Texas A&M
Delaware State
No. 1 Aggies Swarm Delaware State, 18-6
Oct 14, 2017 | Equestrian
FELTON, Del. – The No. 1 Texas A&M equestrian team defeated Delaware State, 18-6, Saturday at the Dovington Training Center.
"Obviously we had a rough day yesterday, so to see us bounce back was really encouraging," head coach Tana McKay said. "In this sport you don't usually get the chance to come back the next day and correct your mistakes. I think we cleaned up a lot of stuff. We had another tough test with a different set of horses that we didn't know a lot about. Delaware State was a great host and we appreciate them letting us come out here and compete."
In the meet's first event, Equitation over Fences, the Aggies quickly took a 4-2 lead. Kai DeVoglaer captured the first Aggie point with a 82-81 victory over Molly Gara. Rebekah Chenelle followed with an 88-78 win over Sydney Wicklund and was named Most Outstanding Player. Alex Desiderio scored an 80, bettering Eva Esptein's 77, before Rachael Hake defeated Rachel Dantley, 80-77.
The Aggies (4-1, 1-1 SEC) took a 9-3 advantage into the half after winning Reining, 5-1. Darby Gardner led off the event with a 72 to defeat Elizabeth Koons' 70. Haley Franc then defeated Monica Ellis, 69-67.5, prior to Madison Bohman topping Shelbe Jarrett, 67.5-0, to earn MOP honors. Kalee McCann toppled Angelia Watts, 72.5-67.5, as Ashton Dunkel closed the event with a 72.5-67.5 victory over Blayne Bell.
Texas A&M secured the win following a 5-1 win in Horsemanship. Bailey Cook began with a 76-73.5 triumph against Samantha Elliott and Sarah Orsak defeated Shelbe Jarrett, 76-71.5. Ashley Davidson followed with a 77-73 win against Cheyenne Adams, before Alex Albright claimed her first career victory, 75.5-73, against Elizabeth Lynch. Kyra Bouma topped Kelsey McArthur, 72-71.
In Equitation on the Flat, Maddie Swem defeated Molly Gara, 79-66, before Ellie Williams topped Sydney Wicklund, 79-65. Desiderio secured her second point of the day with a 79-70 win against Hayley Anderson. Brianna Peddicord closed the meet with 89-62 victory against Eva Epstein to earn MOP honors.
The Aggies return to action October 26 with a 12 p.m. meet against TCU at the Hildebrand Equine Complex.
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