Cowgirls Down The Bears, 11-8

Friday, March 5

Waco, Texas

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Oklahoma State University

Baylor

March 05, 2010 | Cowgirl Equestrian

March 5, 2010

WACO, Texas--Oklahoma State's fourth-ranked equestrian team (6-4, 4-1) defeated No. 7 Baylor, 11-8, at the Willis Family Equestrian Center in Waco, Texas, on Saturday.

"Baylor has some very talented riders," OSU head coach Larry Sanchez said. "It takes the girls riding very well to get a win on the road against a Big 12 foe. We challenged the girls to step up and they did just that today. We hope to keep up the momentum into College Station tomorrow."

The Cowgirls were led by the western team, which beat the Bears 7-3. Junior Courtney Whitacre led all western riders with a high score of 76 in horsemanship, picking up her fifth win of the season and second against the Bears. Joining Whitacre with wins in horsemanship were senior Suzanne Randolph and sophomores Nichole Chirico and Mamie Tomlin. Chirico received the MVP, her first of the season.

OSU added three wins in reining as seniors Leah Kuehn and Rachell Shobe and sophomore Caroline Daniels all picked up head-to-head victories. Daniels improved to a western team-best 7-2 in head-to-head competition, while Kuehn and Shobe picked up their fifth and sixth wins on the season, respectively. Shobe also received MVP honors for her ride, fourth of the season. With the win the Cowgirl western team improved to 7-2 on the season and remained undefeated in Big 12 competition.

Junior Erin Prutow started off the day with a head-to-head win in equitation over fences for the Cowgirls. The win was her seventh on the year in fences. Joining Prutow with a win was junior Alice White, her fifth of the season.

Seniors Ally Blais and Jen McLaughlin both earned victories in equitation on the flat. The win gave Blais her eighth win of the year on the flat. Her win total in the discipline is a season high for the hunt seat team. McLaughlin collected her fifth head-to-head victory of the season with the win.

The Cowgirls will be back in action tomorrow when they take on the third-ranked Texas A&M Aggies at the Brazos County Expo complex in Bryan, Texas, at 11 a.m. (CST).