NCEA Beats No. 1 Dartmouth in Weekend Sweep

Saturday, February 8

Charleston, SC

College of Charleston

Sacred Heart

2/10/2025 11:23:00 AM | Equestrian

CHARLESTON, S.C. – No. 5 College of Charleston equestrian defeated Sacred Heart, 7-1 and No. 1 Dartmouth, 5-3, this weekend in its first NCEA home meets.

On Saturday, the Cougars dominated, take four of the possible five points in the fences. Maddi Cardelli earned MOP in the event, scoring a high of 87. In the flats, Charleston took all three points with Caroline Berg taking MOP with a score of 87.

Charleston continued its winnings ways against Dartmouth on Sunday, taking three of four points in the fences. Cardelli had a team-high 86 points for the Cougars. In the flats, the teams split the points, each taking two. Berg had a squad-best 85 points.

"Tremendous weekend for CofC equestrian, our team's hard work, simply worked," said head coach Natasha Vitkovic. "Saturday against Sacred Heart was our first home NCEA meet, and we were very happy with our riding and end result. We knew we had our work cut out for us day two against Dartmouth, however we dug in as an entire team and were able to remain focused, knocking off a No. 1 ranked team for the second time this year.

"Next up before the ECAC Single Discipline Championship, we host Centenary University March 15 and Berry College on March 16. We now switch gears to our final show of the regular IHSA season - back here at White Horses for our IHSA show Feb 15-16, which includes senior day on Sunday."

Full results from the meet against Sacred Heart and Dartmouth are below.

Fences vs Sacred Heart
Hailey Pendl               83
Kathryn McCarthy       82
Maddi Cardelli             87
Camilla Murray           84

Flat vs Sacred Heart
Caroline Berg              87
Lainie Rubin                79
Kathryn McCarthy       83
Camilla Murray           84
Hailey Pendl               79

Fences vs Dartmouth
Hailey Pendl               82
Dylan Bazaar              78
Camilla Murray           84
Kathryn McCarthy       83
Maddi Cardelli             86

Flats vs Dartmouth
Lainie Rubin                81
Kathryn McCarthy       83
Caroline Berg              85
Hailey Pendl               76
Camilla Murray           79

The IHSA team is back in action Feb. 15 and 16 at home.

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