{"id":499637,"date":"2026-10-17T23:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499637\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T23:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T23:14:08","slug":"oklahoma-state-drops-season-opener-at-fresno-state-11-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/499637\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma State drops season opener at Fresno State, 11-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif.\u2014The seventh-ranked Oklahoma State equestrian team fell to Fresno State in its 2026-27 season opener 11-8, despite strong performances in Horsemanship and two Most Outstanding Performer honors, Saturday at the Student Horse Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Cowgirls claimed a 4-1 victory in Horsemanship, while Fresno State took Fences, 3-2, Flat, 3-2 and Reining, 4-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophia Tabasso<\/a> and Bella D’Onofrio<\/a> highlighted the day for Oklahoma State, each earning Most Outstanding Performer honors in Flat and Horsemanship, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Horsemanship, the Pokes put together their strongest performance of the meet, securing four of five available points. Camille Kennedy<\/a> and D’Onofrio each posted scores of 74, while Piper Anderson<\/a> led the event with a 74.5. Kenzie Bracken<\/a> rounded out the Cowgirls’ scoring with a 72, giving OSU a 4-1 advantage over the Bulldogs. The senior, D’Onofrio earned MOP honors for her performance while also continuing a 10-meet winning streak.\u00a0<\/p>\n

OSU collected two points in Flat, highlighted by Tabasso’s MOP-winning ride of 74 on Mary. Gable Gering<\/a> added another point for the Pokes with a score of 74, while Fresno State claimed the remaining three points to take the event, 3-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Fences, Lauren Gee<\/a> led the Cowgirls with an 80 aboard Grayson, securing one of OSU’s two points. Tabasso added another point with a 78 aboard Jewel, but Fresno State edged Oklahoma State, 3-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs closed out the meet with a 4-0 advantage in Reining. Ayden Wellman recorded the Cowgirls’ highest score of the event with a 72.5 aboard Fabio, resulting in a tie against Fresno State’s River Sage Red Eagle Valenzuela.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State returns to action on Oct. 30 for its home opener against\u00a0TCU at 12 p.m. at Pedigo Hull Equestrian Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For season-long coverage of Oklahoma State Cowgirl Equestrian, visit\u00a0okstate.com\u00a0and follow @osuequestrian on X and Instagram.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif.\u2014The seventh-ranked Oklahoma State equestrian team fell to Fresno State in its 2026-27 season opener 11-8, despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-499637","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\/499637","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=499637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}