Equestrian Rides Past UT-Martin

Friday, November 13

DeHaan Center

9:00 AM

South Dakota State University

UT-Martin

11/13/2015 6:17:00 PM | Equestrian

By: Keaton Moffitt

The South Dakota State equestrian team snapped a three-meet skid on Friday with an 11-9 win over UT-Martin at the DeHaan Equestrian Center in Brookings.

SDSU outscored UTM in three of the four events, and won both hunt seat events by a 3-2 margin to secure the win, which boosts the Jackrabbits to 2-6 on the season, while the Skyhawks fall to 1-4.

"Today was a good way to end the semester and was a much needed win,” head coach Ellie Wilkins said. “We want to congratulate our two MOPs Blair Julia over fences and Nicole in reining. We look forward to the break, but excited as well to return in February."

Blair Julia Wright led the Jackrabbits over fences with a career-high score of 84 to capture her point, her second MOP of the season and improve to 2-2-1. Alissa Greenwald scored a 78 to win her point and improve to 5-3, while Jessica Andronowitz evened her record at 4-4 with a score of 76.

UTM took home MOP on the flat, but the Jacks got three of the five points, led by Marielle Golden, who extended her SDSU all-time wins record to 19 with a score of 83, which boosts her season record to 5-3. Jacey Chorlton improved to 3-2 with a core of 79 and Natalie Howard to 3-4 with a score of 82.

Nicole Harvey led the Jackrabbit reiners with a score of 71.5, good enough for her to earn her first-career MOP and improve to 3-3 on the season. All-American Mariah Wright moved to 5-1-2 on the year with her win with a score of 69.5, while Makayla Reed also evened her record at 3-3 with a core of 69.

Kelsey Swainston remains unbeaten this season in horsemanship after carding a 72 to win her point and improve to 4-0-1 on the year, while Lexus Hoffman moved to 3-4 with her horsemanship win with a score of 70.5.

The fall season in the books, the Jackrabbits return to action on Feb. 6, 2016, when they host Minnesota-Crookston at the DeHaan Equestrian Center.