The equestrian team has a chance to redeem itself today by playing the team it lost to Sunday.

The women will face Fresno State again today, this time on home soil.

TCU fell at Fresno State 7-4 in the championship game of the Best of the West Tournament.

Freshman Ashton Mickunas received her first MVP of the season in reining. It was her second trip with the team. Senior Kindel Huffman improved to 9-0 in the horsemanship event.

Despite the loss, the team is still 9-0 in Western style riding, making TCU the only undefeated team in this category in the nation.

Junior Carrie Von Uhlit, who is 5-1 in horsemanship, said there is a good chance for the Western team to be successful at Nationals this year.

This is the first year for recruits to play on the Hunt Seat team and the second year for the Western team.

The Hunt Seat team is getting better with every performance, freshman Tassie Munroe said.

“We are where the Western team was last year,” Munroe said.

The top 12 Hunt Seat teams in the nation will go to Nationals, which are March 17 to 19, and TCU is hanging on in the 12th seed.

“There is definitely a need to win now more than ever in this part of the season,” Munroe said.

Munroe, who is 5-3 in equitation over fences, said the team needs to take advantage of being at home and riding familiar horses.

Head coach Gary Reynolds said the team has been practicing at scrimmages and riding as many different horses as it can in order to prepare for the remainder of the season.

The team will compete in four more matches before Nationals begin in Waco.