HOPKINS VOTED AS ECAC FLAT RIDER OF THE WEEK FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON
11/19/2019 11:49:00 AM | Equestrian
DANBURY, Conn. – Four days after dialing up her fourth consecutive victory in flat this season, University of Tennessee at Martin junior Abbie Hopkins collected Eastern College Athletic Conference Rider of the Week accolades.
This marks the third ECAC weekly award for Hopkins during the 2019-20 campaign, as the Seekonk, Mass. native also won both the flat and fences Rider of the Week awards back on Sept. 25.
On Friday, Hopkins chalked up one of two victories in the flat event against No. 4 South Carolina. She posted a score of 75 points aboard Cal, which led to a commanding 19-point head-to-head triumph over Madeline Schaefer.
Hopkins' win was her fourth in a row to close out the 2019 fall schedule, as she has additionally boasted victories over then-No. 4 Oklahoma State (80 points on Sept. 20), South Dakota State (77 points in a MOP effort on Oct. 10), then-No. 10 Delaware State (71 points on Oct. 11) in that span.
Four of the Skyhawks' eight wins this season in flat belong to Hopkins as she also maintains a team-best 75.6 scoring average in the event.
This marks the third ECAC weekly award for Hopkins during the 2019-20 campaign, as the Seekonk, Mass. native also won both the flat and fences Rider of the Week awards back on Sept. 25.
On Friday, Hopkins chalked up one of two victories in the flat event against No. 4 South Carolina. She posted a score of 75 points aboard Cal, which led to a commanding 19-point head-to-head triumph over Madeline Schaefer.
Hopkins' win was her fourth in a row to close out the 2019 fall schedule, as she has additionally boasted victories over then-No. 4 Oklahoma State (80 points on Sept. 20), South Dakota State (77 points in a MOP effort on Oct. 10), then-No. 10 Delaware State (71 points on Oct. 11) in that span.
Four of the Skyhawks' eight wins this season in flat belong to Hopkins as she also maintains a team-best 75.6 scoring average in the event.
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