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Friday, October 10
Fresno, Calif.
10 a.m. PT/noon CT
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SDSU HEADS TO GOLDEN STATE FOR TWO MEETS
10/9/2025 3:32:00 PM | Equestrian
| EQUESTRIAN: #10 South Dakota State at #9 Fresno State & at UC Davis |
| When | Friday-Saturday, Oct. 10-11 Friday: at #9 Fresno State, 10 a.m. Pacific Time (noon Central) Saturday: at UC Davis, 8:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. CT) |
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| Where | Friday: Student Horse Center | Fresno, California Saturday: UC Davis Equestrian Center | Davis, California |
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| Live Video | Friday: Mountain West Network Saturday: none |
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| Live Results | Friday: GoBulldogs.com Saturday: UCDavisAggies.com |
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| Social Media | Twitter | Instagram | #GoJacks | |
After earning a spot in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association top 10 for the first time in four years, the 10th-ranked South Dakota State equestrian team returns to action this weekend with a pair of head-to-head competitions in California.
Friday, the 2-0 Jackrabbits will be at Fresno State for a matchup against the ninth-ranked Bulldogs. Fresno State will be making its season debut with action starting at 10 a.m. Pacific Time (noon Central) at the FSU Student Horse Center. Friday's competition has been designated as the NCEA Meet of the Week.
The Jackrabbits will then head north for a Saturday competition at fellow ECAC member UC Davis. Start time for that meet is slated for 8:30 a.m. PT (10:30 a.m. CT). The Aggies open their season Friday by hosting Texas A&M.
SDSU turned in its first-ever 2-0 start with home victories over a pair of ECAC foes. The Jackrabbits opened with a 16-4 victory over Minnesota Crookston, followed by a 10-7 win against then-10th-ranked UT Martin. Prior to this week, the last time the Jackrabbits were in the top 10 of the national rankings was in March 2021.
UNDEFEATED STARTS: Ten different South Dakota State riders went undefeated on the opening weekend of competition, posting two or more victories across the four categories.
Leading the way was Isabelle Malick with a 4-0 record in the jumping seat events. A sophomore from Colorado Springs, Colorado, Malick posted winning scores in fences of 82 against Minnesota Crookston and 83 versus UT Martin, earning Most Outstanding Performer honors in the latter competition. She also notched two wins in flat with respective scores of 72 and 79.
Senior Juliana Gullo also competed in both jumping seat events and compiled a 3-0-1 record on the weekend. Gullo went 2-0 in fences, receiving MOP accolades in the season opener versus Minnesota Crookston with a score of 78, while winning her flat matchup against UMC and tying versus UT Martin.
Also going 2-0 in fences was Kendyl Rudolf with a scoring average of 78 (77,79), while Sierra Elliott and Kayla Scherer each notched perfect records in flat. Elliott tallied winning scores of 70 and 68 with Scherer earning MOP honors against Minnesota Crookston with a score of 83 and adding a winning score of 70 the next day en route to ECAC Rider of the Week recognition in flat.
Four of the Jackrabbits' five competitors in reining also ended the opening weekend undefeated. Adisyn Kuxhaus and Lillie Wallis each recorded two victories while Maryn Mead and Emma Riggs each won one matchup and tied another. Wallis was awarded MOP honors in the competition against UT Martin with a score of 71.
In horsemanship, Avery Bergan was the lone Jackrabbit rider to finish the weekend undefeated. She won both her matchups, including claiming her first career MOP honor with a score of 75.5 versus UT Martin.
A LOOK AHEAD: The Jackrabbits will be off from competition for three weeks, resuming action with a southern road trip. SDSU is slated to make a return trip to UT Martin on Oct. 31, followed by a Nov. 1 meet at South Carolina.
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