OCALA, Fla. \u2013 The Georgia equestrian team fell to second-seeded Texas A&M, 12-6, in the semifinals of the 2026 NCEA National Championship.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 FENCES FLAT HORSEMANSHIP REINING \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OCALA, Fla. \u2013 The Georgia equestrian team fell to second-seeded Texas A&M, 12-6, in the semifinals of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-255132","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\/255132","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=255132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tTo begin competition, the Aggies took a 2-1 win in Fences. Junior Madison Nadolenco<\/a> captured Georgia’s lone point in the event, riding to a score of 87.
\n\tTexas A&M narrowly defeated the Bulldogs in Reining, 3-2. Kennedy Buchanan<\/a> edged out her opponent, 72.5-72.3, to secure her point. Freshman Avery Taylor<\/a> added another point to the Georgia total, after a 71.2-point performance.
\n\tIn the Flat competition, the Aggies earned a 3-2 win. Ella Duffy<\/a> received a score of 83 for her performance to win her point. Freshman Kingsley Dey<\/a> captured her point with an 87-point ride, leading the Bulldogs in scoring for the discipline.\u00a0
\n\tWith a 4-1 win in Horsemanship, Texas A&M punched its ticket to Saturday’s final. Junior Abbey Zawisza<\/a> earned Georgia’s sole point in the event, riding to a score of 75.3.
\n\tGeorgia concludes the 2025-26 equestrian season with an overall record of 9-6.
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\n#3 GEORGIA 6, #2 TEXAS A&M 12<\/p>\n
\nLiza Cram<\/a> (UGA) tied Alexa Leong (TAMU) 84-84
\nKate Egan (TAMU) def. Ella Witt<\/a> (UGA) 83.7-80
\nMadison Nadolenco<\/a> (UGA) def. Logan Thomas (TAMU) 87-84.7\u00a0
\nTessa Brown<\/a> (UGA) tied Alida Treuting (TAMU) 85.3-85.3
\nGrace Shipman (TAMU) def. Tessa Downey<\/a> (UGA) 65.3-62<\/p>\n
\nElla Duffy<\/a> (UGA) def. Logan Thomas (TAMU) 83-79
\nKingsley Dey<\/a> (UGA) def. Grace Shipman (TAMU) 87-82.7
\nKate Egan (TAMU) def. Tessa Brown<\/a> (UGA) 88.3-84\u00a0
\nNicole McMillion (TAMU) def. Maggie Bresch<\/a> (UGA) 87.7-79.7
\nDevan Thomas (TAMU) def. Parker Cliff<\/a> (UGA) 85-84.7<\/p>\n
\nAbbey Zawisza<\/a> (UGA) def. Kaylynn Heitman (TAMU) 75.3-73.7
\nKendall Dirksen (TAMU) def. Ava Hathaway<\/a> (UGA) 76-73
\nMeagan Braun (TAMU) def. Kendall McClintock<\/a> (UGA) 76-74\u00a0
\nAdy Kallay (TAMU) def. Alyvia Dixon<\/a> (UGA) 77-75.8
\nKaitlyn Bloom (TAMU) def. Lyla Bellar<\/a> (UGA) 75.7-70.8<\/p>\n
\nIsabella Gonzalez (TAMU) def. Cadence Eger<\/a> (UGA) 72.8-71.5
\nAvery Taylor<\/a> (UGA) def. Moriah McQueen (TAMU) 71.2-67.5
\nGracie Casebolt (TAMU) def. Shelby Lynch<\/a> (UGA) 71.7-71
\nKennedy Buchanan<\/a> (UGA) def. Anna Harris (TAMU) 72.5-72.3
\nMattie Gustin (TAMU) def. Raegan Shepherd<\/a> (UGA) 72.8-72.3<\/p>\n