Wildcat Equestrian Comes Up Short
Oct 17, 2008
The tie breaker is determined by compiling all the raw scores and dropping the lowest from each category.
Senior Whitney Snyder brought home MVP honors on the Flat, senior Jana Lechtenberg picked up her first MVP honor of her senior year in the Horsemanship category, and sophomore Alecia Zimbelman picked up her first as well in the Reining category.
In Horsemanship, senior Jana Lechtenberg led the squad by defeating Nicole McCoy, 72-63.5. Junior Mikaela Sundgren also picked up a big win by defeating Lindsey Tomko, 69-67.5, and Alyssa Freeman brought home a victory and defeated Lindsey Douglas, 72.5-67.
In the reining category, K-State was led by sophomore Alecia Zimbelman, who picked up a close win against Madelyn Mooney, 67.5-67. Junior’s Morgan Campbell and Kaylee Stout helped the Western team to a victory by picking up wins as well.
“I was proud of the girls today for pulling together for their first solid win,” said Casie Williamson, head Western coach. “We are glad to have some time off before our next competition so we can get back to basics and clean things up a bit. Overall, everyone rode extremely well and we are making less and less mistakes in the arena. Jana and Alecia were outstanding today. It was great for each of them to get a really solid ride underneath themselves and shine through."
In exhibition competition, the Wildcats had a solid day in both English and Western competition by defeating the Bears with an overall score of 9-3.
Senior Whitney Snyder gave the Wildcats two great rides in English competition, both on the Flat and over Fences. She defeated Heather Healy, 83-77, over Fences and Shelby White, 77-69, on the Flat. Snyder was the lone winner for
Other riders picking up wins on the flat were senior Katie Mellon and freshman Ellesse Tzinberg. Tzinberg competed in her first varsity competition at
“Today was a difficult day for us,” said Ashley Foster, Hunter Seat head coach. “We had some good individual rides but really must find out how to put things together as a team. Overall, we were inconsistent and sloppy. We need to be consistent and precise in order to win. We have over three weeks until our next competition, and will be working a lot on basics in order to return to riding like we did against Texas A & M.”
Following are results from Friday’s competition, KSU vs. Baylor:
Equitation over Fences
Ashley Collett 79 vs Lisa Goldman 82
Kendall Marvin 40 vs Nicole Brown 78
Paige Sullivan 78 vs Kendra Vicary 85
Whitney Snyder 83 vs Heather Healy 77
Katie Mellon 60 vs Kara Fergusson 79
Total: KSU 1-Baylor 4
MVP: Kendra Vicary, Baylor
Exhibition Equitation over Fences
Jen Rawle 74 vs Amanda Miller 40
Kate Hennessy 86 vs Anna Banks 88
Kayla Potter 72 vs Kelsey Ehlers 80
Elizabeth Godfrey 68 vs Kaylin Enright 65
Total: KSU 2-Baylor 2
Equitation on the Flat
Jenny Giraldin 67 vs Heather Healy 74
Katie Mellon 69 vs Mary Smitson 64
Ellesse Tzinberg 68 vs Cara Wilson 58
Stephanie Patterson 63 vs Margaret Beaudoin 70
Whitney Snyder 77 vs Shelby White 69
Total: KSU 3-Baylor 2
MVP: Whitney Snyder, KSU
Exhibition Equitation on the Flat Total: KSU 4- Baylor 0 English Total: KSU 4-Baylor 6 Reining MVP: Alecia Zimbelman, KSU Horsemanship Total: KSU 3-Baylor 2 MVP: Jana Lechtenberg, KSU Total: KSU 3- Baylor 1 Western Total: KSU 6-Baylor 4 Overall Total: KSU 10-Baylor 10 Tiebreaker: KSU 1269.5-Baylor 1294 -kstatesports.com-
Dresden Sommer 59 vs Faith Morris 0
Paige Kovari 66 vs Kara Fergusson 35
Erin Paulsen 68 vs Lauren Purkey 56
Jessica Hensley 51 vs Kelly Albury 0
Alecia Zimbelman 67.5 vs Madelyn Mooney 67
Morgan Campbell 70.5 vs Kim Marlowe 70
Alyssa Freeman 66.5 vs Valtie Riddle 68
Dani Pettera 0 vs Katie Buss 66.5
Kaylee Stout 68.5 vs Amber Mooney 66.5
Total: KSU 3-Baylor 2
Alyssa Freeman 72.5 vs Lindsey Douglas 67
Laura Browne 66.5 vs Meghan Murphy 71.5
Courtney Watters 71.5 vs Allison Orosz 72
Jana Lechtenberg 73 vs Nicole McCoy 62.5
Mikaela Sundgren 69 vs Lindsey Tomko 67.5
Exhibition Horsemanship
Caley Coffey 67 vs Elizabeth Smith 63.5
Erica Mackiewicz 68 vs Suzanna Nelson 68.5
Josie Kness 70.5 vs Brittani Purnell 59.5
Nicole Keenan 69 vs Anna Bowers 66.5
