No. 5 'Dogs finish regular season with two against Aggies

Thursday, March 11

Fresno, Calif.

1 p.m. PT

Fresno State

UC Davis

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No. 5 'Dogs finish regular season with two against Aggies

3/10/2021 9:30:00 AM | Equestrian

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By: Savannah Stoeckle / Strategic Communications Assistant

No. 5 Fresno State vs UC Davis
Thursday, Mar. 11 • 1:00 p.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.
Senior Day
LIVE: Stats • Twitter updates • WATCH: Mountain West Network
Series History: Fresno State leads, 6-0

No. 5 Fresno State at UC Davis
Saturday, Mar. 13 • 12:00 p.m. PT • Davis, Calif.
LIVE: Stats • Twitter updates
Series History: Fresno State leads, 6-0

Meet Notes - The teams look towards a home-and-home series to wrap up regular season competition on the year. The Bulldogs will honor their four seniors on Thursday - Hailey Livingston (jumping seat), Alexis Miller (horsemanship), Paley Capachi (reining) and Corissa King (reining). Thursday's meet and senior day celebrations will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network.

Last Time - Fresno State and UC Davis have already met twice this season, once in Fresno and another in Davis. The Bulldogs won both meets with the Aggies. In the season opener at UC Davis (Feb. 13), the 'Dogs brought home a 10-9 victory. One week later, UC Davis came to Fresno and the Bulldogs won 12-8 on their home horses to open the season 2-0.

The Teams in the Rankings - Fresno State is the No. 5 team in the nation for the second consecutive week. UC Davis dropped out of the rankings last week, after spending the first four weeks as the No. 10 team.

Quick Look at the 'Dogs - Fresno State returns home after a busy weekend in Texas. The Bulldogs faced then-No. 2 TCU, then-No. 8 SMU, then-No. 6 Oklahoma State and then-No. 7 Baylor last weekend. The 'Dogs split the weekend 2-2 with a key Big 12 tiebreaker win against TCU. The Bulldogs also picked up a conference win over Baylor.

The 'Dogs are 4-2 (2-1 Big 12) on the season with two meets left in the regular season.

Western 'Dogs

The Western 'Dogs are 27-22-3 this season.
Reining paces the Western 'Dogs with a 15-10-1 record.
Horsemanship has a 12-12-2 mark this season.
The 'Dogs have outscored four, tied one and fell to one opponent in the western events this season.
The Bulldogs are 3-1 in meets when winning the western events.
Fresno State has won seven western MOPs this season (three horsemanship and four reining).
Kameron Thorn (horsemanship) and Lexee Padrick (reining) have two MOPs each this season.
Thorn and Hannah Buijs share the highest horsemanship score of the year (76.5).
Julianne Kelley has the highest reining score of the season (72.5).

Jumping Seat 'Dogs

The Jumping Seat Bulldogs are 22-29-1 this season.
The flat has a 12-14 record.
The fences 'Dogs are 10-15-1 on the year.
The Bulldogs won the jumping seat events against No. 7 Baylor.
Fresno State has won six jumping seat honors this season (four fences and two flat).
Ana Bertozzi has two fences MOPs and one flat MOP this season.
Lizzie Stodden earned her first career MOP (fences) last time out versus Oklahoma State.
Cecily Hayes set a flat program record with a 94 at SMU on Mar. 6.
Bertozzi leads the flat with a 5-1 mark, and the fences with a 4-2 record.
Bertozzi and Stodden share the team high fences score (85) so far this season.
Hayes' 94 is the highest flat score of the season.

Scouting the Aggies - UC Davis is 0-2 this season after its two losses to Fresno State earlier in the spring. The Bulldogs are the only opponents scheduled for the Aggies before the postseason this year. Sophomore Ella Longo was named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Rider of the Week for the flat following her performance at Fresno State on Feb. 25. UC Davis also had ECAC conference honors in junior Keely Laughlin (fences), freshman Carly Sweeney (flat), and sophomore Macey Newkirk (reining) on Feb. 16 following the first meeting with the Bulldogs.

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