Bulldogs finish second at UEC Championships

Saturday, March 23

Martin, TN

8 A.M. PT

Fresno State

No. 1 seed SMU - Finals

Bulldogs finish second at UEC Championships

3/23/2019 1:45:00 PM | Equestrian

SCORESHEET: UEC Championship SMU-Fresno State

The No. 3-seeded Fresno State equestrian team earned second place at the 2019 United Equestrian Conference Championships with a 14-2 loss to No. 1-seeded SMU in the championship finals.

By: Savannah Stoeckle / Communications Student Assistant

MARTIN, Tenn. - The No. 3-seeded Fresno State equestrian team earned second place at the 2019 United Equestrian Conference Championships with a 14-2 loss to No. 1-seeded SMU in the championship finals.

Fresno State earns a second place finish in back-to-back years after falling to the Mustangs in the final round of 2018, 13-3.

The Bulldogs fall to 5-8 this season and have one more regular season meet, next Saturday, before the National Collegiate Equestrian Association championships in April.

How it happened
With Equitation Over Fences and Horsemanship up first, the Mustangs took a 7-3 lead at the half after sweeping the Fences and taking Horsemanship, 3-1.

Redshirt sophomore Nicole Campbell earned the only Bulldog point in the first half with a 150 (74.5+75.5) to 149 Horsemanship win. Campbell went 2-0 in her Horsemanship rides at the UEC Championships and now has nine wins in the event this season.

SMU swept in the Reining and took Equitation on the Flat, 3-1, to close out the meet.

Redshirt junior Brooke Nelson picked up a Bulldog point in the Flat with a 137 (69+68) to 136 win in the event. Nelson went a perfect 2-0 in her Flat rides at the UEC Championships this weekend.

Up Next
The Bulldogs will honor their eight seniors on Saturday, March 30. Fresno State hosts UC Davis in its final home meet of the season. Riding against the Aggies is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. PT and the senior ceremony is scheduled to happen at intermission, after the first two events. Admission and parking at the Student Horse Center is free of charge.

2018-19 Bulldogs
Equitation Over Fences (21-38)
Hana Bieling: 2-7
Erica Rosinski: 4-6, 1 MOP
Alexandra Dirickson: 6-7, 1 MOP
Cecily Hayes: 3-10, 1 MOP
Alivia Hart: 2-4, 1 MOP
Frannie Twohig: 0-2
Hailey Livingston: 3-3

Equitation on the Flat (19-39-1)
Brooke Nelson: 5-8
Hana Bieling: 2-8
Cecily Hayes: 4-7-1, 1 MOP
Grace Countryman: 1-4
Alexandra Dirickson: 7-5, 3 MOP
Erica Rosinski: 0-2
Frannie Twohig: 0-1
Alivia Hart: 0-4

Reining (20-32-7)
Paige Barton: 6-7
Shea Gilson: 5-7-1, 1 MOP
Lexee Padrick: 5-6-2, 1 MOP
Kara Gustafson: 2-5-2, 1 MOP
Addison Welman: 1-2
Allison Nordvall: 1-5-1
Annemarie Morias: 0-0-1

Horsemanship (27-28-4)
Taeya Harle: 2-4
Julia Kelly: 0-1
Kameron Thorn: 2-4-1
Nicole Campbell: 9-4, 4 MOP
Hannah Buijs: 3-6-2
Alexis Miller: 3-3-1
Brooklyn Moch: 5-3
Alexis Steele: 3-3, 2 MOP

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