Georgia Outlasts Lynchburg in Tiebreaker Meet

Saturday, February 1

Bishop, Ga.

11 a.m.

University of Georgia

6 (994)

6 (931)

Lynchburg

Photo by: Conor Dillon/UGAAA

February 01, 2025 | Equestrian

08 UGA vs. Lynchburg

BISHOP, Ga. – The Georgia equestrian team opened its spring season with a tiebreaker win, 6 (994)–6 (931), over Lynchburg on Saturday afternoon at the UGA Equestrian Complex.

Georgia (6-2, 3-0 SEC) came into the matchup ranked No. 4 in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association rankings. They battled between the fences against the second-ranked single discipline Hornets in the second tiebreaker meet this season.

Fast Facts

Madison Nadolenco led all jumping seat riders with a career-high score of 95 to win her point. She outscored her opponent by 35 points.
Tessa Brown rode to her season high with a score of 88 to win her point in Fences.
Georgia led Lynchburg, 4-2, heading into halftime. The Hornets won the first point of Fences before the Dawgs won four consecutive rides to gain the lead.
The Bulldogs recorded three career-high rides in Flat. Ella Duffy scored an 83, Maggie Bresch followed with a 78 and Parker Cliff scored an 87 to win her point.
Lynchburg scored four of the six Flat points to knot the board after the final ride.
Most Outstanding Performers
- Nadolenco was awarded her first career MOP honor for her career ride in Fences. Nadolenco's 95 was the highest score of all riders.
- Cliff followed suit and earned her first career MOP for her 87-point ride in Flat.

Head Coach Meghan Boenig
On today's competition…
"It was great to get out here. This was a great competition because we really pulled in some riders who hadn't been doing many starts. Gave them some big opportunities. Also, obviously started off with some big, huge scores. Seeing those 95s and 90s, they really started this competition off right. Huge kudos to both our MOPs, especially Madi Nadolenco with almost a record-setting score right from the beginning of the meet. I think what we will take out of this is a desire to really press hard and learn some lessons for the rest of our spring season. I think this is exactly the kick in the pants you sometimes need to be able to say, here's a couple of things we really need to work on, and this is where our aspirations need to be for the postseason bit. So, great, great day today. Happy to have Lynchburg out here. They were really, really well. Great to see that program going and putting us to work."

Parker Cliff | So. | Jumping Seat
On her career-high performance…
"It was so much fun. I rode James today, who is one of my favorites. I had a blast. He was so well prepared, and it was all-in-all a great day!"

Madison Nadolenco | So. | Jumping Seat
On taking the success of today into the rest of the season…
"I think it is important to keep building and take the momentum with us. We are gearing up for postseason, so trying to fix the small mistakes and take away the good parts of it."

Up Next
The Bulldogs will enjoy a week break before traveling to the Lone Star State to face No. 2 Texas A&M on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. ET in College Station, Texas. Georgia will then head up to Dallas to face No. 7 SMU on Feb. 15 at 11 a.m. ET.

The Bulldogs will then return home to Bishop to host No. 8 South Carolina on Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. Georgia will host its annual Senior Day celebrations at the meet against the Gamecocks.

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