No. 1 seeded Tigers advanced to the championship round of the SEC Equestrian Championship by defeating the No. 4 seed Texas A&M 11-8 Friday, March 29.
The Tigers will face the No. 2 seed South Carolina Saturday, March 30.
"(Texas A&M) has one of the best Western teams in the country," Auburn coach Greg Williams said. "We knew in order to secure a win, we'd need to rely on our Hunt Seat side, and they delivered huge. I was really happy with most of our rides on the Western end. I'm feeling really good about our Western squad right now. As I've said all year, as a team, we are extremely hard to beat. When one (discipline) dips a little bit, the other will be there to bail them out, and I love that."
Auburn riders won all of the Most Outstanding Player awards with Indy Roper taking both Western MOP awards in reining and horsemanship, Christina Lin won equitation over fences, and Hasbrouck Donovan took equitation on the flat.
The championship round between Auburn and South Carolina will take place at 2 p.m. at the Horse Center.
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