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Equestrian
vs Yellow and Blue Scrimmage
South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, October 28
Davis, Calif.
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UC Davis
Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia
SDSU MEETS TWO RANKED FOES IN CALIFORNIA
10/27/2022 12:15:00 PM | Equestrian
| Â MEETS 2 & 3: South Dakota State (1-0) at #9 UC Davis (1-1) and vs. #4 Georgia (2-1) |
|  When |  vs. UC Davis | 10 a.m. PT Friday  vs. Georgia | 3 p.m. PT Friday (Reining, Flat); 9 a.m. PT Saturday (Fences, Horsemanship) |
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|  Where |  UC Davis Equestrian Center | Davis, Calif. | |
| Â TV | Â None | |
|  Results |  To be determined | Check Twitter (@GoJacksEQ) for regular updates | |
| Â Meet Notes | Â See Below | |
|  Social Media |  Twitter | Facebook | |
Following an impressive season opener, the South Dakota State equestrian team will square off against a pair of ranked opponents this weekend in California.
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The Jackrabbits are slated to meet ninth-ranked UC Davis in head-to-head competition at 10 a.m. Pacific Time Friday at the UC Davis Equestrian Center, before squaring off against fourth-ranked Georgia in reining and flat at 3 p.m. PT Friday afternoon. The meet against Georgia concludes at 9 a.m. PT Saturday with competition in fences and horsemanship.
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UC Davis is 1-1 in head-to-head competitions this season, while Georgia enters the weekend with a 2-1 record.
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PROBABLE LINEUPS: Following are the projected lineups for the Jackrabbits in this weekend's head-to-head competitions against UC Davis and Georgia:
| WESTERN | JUMPING SEAT |
| Horsemanship | Fences |
| Shelby Cochran, Jr., Oxford, Iowa | Ella Domenicone, So., Roswell, Ga. |
| Callyn Fox, Sr., Center Point, Iowa | Samantha Hunsecker, Sr., Lansing, Kan. |
| Annika Hanson, Sr., Hugo, Minn. | Cali Karbler, Jr., Chagrin Falls, Iowa |
| Brighton McBride, Fr., Overland Park, Kan. | Sophia Kregoski, Fr., Rescue, Calif. |
| Paige Wellendorf, So., Kearney, Mo. | Julia Werkhoven, Jr., Tempe, Ariz. |
| Alternate: Grace Blake, Jr., Traer, Iowa | |
| Reining | Flat |
| Paige Butterfield, Fr., Lapeer, Mich. | Rachel Darby, Sr. Rensselaer, N.Y. |
| Adisyn Kuxhaus, Fr., Pierre, S.D. | Mikaela Haskins, Sr., Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Lydia Loken, So., Gunnison, Colo. | Kate Koehl, Jr., Prescott Valley, Ariz. |
| Isabelle Riggs, Sr., Alexandria, S.D. | Hannah Steele, So., Woodstock, Ga. |
| Cassandra Townsend, Sr., Andover, S.D. | Julia Werkhoven, Jr., Tempe, Ariz. |
RABBIT RECAP: South Dakota State swept the jumping seat events and went on to defeat Minnesota Crookston, 14-1, in a season-opening equestrian head-to-head competition Oct. 15 at the DeHaan Equestrian Center.
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Three of the victorious riders for the Jackrabbits were first-time riders, with Sophia Kregoski and Mikaela Haskins earning Most Outstanding Performer honors in their divisions. Kregoski led the way in fences with a score of 84, while Haskins picked up a point to go along with MOP honors after scoring 82 in flat.
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Ella Domenicone also won in her first time in the fences lineup, scoring 82 points. Samantha Hunsecker and Cali Karbler closed out the sweep with respective scores of 83 and 75 as the Jackrabbits held a 324-268 advantage in raw score en route to earning all four points in fences.
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In flat, veterans Julia Werkhoven (76), Hannah Steele (76) and Rachel Darby (71) joined Haskins in completing the SDSU sweep.
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Moving to the Western events, SDSU claimed three of the four points in both horsemanship and reining. Shelby Cochran was named MOP in horsemanship after tallying 77.5 points on GW, while Annika Hanson (75.5) and Callyn Fox (73.5) also picked up points. Olivia Becker earned the lone point for Minnesota Crookston after tallying a 73.5-68.5 victory over Paige Wellendorf in their head-to-head matchup.
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The Jackrabbits closed out the competition by going 3-0-1 in reining. Lydia Loken scored a 73 on Lucy to win her matchup, while Cassandra Townsend and Isabelle Riggs each posted scores of 71.5, with Townsend being named MOP in the event. Freshman Paige Butterfield tied in her matchup with a score of 68.
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WE MEET AGAIN: The Jackrabbits will attempt to avenge a pair of losses last season at the hands of UC Davis. The Aggies recorded a 13-6 victory over the Jackrabbits last fall in Dover, Delaware, then handed SDSU a 15-5 setback in the opening round of the ECAC Championship in Harrington, Delaware, in March.
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SDSU is 0-3 all-time against UC Davis and 1-2 against Georgia. The Jackrabbits' win over Georgia came in their first-ever meeting on Nov. 16, 2012, when SDSU won on a raw-score tiebreaker (1,201-1,198) after each squad won eight head-to-head matchups.
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The Jackrabbits and UC Davis are scheduled to face each other again this season on Feb. 25 at the DeHaan Equestrian Center in Brookings and could be paired against each other a month later at the ECAC Championship, which will be hosted by SDSU March 23-25.
A LOOK AHEAD: SDSU is slated to close out the fall portion of its schedule with a Nov. 18 trip to ECAC rival UT Martin.
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