Texas A&M
KANSAS STATE
Equestrian Team Completes Weekend Sweep With KSU Win
Feb 25, 2007 | Equestrian
February 25, 2007
The Texas A&M equestrian team won its second competition in as many days with a 14-8 victory over Kansas State on Sunday afternoon at N.W. ?'Dick?™ Freeman Arena.
The Aggies won three of the four disciplines against the Wildcats. A&M captured equitation on the flat (3-2), horsemanship (5-1) and reining (4-1).
A&M got its biggest boost on Sunday from its horsemanship riders. The Aggies won five of the six head-to-head match-ups with some impressive individual scoring.
?I thought they had more solid rides today versus yesterday,? said A&M horsemanship coach Beth Bass. ?They learned from yesterday?™s mistakes and applied them in the ring today.?
Freshman Caroline Gunn (Greensburg, Ind.) improved her seasonal record to 7-0-1 with a solid 78.5-69.5 win over Kansas State?™s Sara Coomes. Gunn earned MVP honors for the third time this season as well.
Senior co-captain Christine Sceets (Baytown) was the Aggies?™ next highest scorer in horsemanship, posting a 76-72.5 win over KSU?™s Laura Browne. Sceets, the 2006 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) national champion in advanced horsemanship, earned her second win of the semester.
Senior co-captain Sassie Broaddus (El Paso) earned a horsemanship win over the Wildcats?™ Mikaela Sundgren, 74-70.5, moving her yearly record in the event to 3-2. Broaddus tied KSU?™s Danielle Pettera in reining at 67 points apiece as well.
Senior Kate Toomey (Lake Oswego, Ore.), a two-time IHSA national champion, produced her second strong ride in as many appearances this month with a 73-71 horsemanship win over Wildcat Lindsey Salsbury. Toomey notched a score of 78 earlier this month against Baylor.
Sophomore Sibyl Parsons (Combine) eked out a 69.5-69 win over Kansas State?™s Jana Lechtenberg. The win moves Parsons to an impressive 6-1-1 on the season.
The Aggie hunter seat equitation on the flat riders turned in arguably their most prolific performance of the season. Five of A&M?™s six riders earned scores above 80 in the team?™s 3-2 win in the category.
Junior Ashlie Soderstrom (Lake Oswego, Ore.) was one of two A&M riders to record a score of 83. Soderstrom defeated KSU?™s Whitney Snyder, 83-79, to earn her second MVP award in as many days.
Sophomore Christina Matz (McKinney, Texas) continued her perfect season with an 83-72 win over the Wildcats?™ Casey Finnell. Matz has posted a flawless 7-0 record on the flat this season.
Junior co-captain Viviana Cordero (Sunland, Calif.) won the Aggies?™ third flat match-up, an 81-77 victory over KSU?™s Bridget Doyle.
The western riders turned in yet another strong reining performance in defeating Kansas State, 4-2.
?We had some bobbles yesterday but every one of them rode really smart and had very nice runs today,? A&M head coach Tana Rawson said.
Sophomore Tonna Brooks (Newberg, Ore.) was named MVP in reining for the second straight day after defeating KSU?™s Sara Weller, 69.5-58.5. Brooks is a perfect 13-0 in horsemanship and reining combined this season.
Freshman Maggie Gratny (Leavenworth, Kan.) improved her collegiate undefeated streak to 8-0 with a 68-65 win over Wildcat Dennon Zimbelman.
Junior transfer Genna Fishgold (Scottsdale, Ariz.) moved her seasonal record in reining to 3-0 with a 69-64 win over KSU?™s Becky Abramovitz while sophomore Amanda Ryan (Ramona, Calif.) improved to 3-2-1 with a 62.5-50.5 win over Morgan Campbell.
The Aggies earned a pair of victories in equitation over fences. Sophomore Courtney Brooks (Alamo, Calif.) upped her seasonal mark over fences to 4-1 with a 71-69 win over KSU?™s Christine Fosnacht. Fellow soph Erin Ivy (Cypress) earned the A&M?™s other fences win, an 83.5-75 victory over Ashley Collett.
?We had little mistakes over fences that hurt us today but we are increasing our strength and getting more consistent on the flat,? A&M English coach Linzy Woolf said.
The Aggies will be back in action this Saturday, March 3, at Oklahoma State. The following day, A&M will get a re-match with Kansas State in Manhattan.
