The SMU equestrian team hosts Baylor at 10 a.m. Saturday, in the annual SMU vs. Baylor scrimmage. All fans are encouraged to join, as admission is free of charge. The home of SMU equestrian, Dallas Equestrian Center, is located at 8787 Park Ln, Dallas, Texas 75231, across the parking lot from TopGolf Dallas.

"The scrimmage is a great way for us to get some of our newest team members into a competition setting," SMU head coach Carol Gwin said. "In addition, we set up everything just like a regular meet so the team works together to get the horses and the facility ready. I am looking forward to seeing how things go tomorrow and also what we need to work on moving forward."

The preseason tilt marks the seventh consecutive year that the two squads square off before the start of the season. Since the start of the annual scrimmage in 2011, SMU holds a 4-2 series lead in preseason events. The Mustangs have won the last two exhibition meets, an 11-11 raw score decision in 2015, before an 11-9 win a season ago.

The Mustangs return 20 members from 2016, while adding 13 new faces to the roster. SMU returns both 2016-17 NCEA All-America honorees Vivian Yowan and Keagan Snively, and 2015-16 NCEA All-America Nora Gray.

Yowan, an NCEA All-American Over Fences Second Team selection, posted a team-best 19-7-2 record, with an 11-3 mark over fences and 8-4-2 on the flat. The Darien, Conn., native was named the United Equestrian Conference (UEC) Equitation on the Flat Rider of the Year after posting a 7-3-1 record in the regular-season. Yowan also earned the Equitation Over Fences Freshman of the Year honor, following an 8-3 regular-season record which included four MOPs.

Following a 10-3 record and five MOPs, Snively was named to the NCEA Reining second team, and became the first western rider in program history to earn All-America status. The Winter Haven, Fla., posted an 8-3 mark, with four MOPs in the regular season, before back-to-back wins at the UEC Championship earned her the UEC Championship Reining MOP.

During her sophomore campaign, Gray posted a 17-9-2 record, the team's second best record. The Owen Sound, Ontario, native, was named All-UEC Equitation Over Fences, following a 9-3-1 mark over fences in regular-season action. In 2015-16, Gray earned All-America status after tallying a team-best 12-2-1 Over Fences record.

Head coach Carol Gwin enters her fourth season as the head coach of the equestrian program. Gwin guided the Mustangs to a 7-7 overall record in 2016-17 and led the Mustangs to the top of the UEC for the second straight year with a 4-1 conference mark. The Mustangs finished the regular-season tied for first, before earning runner-up honors at the UEC Championship. After wins at then-No. 3 TCU and against then-No. 9 Oklahoma State to open the season, SMU earned its highest ranking in program history being ranked No. 4 in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) poll. In 2016-17, Gwin was named the United Equestrian Conference Co-Coach of the Year, and boasted four NCEA All-America honorees, including two second-team nods. The hunt seat program finished the season with a 9-3-2 combined record and outscored opponents 77-47. The western team finished with a 5-7-2 combined record, with a 7-6-1 record in horsemanship. SMU riders won 25 Most Outstanding Player awards.

The Mustangs open the 2017-18 campaign with a three straight home contests, running Sept. 29 through Oct. 21. The Mustangs welcome TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma State during the stretch.