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Georgia Selected as No. 1 Seed for NCEA National Championship

April 04, 2018 | Equestrian

TEAM BRACKET
FENCES BRACKET
FLAT BRACKET
HORSEMANSHIP BRACKET
REINING BRACKET

ATHENS, Ga. --- After riding to a Southeastern Conference Championship title, Georgia equestrian received the top overall seed for the 2018 National Collegiate Equestrian Association National Championship, as announced by the NCEA Selection Committee, remaining the No. 1 team in the country for the 15th-straight week.

The nation's top eight teams will compete for the 2018 NCEA Championship, set to take place April 18-21 at the Extraco Events Center in Waco, Texas.

Due to a change in the championship format this year, the top-eight overall teams (Western and Hunt Seat combined) are invited to compete. The NCEA Selection Committee determines and invites these teams based on a number of factors throughout the season.
 
Additionally, the newly expanded NCEA National Championship format will include a team-seeded bracket in an NCEA format competition for the four event titles. Event rankings are determined by statistics of regular season head-to-head competition.

As a team, the Bulldogs (11-1, 7-1 SEC) will take on No. 8 seed South Carolina on Wednesday, April 18.  Georgia has defeated the Gamecocks in all three meetings this season, including a 16-4 defeat in the semifinal round of the SEC Championship. 
 
Georgia was seeded first in Equitation on the Flat, Horsemanship, and Reining, while earning a No. 2 seed in Equitation Over Fences.  The Flat, Horsemanship, and Reining squads will have a bye in the first round, while Fences will face West Texas A&M to start competition. 
 
Georgia has captured the most NCEA Overall Championships with six, coming in 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2014.

Georgia is coming off the program's third SEC championship as the Bulldogs topped Auburn, 12-7, Saturday, March 31, to take the league crown. The SEC began sponsoring the sport in 2013.
 
The following NCEA Team, Event and Discipline champions will be crowned in Waco, Texas on NCEA Championship Saturday April 21, 2018:
  1. NCEA National Champion Team: 4 riders compete in each of 4 events per team
  2. NCEA Event National Champions: 4 riders in each event
    1. Equitation over Fences
    2. Equitation on the Flat
    3. Horsemanship
    4. Reining
  3. NCEA Discipline National Champions:  highest combined point total from place finishes in events competition by discipline – must compete in both events of discipline to qualify
    1. Hunter Seat
    2. Western
HOW TO FOLLOW GEORGIA EQUESTRIAN: For complete information on Georgia equestrian, follow the team on its social media channels via @UGAEquestrian on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.


NCEA National Championship Team Seeding:
  1. GEORGIA
  2. AUBURN
  3. OKLAHOMA STATE
  4. TEXAS A&M
  5. SMU
  6. TCU
  7. BAYLOR
  8. SOUTH CAROLINA
NCEA Event National Championships Seeding:
Equitation over Fences
  1. TEXAS A&M
  2. GEORGIA
  3. AUBURN
  4. SMU
  5. OKLAHOMA STATE
  6. SOUTH CAROLINA
  7. TCU
  8. UT-MARTIN
  9. FRESNO STATE
  10. SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
  11. BAYLOR
  12. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
  13. DELAWARE STATE
  14. MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
  15. WEST TEXAS A&M
Equitation on the Flat
  1. GEORGIA
  2. AUBURN
  3. OKLAHOMA STATE
  4. TEXAS A&M
  5. SMU
  6. DELAWARE STATE
  7. TCU
  8. UT-MARTIN
  9. FRESNO STATE
  10. SOUTH CAROLINA
  11. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
  12. BAYLOR
  13. SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE
  14. WEST TEXAS A&M
  15. MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
Horsemanship 
  1. GEORGIA
  2. AUBURN
  3. TEXAS A&M
  4. OKLAHOMA STATE
  5. TCU
  6. BAYLOR
  7. SMU
  8. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
  9. FRESNO STATE
  10. UT-MARTIN
  11. SOUTH CAROLINA
  12. DELAWARE STATE
  13. MINNESOTA CROOKSTON
  14. WEST TEXAS A&M
Reining 
  1. GEORGIA
  2. OKLAHOMA STATE
  3. AUBURN
  4. SMU
  5. TEXAS A&M
  6. BAYLOR
  7. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
  8. TCU
  9. SOUTH CAROLINA
  10. DELAWARE STATE
  11. UT-MARTIN
  12. FRESNO STATE
  13. WEST TEXAS A&M
  14. MINNESOTA CROOKSTON

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