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No. 1 Auburn Equestrian to Host No. 7 Kansas State on Friday Kansas State meet

Freshman Morgan Burns

Oct. 18, 2011

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AUBURN - The Auburn equestrian team (3-0) will play host to No. 7 Kansas State (1-1) in their final home meet of the fall portion of the schedule at the Auburn University Horse Center on Friday.

Competing in Horsemanship will be Katie Buff, Kristin Hansen, Danielle Long, Indy Roper and Stephanie Rucci while Mallory Campbell will act as the alternate.

In Reining, competing are Morgan Burns, Cheyenne Cracraft, Kristin Hansen, Indy Roper and Stephanie Rucci. Jillian Fuller will be the alternate.

Christina Lin, Maggie McAlary, Grace Socha, Melena Smith and Jennifer Waxman will compete in Equitation Over Fences. The alternate will be Anna Becker.

Equitation on the Flat will see Anna Becker, Piper Donnelly, Christina Lin, Maggie McAlary and Lindsay Portela, with the alternate, Grace Socha.

Kansas State comes in having beaten Minnesota-Crookston 19-0 and losing to Baylor in a close one, 9-8. Auburn enters the meet having won three straight in beating UT-Martin 13-5, TCU, 14-6, and South Carolina in a 10-10 tiebreaker, 1486-1444.5.

"I think Auburn fans can expect a hard-riding Kansas State team to arrive here on Friday," Head Coach Greg Williams said. "They can also expect to see a talented Auburn team start to build on stronger rides than we have already."

Last season, the Tigers won both meetings between the two programs. Auburn first defeated the Wildcats 14-4 in the season opener in Auburn, Ala., and would then go on to beat them again in Manhattan, Kan., in a nail biter, 7-6.

"We hope that all of the Auburn fans can come out after school for a while to start their weekend off right and watch these girls compete for another championship run," Williams said.

The meet will take place at 3:00 p.m. (CT) and admission is free.

Check auburntigers.com for a complete recap of the meet.