Thirteen members of equestrian team earn SEC accolades
Thirteen Tigers earned postseason accolades, the SEC announced Wednesday.
Thirteen Tigers earned postseason accolades, the SEC announced Wednesday.
The No. 1 Tigers clinched the first-ever SEC Championship in program history Saturday with an 11-7 win over No. 2 Georgia.
Auburn added a third win over South Carolina on Friday, earning its first trip to the SEC Championship title match since 2013 with an 11-7 victory.
The Tigers edged out No. 7 Kansas State, 10-9, in Manhattan, Kansas, to close out the best season in school history at 11-1.
The top-ranked Tigers edged the No. 5 Cowboys, 10-9, to improve to 10-1 on the season.
The Tigers held off the Gamecocks with ease, as Auburn secured a 15-5 win on Saturday.
The Tigers used a strong finish to the match to dispatch the No. 2 Bulldogs on Saturday.
Freshmen Ashton Alexander and Ali Fratessa took home the honors after helping the No. 1 Tigers defeat No. 3 Baylor on Jan. 30.
No. 2 Auburn suffered its first defeat of the season againt No. 5 Texas A&M, 11-8, in College Station on Friday.
Auburn’s equestrian team might not have gotten the perfect result from its Texas two-step, but the No. 2 Tigers did come away from the Lone Star State with a victory.
After toppling defending national champion South Carolina and top-five foe Oklahoma State, the Auburn equestrian team has vaulted up to No. 2 in the nation.
The No. 2 Auburn equestrian team delivered No. 5 Oklahoma State its second loss to an SEC team in as many days with a 14-5 victory at the Auburn University Horse Center on Saturday.
The fourth-ranked Tigers upset the second-ranked Gamecocks, who were the defending national champions.
The No. 4 Auburn equestrian team swept Alabama, 12-0, in an exhibition match in Auburn on Friday, Oct. 2.
Auburn’s highly ranked Equestrian team took center stage on Friday. The fourth ranked Tigers took down UT-Martin 13-7 in an explosive first outing.
After falling to Georgia in the semifinals round of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association Championship, Auburn is preparing to begin the 2015-16 season with "pretty high expectations," according to coach Greg Williams.
Auburn equestrian’s run at another national title ended Saturday at the Extraco Events Center as Tigers were bested by No.
In an upset for the Aggies, No. 5 Auburn Equestrian triumphed 9-6 in Waco, Texas and will proceed to the semifinals Saturday morning at 8:30, starting with a meet against the Georgia Bulldogs. “We were strong against Georgia at SECs in western and the way our hunt seat kids are riding, we should be in good shape tomorrow.” Head coach Greg Williams said.
The equestrian team received All-SEC honors last weekend voted on by the league’s coaches. Elizabeth Benson and Ashley Foster were recognized for their performances in equitation over fences and were placed on the All-SEC Team, with Benson also earning a place on the equitation on the flat team.
Lost in recent discussions of autonomy and student-athlete compensation, one of Auburn’s most successful athletic sports faces an uncertain future with the NCAA. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommended to remove equestrian from a list of emerging sports in October 2014 after the sport failed to meet the minimum of 40 schools in 10 years. According to Leah Fiorentino, executive director of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), 24 schools currently sponsor equestrian at the NCAA level. While that number falls short of the NCAA requirements, recent organizational changes have many convinced the sport’s future may be brighter than it seems. “We have all these plans laid out and ready to go, but we’re just waiting in limbo for the NCAA to make a decision one way or the other,” Fiorentino said.