{"id":209666,"date":"2026-03-08T00:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T00:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T00:42:09","slug":"no-10-eq-falls-short-at-no-8-fresno-state-11-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/209666\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 10 EQ Falls Short at No. 8 Fresno State, 11-8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. \u2013\u00a0The 10th-ranked Baylor equestrian team was unable to best No. 8 Fresno State, falling 11-8 on the road on Saturday afternoon at the Student Horse Student in Fresno, Calif.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Bears (3-8, 2-4 Big 12) won both Flat and Fences but it wasn&#8217;t enough to best the Bulldogs (7-4, 3-3 Big 12). Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lauren-reid\/14435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14435\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Reid<\/a> posted her third MOP nod in Fences this season while senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lauren-jorgensen\/14423\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14423\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Jorgensen<\/a> received her third honor in Flat.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nTHE RUNDOWN<br \/>\nStarting the day off in Fences, Jorgensen posted an 83.5 against Fresno State&#8217;s 61 to win her point and finish the regular season slate undefeated in Big 12 action in Fences with a 6-0 record. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/emma-covarrubias\/14413\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14413\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Covarrubias<\/a> rode for a 78 to best her opponent&#8217;s 64 and MOP Reid earned her point 84.5-80.5. The Bears won the event 3-2.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn Horsemanship, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/taylor-eller\/14468\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14468\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Eller<\/a> rode for a career high of 73 but was just shy of Fresno State&#8217;s 73.75 to win her point. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/carley-rutledge\/14440\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14440\" target=\"_blank\">Carley Rutledge<\/a> tied with the Bulldogs at 74.5-74.5 for no point to be awarded. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/anna-thron\/14447\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14447\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Thron<\/a> rode for a 66.25, which was enough to upend Fresno State&#8217;s 64.75 to earn the sole point for the green and gold. Fresno State won the event 3-1.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEntering halftime, the Bulldogs had a 5-4 lead going into Flat and Horsemanship.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn Flat, MOP Jorgensen earned an event high of 84 to beat her opponent&#8217;s 81. Reid was able to topple Fresno State&#8217;s 79 with an 83. McCarthy closed out the event, earning a 78 to upend the Bulldogs 72 to win a point for Baylor. BU won the event 3-2.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEnding the meet in Reining, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/isabelle-hildebrandt\/14419\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14419\" target=\"_blank\">Isabelle Hildebrandt<\/a> was just shy of besting her opponent, falling 71.25-71. Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/sadie-peters\/14433\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14433\" target=\"_blank\">Sadie Peters<\/a> earned the Bears&#8217; sole point, besting her opponent 70.75-70.25. The Bulldogs won the event 4-1 and took the meet 11-8.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNOTABLES<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFences earned its fifth event win of the season, 3-2&#13;<br \/>\n\tFlat earned its sixth event win, fifth in a row, 3-2&#13;<br \/>\n\tJumping Seat senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lauren-jorgensen\/14423\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14423\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Jorgensen<\/a> ends the season undefeated in Fences in Big 12 play, 6-0&#13;<br \/>\n\tJorgensen earned her third MOP nod in Flat this season&#13;<br \/>\n\tJumping Seat senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lauren-reid\/14435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14435\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Reid<\/a> earned her third MOP honor in Fences this season&#13;<br \/>\n\tReid has posted an average score of 85.09\u00a0over 10 meets and currently holds the program record for the highest average score in a single season in Fences during the Maxwell era.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tHorsemanship freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/taylor-eller\/14468\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14468\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Eller<\/a> earned a career high of 73&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nSTAT OF THE MEET<br \/>\n84.5 \u2013 Jumping Seat senior <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lauren-reid\/14435\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14435\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Reid<\/a> posted an 84.5 on Jewel to earn a point against Fresno State. Reid&#8217;s win marked her seventh point in Fences this season. Reid also currently holds the program record for the highest average score in a single season with an 85.09 over 10 meets in Fences during the Maxwell era.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWHAT&#8217;S NEXT<br \/>\nThe Bears await their seeding in the Big 12 Championship on March 27-28, hosted by Oklahoma State at Pedigo-Hull Equestrian Center in Stillwater, Okla.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFor more information on Baylor Equestrian, follow @BaylorEQ on X, Instagram and Facebook.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8211; BaylorBears.com\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. \u2013\u00a0The 10th-ranked Baylor equestrian team was unable to best No. 8 Fresno State, falling 11-8 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-209666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}