FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State equestrian team hosts No. 9 UC Davis on Saturday morning at the Student Horse Center. The Bulldogs look towards their second-straight home meet, and are going for three home wins in a row.
Fresno State (2-7, 1-4 Big 12) vs No. 9 UC Davis (4-4, 3-1 ECAC)
Saturday, February 24 • 10 a.m. PT • Fresno, Calif.
Series History: Fresno State leads, 9-2
Last Time: UCD def FS 11-9 in Davis on Mar. 12, 2022
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Bulldog Bones
Fresno State looks towards its third-straight home win on Saturday after defeating then-No. 2 SMU on Nov. 17 and Baylor on Feb. 3 in its last two home meets.
Fresno State is 2-7 this season.
Saturday's meet is its second of third at home this spring. The Bulldogs will recognize the senior class at home on Mar. 2.
With the win over then-No. 2 SMU in the fall finale, Fresno State defeated a Top 2 opponent for the first time since the Spring of 2021.
It was the fifth time in program history that the Bulldogs defeated a No. 1 or No. 2 team.
Fresno State is not ranked in this week's NCEA Dual Discipline team rankings.
Saturday's meet is the NCEA's Meet of the Week. Follow along through social media on Instagram @FresnoStateEQ or @NCEA
Admission and parking are free at the Student Horse Center
Western 'Dogs
The western group has a combined 31-50-7 record this season.
Reining leads the two with 18 wins and horsemanship adds 13.
Horsemanship has five ties on the season.
The Bulldogs have won five western MOP honors – two horsemanship and three reining.
Fresno State had its best reining performance of the season last time out, defeating Baylor 3-1-1.
Brogan Hill won the most recent MOP in the reining last time out with a 73 against Baylor. It was the first MOP of her career.
In the reining, Shelby Robinette paces the group with a 5-4 record and one MOP.
Julianne Kelley adds an MOP for the reining group, and a 3-5-1 record.
In the horsemanship, four different players have a team-high three wins on the year in Abby Goddard, Alex Krebs, Kendra Lee and Emily Maul.
Krebs and Lee have the Bulldogs' two horsemanship MOPs this season.
Jumping Seat 'Dogs
Fresno State is 35-48-5 in the jumping seat events this season.
Fresno State has 19 wins in the fences and 16 in the flat.
Olivia Ferro has been consistent in the fences with a record of 6-2-1 this season with one MOP honor.
Last time out, Bridey Jones earned her first career MOP honor.
This season, Jones is 2-1 in her rides. This has been the first riding action of her Bulldog career.
In the flat, it is Sara Tuck who leads the way with a 7-1-1 record this season.
Tuck adds a team-high four MOP honors. She has 10 career flat MOPs for a program record.
Freshman Sage Lindvall has seen her first bit of collegiate action this spring competing in both the fences and the flat. She has a 2-0 record in the fences and a 0-0-1 record in the flat.
Scouting UC Davis
UC Davis is 4-4 overall and 3-1 in its conference meets this season.
UC Davis last defeated Baylor at home, last weekend.
UC Davis and Fresno State are the lone west coast Equestrian programs.
The Aggies have a former Bulldog on their roster in Tasia Anstead (jumping seat).