WACO, Texas - Postseason competition has begun in the form of conference championships. Read about the upcoming meets below.
3/19-21 – The Single Discipline NCEA Old Dominion Athletic Conference
SWEET BRIAR, Va - This weekend, the NCEA will see five of ten the single-discipline equestrian teams compete in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tournament. These teams have spent the whole season up to this point to determine conference rankings that the tournament bracket will be made from. The Lynchburg Hornets, Sweet Briar Vixens, Bridgewater Eagles, Sewanee Tigers, and Berry Vikings make up the NCEA ODAC Conference.
Competition will begin on Thursday March 19 with a Play-In meet between Sewanee and Berry. This meet will determine which team will go against Lynchburg in the Semi-Final on Friday March 20. The Semi-Final will consist of two meets, where No. 1 in the conference (Lynchburg), goes against the winner of the Play-In, and No. 2 and No. 3 in the conference (Sweet Briar and Bridgewater, respectively) will face off in the second meet. The tournament will conclude with the Final meet on Saturday March 21, where the winners from each Semi-Final meet will match up to crown the Champions and Reserve Champions of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship Tournament 2026.
3/20-21 – The Single Discipline NCEA Eastern College Athletic Conference
CHARLESTON, SC - Single discipline NCEA post season competition looks forward to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship with weekend from March 20-21. The ECAC will see four single discipline teams for this conference championship before next week’s dual discipline ECAC Championship. Over the course of this competition season, the College of Charleston Cougars, Dartmouth Big Green, Sacred Heart Pioneers, and Centenary Cyclones have battled it out to determine their conference rankings that go towards deciding the championship bracket.
The bracket starts with two Semi-Finals meets on Friday March 20, the first of which being No. 1 in the single-discipline ECAC College of Charleston against No. 4 Centenary. The second meet of this Semi-Final day will have No. 2 Dartmouth and No. 3 Sacred Heart battle it out. The winners of the two Semi-Final meets will then match up for the Championship round on Saturday March 21.
As conference tournament time picks up, visit the NCEA's Conference Championship Hub for schedules and results.
About the NCEA
A non-profit corporation, the NCEA is a governing body to advance the sport of equestrian. The NCEA is responsible for the development and administration of equestrian rules and guidelines. Equestrian is subject to all NCAA policies and procedures in the same manner as other sports. In 1998, Equestrian was identified and adopted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Committe of Women's Athletics (CWA) as an emerging sport for women at the Division I and II levels.
NCEA competitors are in a head-to-head format, and schools may choose to cpmete as a single or dual discipline team (Jumping Seat and Western). Each discipline has two events: in Jumping Seat, Fences and Flat, and in Western, Horsemanship and Reining. Teams can have five riders per event, with horses assigned by random draw at the start of the competition. Riders from opposing reams compete on the same horse, and whichever rider receives the higher score earns one point for her team. The level of difficulty is demonstrated by the accuracy of the pattern and how the competitor uses the hrose to the best of her ability.
To stay up to date all year long on all things NCEA Equestrian, follow the organization on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @NCEA_Equestrian and @ncea_eq.
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