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NCEA National Championship Event Seeding announced for Bulldog Equestrian
4/3/2018 11:00:00 AM | Equestrian
The Fresno State Equestrian team learned its National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championship event seeding on Tuesday morning as determined by the NCEA Selection Committee.
Although not one of the eight teams selected to compete for the NCEA National Team Championship, the 'Dogs will compete in the newly expanded NCEA National Championship format that will compete for four event titles. Event rankings were determined by statistics (Win/Loss; Home/Away; Current Rank of Opponent) of regular season head-to-head competition.
The following NCEA Team, Event and Discipline champions will be crowned in Waco, Texas on Saturday, April 21.
- NCEA National Champion Team: 4 riders compete in each of 4 events per team
- NCEA Event National Champions: 4 riders in each event - Will begin competition on Wednesday, April 18 (Brackets attached at top of page)
- Equitation over Fences - Bulldogs No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed UT-Martin
- Equitation on the Flat - Bulldogs No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed UT-Martin
- Horsemanship - Bulldogs No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed South Dakota State
- Reining - Bulldogs No. 12 seed vs. No. 5 seed Texas A&M
- NCEA Discipline National Champions: highest combined point total from place finishes in events competition by discipline – must compete in both events of discipline to qualify
- Hunter Seat
- Western
Texas A&M is the defending NCEA Team National Champion. Since the first NCEA Team National Championship in 2002, Georgia has won the most titles with six, followed by Auburn (4), South Carolina (3), and Texas A&M (3).
The Bulldogs are coming off a runner-up finish at the 2018 UEC Championships last weekend defeating No. 2 seed UT-Martin, 10-6 before falling in the final to No. 1 seed SMU, 13-3. The 'Dogs have seen all three first-round opponents this season splitting a pair of matchups with UT-Martin, defeating South Dakota State and falling at home to Texas A&M.
NCEA National Championship Team Seeding
- GEORGIA
- AUBURN
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- TEXAS A&M
- SMU
- TCU
- BAYLOR
- SOUTH CAROLINA
NCEA Event National Championships Seeding
Equitation over Fences
- TEXAS A&M
- GEORGIA
- AUBURN
- SMU
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- TCU
- UT-MARTIN
- FRESNO STATE
- SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
- BAYLOR
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
- DELAWARE STATE
- MINNESOTAÂ CROOKSTON
- WEST TEXAS A&M
Equitation on the Flat
- GEORGIA
- AUBURN
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- TEXAS A&M
- SMU
- DELAWARE STATE
- TCU
- UT-MARTIN
- FRESNO STATE
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
- BAYLOR
- SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
- WEST TEXAS A&M
- MINNESOTAÂ CROOKSTON
HorsemanshipÂ
- GEORGIA
- AUBURN
- TEXAS A&M
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- TCU
- BAYLOR
- SMU
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
- FRESNO STATE
- UT-MARTIN
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- DELAWARE STATE
- MINNESOTAÂ CROOKSTON
- WEST TEXAS A&M
ReiningÂ
- GEORGIA
- OKLAHOMA STATE
- AUBURN
- SMU
- TEXAS A&M
- BAYLOR
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
- TCU
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- DELAWARE STATE
- UT-MARTIN
- FRESNO STATE
- WEST TEXAS A&M
- MINNESOTAÂ CROOKSTON
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