No. 4 Seeded Equestrian Falls to No. 1 Aggies in SEC Semifinals
COLLEGE STATION, TX – The No. 6 ranked and fourth-seed Gamecock Equestrian team (7-7) put up a fight against the one-seed Texas A&M Aggies (9-3) on Friday, ultimately falling 14-6. ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ will face the second-seeded Georgia Bulldogs (8-5) in the Consolation meet on Saturday.
·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ started off in Reining, with the Aggies taking the first two available points. Chloe VanStone answered with her ride on Molly, defeating Mattie Gustin 69.83-69.17. Chloe Stephenson then rounded out the event with her own point, taking down Emmy Lu Marsh on Slash 71.5-70.67 and earning her third MOP of the season.
The meet continued on the Flat, with Texas A&M taking a 3-2 advantage in the event. The Gamecocks saw points from Natalie Jayne (82-79.67 on Bebe), and Sophie Mitchell. Mitchell defeated Brooke Brombach by nearly five points, 85-80.33 on Corvich.
The second half of the day began with Fences, where the Aggies took things 4-1. Sophomore Bella Primavera took the lone point for ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ, defeating Alexa Leong 87.33-84.33 on Campo. Primavera’s score was the highest of the day for the Gamecocks in the event.
In Horsemanship, ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ saw a point from fifth-year Kiersten Beckner after taking down Millie Landon by an impressive 10 points on Palmer, 72.17-62.17. Texas A&M took the remaining four points.
UP NEXT
The Gamecocks will take on Georgia in the Consolation round on Saturday, Mar. 30 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Fans are encouraged to follow along with in-meet updates on X and Instagram, @GamecockEQ.
