{"id":225214,"date":"2026-03-29T00:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/225214\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T00:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:45:21","slug":"georgia-falls-to-texas-am-in-sec-equestrian-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/225214\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Falls to Texas A&#038;M in SEC Equestrian Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUBURN, Ala. \u2013 The Georgia equestrian team fell to Texas A&amp;M in the finals of the SEC Equestrian Championship in Auburn, Ala.<\/p>\n<p>Fast Facts&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn Flat, Georgia took a 3-2 win over the Aggies. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-brown\/9996\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9996\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Brown<\/a> earned the seventh Fences win of the season, riding to a score of 85. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/maggie-bresch\/9995\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9995\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Bresch<\/a> secured her point, following her 86.33-point ride. Also riding to an 86.33, <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/parker-cliff\/9998\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9998\" target=\"_blank\">Parker Cliff<\/a> added a point to the Bulldogs&#8217; total.&#13;<br \/>\n\tGeorgia fell 4-1 in Reining. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/kennedy-buchanan\/9997\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9997\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Buchanan<\/a> earned the lone point for the Bulldogs. Her score of 71.67 not only captured her point but earned her the third MOP nod of the season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tTo close out the Jumping Seat competition, Georgia took a 3-2 win. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/ella-witt\/10028\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10028\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Witt<\/a> captured her point with an 84.67-point ride. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-brown\/9996\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9996\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Brown<\/a> secured the second point for the Bulldogs with her score of 86.33. Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-downey\/10005\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10005\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Downey<\/a> led all Fences scores for the day, with her score of 88 and was honored with her fourth MOP award of the season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Bulldogs defeated the Gamecocks 3-2 in Horsemanship. Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/ava-hathaway\/10035\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10035\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Hathaway<\/a> earned the first point in the discipline, defeating her opponent 73.83-71.17. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/abbey-zawisza\/10029\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10029\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Zawisza<\/a> captured her point to add to the total for Georgia, with a 74-point performance. With the pressure on, <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/kendall-mcclintock\/10017\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10017\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall McClintock<\/a> rode to her second-highest score this season, a 75.67, to force the 10-10 tie.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs the meet concluded at a 10-10 tie, raw scores determined the champion. The Aggies edged out the Bulldogs, 1638.17-1632.92, to secure the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>\nGeorgia will return to Bishop to prepare for and await seeding for the NCEA Championships in Ocala, Florida, on April 15-18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#3 GEORGIA 10 (1632.92), #4 TEXAS A&amp;M 10 (1638.17)<\/p>\n<p>FENCES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/ella-witt\/10028\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10028\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Witt<\/a> (UGA) def. Grace Shipman (TAMU) 84.67-84.33 \u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-brown\/9996\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9996\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Brown<\/a> (UGA) def. Logan Thomas (TAMU) 86.33-86<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-downey\/10005\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10005\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Downey<\/a> (UGA)* def. Alexa Leong (TAMU) 88-83.67\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAlida Treuting (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/liza-cram\/10000\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10000\" target=\"_blank\">Liza Cram<\/a> (UGA) 80.33-78<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKate Egan (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/madison-nadolenco\/10019\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10019\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Nadolenco<\/a> (UGA) 87.33-85<\/p>\n<p>FLAT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/tessa-brown\/9996\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9996\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Brown<\/a> (UGA) def. Grace Shipman (TAMU) 85-84.67<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/maggie-bresch\/9995\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9995\" target=\"_blank\">Maggie Bresch<\/a> (UGA) def. Logan Thomas (TAMU) 86.33-82\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/parker-cliff\/9998\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9998\" target=\"_blank\">Parker Cliff<\/a> (UGA) def. Devan Thomas (TAMU) 86.33-83.33<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKate Egan (TAMU)* def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/kingsley-dey\/10032\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10032\" target=\"_blank\">Kingsley Dey<\/a> (UGA) 88.67-81<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nNicole McMillion (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/ella-duffy\/10006\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10006\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Duffy<\/a> (UGA) 85.33-84.33\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HORSEMANSHIP<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/ava-hathaway\/10035\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10035\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Hathaway<\/a> (UGA) def. Kaylynn Heitman (TAMU) 73.83-71.17<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/abbey-zawisza\/10029\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10029\" target=\"_blank\">Abbey Zawisza<\/a> (UGA) def. Kaitlyn Bloom (TAMU) 74-73\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/kendall-mcclintock\/10017\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10017\" target=\"_blank\">Kendall McClintock<\/a> (UGA) def. Kendall Dirksen (TAMU) 75.67-74.5\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMeagan Braun (TAMU)* def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/alyvia-dixon\/10004\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10004\" target=\"_blank\">Alyvia Dixon<\/a> (UGA) 75.67-72.83\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAdy Kallay (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/lyla-bellar\/9994\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9994\" target=\"_blank\">Lyla Bellar<\/a> (UGA) 74.5-75.67\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>REINING<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/kennedy-buchanan\/9997\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9997\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Buchanan<\/a> (UGA)* def. Mattie Gustin (TAMU) 71.17-70.33<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMoriah McQueen (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/shelby-lynch\/10016\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10016\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby Lynch<\/a> (UGA) 66.83-65.67\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAnna Harris (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/raegan-shepherd\/10026\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10026\" target=\"_blank\">Raegan Shepherd<\/a> (UGA) 70.83-70.67<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGracie Casebolt (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/avery-taylor\/10041\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10041\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Taylor<\/a> (UGA) 69-66.83<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIsabelle Gonzalez (TAMU) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/equestrian\/roster\/cadence-eger\/10007\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10007\" target=\"_blank\">Cadence Eger<\/a> (UGA) 70.33.70<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUBURN, Ala. \u2013 The Georgia equestrian team fell to Texas A&amp;M in the finals of the SEC Equestrian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225215,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-225214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}