. 2 SMU vs. No. 3 New Mexico State

SMU preview:
http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-equest/spec-rel/032415aaa.html

NMSU preview (with scheduled riders):
http://www.nmstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=10845&SPID=603&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209981630&DB_OEM_ID=1900

Go Mustangs!

Score update from Fresno against NMSU.

SMU wins fences 3-1. Horsemanship finished 2-2.

SMU leads 5-3 overall.

They are setting us up for a foaltending call. Watch them closely.

mrydel wrote:They are setting us up for a foaltending call. Watch them closely.

Boooo

SMU defeated New Mexico State 10-6!

SMU won reining 3-1 and finished even on the flat at 2-2.

The Mustangs will face Fresno State in the conference championship tomorrow.

SMU points today:

Fences - Schaefer Raposa, Emma Roberts, Sylvia de Toledo
Flat - Emma Roberts, Greer Hindle

Reining - Morgan Redwine, Casey Bibbs, Courtney Line
Horsemanship - Hannah McCain, Morgan Redwine

Emma Roberts with the double in hunt seat and Morgan Redwine with the double in western!

SMU release:
http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-equest/recaps/032715aaa.html

SMU vs. Fresno State for the conference championship starts at 11am Texas Time Saturday.

Go Mustangs!!!

mrydel wrote:They are setting us up for a foaltending call. Watch them closely.

None yet - but the fix may be in tomorrow.

SMU wins fences 3-1. Fresno State wins horsemanship 4-0.

Fresno State is up 5-3 heading to the flat and reining.

Fresno State will win the conference championship.

The Bulldogs sweep reining 4-0 and lead 9-3 with only the flat scores remaining.

Fresno State wins the flat 3-1.

Final score: Fresno State 12, SMU 4.

Now, SMU will await the seeding for the national championship April 16-18 in Waco.

SMU points today against Fresno State:

Fences - Emma Roberts, Schaefer Raposa, Sylvia de Toledo
Flat - Emma Roberts

Reining - None
Horsemanship - None

Schaefer Raposa was MOP over fences.

Also, Emma Roberts had another double in hunt seat. Amazing.

Sylvia de Toledo was named the conference rider of the year over fences. Congratulations!

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/w-equest/recaps/032815aaa.html

"You can take the loss negatively or take it as a chance to improve," head coach Carol Gwin said. "I expect this team to pick the second option to improve. We are disappointed to finish second but we know what we need to work on when we return to Dallas in preparation for Nationals."