No. 3 SMU vs. No. 8 Delaware State | Jan. 26 - 10 AM (CT)
No. 3 SMU vs. South Dakota State | Jan. 27 - 11 AM (CT)
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SETTING THE SCENE
•    No. 3 SMU heads opens the 2024 spring season with back-to-back home meets against No. 8 Delaware State (Fri.) and South Dakota State (Sat.) at the Dallas Equestrian Center.
•    SMU finished the first half of the season 4-2 with three top-five wins over No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 2 Auburn.
•    The Mustangs have won eight consecutive home meets at the Dallas Equestrian Center dating back to the 2022-23 season.
•    Nine Mustangs have earned a total of 15 MOPs through SMU's first six meets.

IN THE RANKINGS
•    SMU finished the fall season as the No. 3 team in the NCEA's Dual Discipline poll.
•    The defending national champion Mustangs entered the season ranked atop the NCEA's Dual Discipline poll, marking the 29th consecutive week of competition as the nation's No. 1 team.

THE SERIES
•    SMU is 14-6 all-time against Delaware State and 10-1 versus South Dakota State.
•    The Mustangs defeated Delaware State 19-1 last season at the Dallas Equestrian Center.
•    SMU last met South Dakota State in 2021, beating the Jack Rabbits 15-4 at the Dallas Equestrian Center. 

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS
    Augusta Iwasaki (First Team, Fences)
    Nya Kearns (First Team, Horsemanship)
    Lily Anderson (Second Team, Horsemanship)
    Chalyce Head (Second Team, Reigning)
    Hensley Humphries (Honorable Mention, Flat)
    Emma Engel (Honorable Mention, Flat)
    Alexa Black (Honorable Mention, Horsemanship)

2023-24 MOPS
Elli Yeager - Fences - at No. 3 TCU (09/22/23)
Katy Merchant - Flat - vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State (10/14/23)
Nya Kearns - Horsemanship - vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State (10/14/23)
Emma Engel - Flat - vs. No. 4 Texas A&M (10/26/23)
Nya Kearns - Horsemanship - vs. No. 4 Texas A&M (10/26/23)
Taylor Zimmerman - Reining - vs. No. 4 Texas A&M (10/26/23)
Taylor Madden - Flat - vs. No. 2 Auburn (11/11/23)
Nya Kearns - Horsemanship - vs. No. 2 Auburn (11/11/23)
Taylor Zimmerman - Reining - vs. No. 2 Auburn (11/11/23)
Hannah Hoch - Fences - at Fresno State (11/17/23)
Lily Anderson - Horsemanship - at Fresno State (11/17/23)
Shelby Clausen - Reining - at Fresno State (11/17/23)
Hannah Hoch - Fences - at No. 9 UC Davis (11/18/23)
Taylor Madden - Flat - at No. 9 UC Davis (11/18/23)
Nya Kearns - Horsemanship - at No. 9 UC Davis (11/18/23)

A NATIONAL FORCE
•     SMU capitalized off its momentum from the last three seasons by winning the 2022-23 NCEA Dual Discipline National Championship. The Mustangs made their second consecutive appearance in the national semifinal meet after defeating then-No. 1 seed Auburn in 2021-22. In 2020-21, the program saw many firsts and records broken in its run to the national title meet.
•    The Mustangs finished the 2022-23 season with the best record in program history at 13-1, including a perfect 5-0 mark at home with a 9-1 record against ranked opponents. 
•     In her ninth season at SMU, Head Coach Carol Gwin produced the most successful season of her career, resulting in her first NCEA National Coach of the Year award. 
•    The Mustangs return 24 riders from last season's NCEA Championship squad, including seven All-America Honorees