BROOKINGS, S.D. - For the second time this season, Delaware State senior Caroline Foltz (Dover, Del.) posted a score over 90.  This time her Equitation on the Flat score of 93, followed with MVP honors, came in the Hornets' 9-5 loss to host South Dakota State Sunday morning at the DeHaan Equestrian Center.

Foltz scored the lone point for Del State on the flats as the Jackrabbits took the 3-1 victory.

In Equitation over Fences, Foltz also scored the lone point for the Hornets in her 76-point ride.  Santana Wright won MVP honors in her 85-point performance over junior Alyssa Berfield's (Fredericksburg, Va.) 75- point ride on Snowy.  SDSU took three 80-plus point performances to win the event, 3-1, and the English discipline, 6-2.

On the Western side, junior Breann Huyett (Narvon, Pa.) and freshman Megan Marie Foley (Powell, Ohio) won their matchups to lead DSU to a 2-1 victory in the Reining event.  Huyett scored a 71 to defeat Jana Basler's 67.5 on Emmy while Foley snuck by Lauren Kostello by a score of 69.5 to 69 on Shadow.  Junior McKenzie Trueba (Williams, Ariz.) tied Maggie Holzworth in their matchup at 68.5 apiece.  Helen Lauth earned Reining MVP honors with a ride of 72.

Trueba recorded the Hornets sole point in Horsemanship as she defeated Hillery Baysinger, 68.5 to 66.5 on Ryder.  Freshman Tayler Scuse (Smyrna, Del.) tied Kelsey Champagne at 70-all on Jag, but the Jacks pulled out the 2-1 victory.  SDSU's Holzworth took the MVP in the Horsemanship event.

The two teams tied, 3-3, in the western discipline as Del State falls to 0-6 on the season and the Jacks improve to 2-3-1.

The Hornets take next weekend off as they prepare for their matchups against Tennessee-Martin and Georgia on November 18-19 in Martin, Tenn.

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