No. 1 SMU vs. No. 4 Texas A&M
Saturday, March 11 - 10 a.m. CT
Dallas Equestrian Center – Dallas, Texas
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DALLAS (SMU) – The No. 1 SMU Equestrian team faces No. 4 Texas A&M at the Dallas Equestrian Center Saturday at 10 a.m. SMU will honor its seniors in a formal ceremony slated to start at 2:30 p.m.

UP TO THIS POINT
No. 1 SMU enters Saturday's contest after taking down No. 8 Baylor 10-9 in Waco on March 2. The Mustangs won two out of their three road meets in SEC country Feb. 23-25. The Mustangs started off the trip dominating South Carolina 13-7. One day later, SMU downed Georgia 10-9. SMU suffered its lone loss of the season Feb. 25, a 15-5 setback at Auburn. SMU opened its spring slate with back-to-back victories over UT Martin. SMU defeated the Skyhawks 13-5 on Jan. 28 in Dallas, and 12-6 on Feb. 11 in Martin, Tennessee. The Mustangs finished the fall with an unblemished 4-0 record. SMU started the season taking down then-No. 1 OSU 10-9 on the road followed by beating Baylor 13-6 in Dallas. SMU closed out the fall in dominating fashion, taking down Delaware State 19-1 and UC Davis 14-6. 

2022-23 MOPS
17 different Mustangs have claimed Most Outstanding Performer (MOP) honors this
season. 
Elli Yeager- Fences- at OSU (10/1)
Taylor Madden- Flat (3x)- at OSU (10/1), at UT Martin (2/11), at South Carolina (2/23)
Mallory Vroegh- Horsemanship (4x)- at OSU (10/1) at UT Martin (2/11, at Georgia (2/24),
at Auburn (2/25)
Taylor Zimmerman- Reining (2x)- at OSU (10/1), at Georgia (2/24)
Katy Merchant- Flat- vs. Baylor (11/4)
Nya Kearns- Horsemanship (2x)- vs. Baylor (11/4), at South Carolina (2/23)
Chalyce Head- Reining 2x- vs. Baylor (11/4), vs. UC Davis (11/12)
Devin Seek- Fences- vs. Delaware State (11/11)
Megan Waldron- Horsemanship (2x)- vs. Delaware State (11/11), vs. UC
Davis (11/12)
Emma Engel- Flat- vs. Delaware State (11/11)
Augusta Iwasaki- Fences (4x)- vs. Delaware State (11/11), vs. UT Martin (1/28)(2/11), at 
South Carolina (2/23)
Hensley Humphries- Flat- vs. UT Martin (1/28)
Dani Latimer- Reining- vs. UT Martin (1/28)
Lily Anderson- Horsemanship- vs. UT Martin (1/28)
Madigan Eppink- Flat- at Georgia (2/24)
Hannah Hoch- Fences- at Baylor (3/2)
Alexa Black- Horsemanship- at Baylor (3/2)

UNDEFEATED MUSTANGS
Two Mustangs are undefeated this season.
Augusta Iwasaki-Fences-8-0
Claire Robertson-Reining-1-0-1

IN THE RANKINGS
SMU sits strong at No. 1 in the NCEA Dual Discipline Rankings. 
SMU is 8-1 against ranked opponents this season.

THE SERIES
SMU is 6-12 all-time against the Aggies, including a 4-3 mark in Dallas. 

RIDERS OF THE MONTH
SMU's Augusta Iwasaki and Mallory Vroegh were named National Equestrian Association
Riders of the Month for February. Iwasaki picked up honors in Fences, and Vroegh claimed
the accolade in Horsemanship. 
Augusta Iwasaki- Fences (February)
Mallory Vroegh- Horsemanship (September, February)
Chalyce Head- Reining (November)
Elli Yeager- Fences (September)

COACHES CORNER
"It's the last meet of our regular season and we need to bring it to both support our seniors and beat Texas A&M," head coach Carol Gwin said. "They are a quality team and we will have to ride well. I am so proud of this team and we want to finish on top."