JACKS SECURE FIRST WIN IN OVER TWO YEARS

Friday, January 29

Dallas, Texas

TBA

South Dakota State University

University of Tennessee at Martin

1/30/2021 3:06:00 PM | Equestrian

DALLAS— The South Dakota State equestrian team ended their trip to Texas on a high note Saturday, taking down UT-Martin in an 8-8 tiebreaker-deciding victory. The win came as the first regular season victory for the Jackrabbits since Oct. 11, 2018. A final scoresheet can be found here.

South Dakota State held a 5-3 lead going into Saturday's final two events. On Friday, SDSU picked up three points in fences and two in horsemanship. Freshman Julia Werkhoven earned her first career MOP in Fences when she scored an 87, to pass the 86 put up previously by UTM's Abbie Hopkins. Rachel Darby (80) and Hayley Kastrup (85) secured points for SDSU in Fences as well. Freshman Shelby Cochran scored for the Jacks in Horsemanship, as well as Jadyn Taylor (72).

The Skyhawks came out strong Saturday morning, shutting out State in Flat, but the Jackrabbits would shine in reining. Natalie Gydesen led the Jacks and picked up her second career MOP when she scored a 72.5. Down the line, Isabelle Riggs (71) escaped her opponent by half a point, securing the tally for SDSU. Cassandra Townsend scored after she put up 65.5 points.

By the end of all four events, the score was tied at eight apiece. In total, SDSU scored 1227.5 to UTM's 1224 and were therefore declared winners.

Notes:

The win marks the first career victory for hunter seat coach Marielle Golden.
The Jackrabbits are now 1-2 on the season.
The last time the Jackrabbits scored four or more times in an event was Oct. 10 2019 in Fences against UT-Martin. Jacks would lose that one 8-9 on the road.

-GoJacks.com-