2012-13 News
Rising Junior Excels in Sport He Grew to Love
TOWSON, Md. — There was a time as a young boy that Joey Fink (Baltimore, Md./The Park School) did not enjoy riding horses even though both of his older sisters were on the equestrian team at Garrison Forest School in Owings Mills, Md., and his mother also had a background in the sport.
August 21, 2013
Gophers Achieve Best Finish Ever at IHSA Nationals
HARRISBURG, Pa. — When Anna Carmichael (Colorado Springs, Colo./William J. Palmer) was awarded first place in novice equitation over fences following a five-person ride-off on Thursday, Goucher was in sole possession of first place in the Collegiate Cup Hunter Seat team standings at the 2013 IHSA National Horse Show with seven points.
May 04, 2013
Bunty Accepts Offer to Be Zumbrun's Successor
TOWSON, Md. — If the riders in Goucher College's equestrian program were stunned or disillusioned in any way when they heard the news that Patte Zumbrun was retiring as director and head coach at the end of the 2012-13 season, they were immediately comforted by and delighted with the news that Jen Bunty would succeed her.
April 15, 2013
Zumbrun Announces 2012-13 Will Be Her Final Season
TOWSON, Md. -- One of the most successful coaches in the history of Goucher's intercollegiate athletics program is stepping down at the conclusion of her team's 2012-13 season. That, however, won't happen until after Patte Zumbrun's riders compete at the ANRC Equitation Championships later this month and make an appearance in May at the IHSA National Horse Show in Harrisburg, Pa.
April 08, 2013
Gophers Claim One of Region IV's Bids to National Horse Show
LAURINBURG, N.C. -- The IHSA Zone IV Championships conducted today offered the high point colleges in each of the zone's four regions the opportunity to grab one of the two available bids to 2013 National Horse Show next month in Harrisburg, Pa. Goucher, which last weekend nailed down the Region I title, needed to achieve a higher score than two of the other three teams it was competing against.
April 06, 2013
All Four Goucher Riders Advance to Zone IV Championships
TOWSON, Md. — As host of today's IHSA Zone IV Region I Championships, Goucher wanted to pull off as near-perfect an event as possible. Of course, another goal was to advance most if not all of its competing riders to zones.
March 30, 2013
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[Video] Patte Zumbrun Previews This Weekend's Regions
TOWSON, Md. — This weekend, Goucher hosts Regions as individuals will continue to try to earn individual trips to Nationals. The program will continue to compete as a team seeking a second straight Zone IV title and spot at Nationals starting next week.
March 26, 2013
Goucher Repeats as Zone IV Region I High Point College
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Unlike last season when Goucher went into the final riding show of the regular season with a nearly insurmountable lead in the Zone IV Region I standings, director Patte Zumbrun and her riders were still fighting off Mary Washington and Christopher Newport for the 2012-13 regional title heading into today's show at Hazelwild Farm.
February 17, 2013
Zumbrun's Riders Maintain Spot Atop Zone IV-I Standings
OATLAND, Md. — Goucher's haul of 32 points at today's riding show conducted at Oatland Stables landed the Gophers in third place, but it was sufficient enough to keep them atop the 2012-13 IHSA Zone IV Region I standings.
February 10, 2013
Postel Overtakes Banfield in High Point Rider Standings
SPARKS, Md. — Goucher's Karli Postel (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oaks Christian School) took over first place in the 2012-13 high point rider standings for Zone IV Region I with her performance at today's IHSA show conducted at Featherdown Farm.
November 10, 2012
Strong Showing Allows Goucher to Stretch Lead to Nine Points
TOANO, Va. — With its lead in the 2012-13 IHSA Zone IV Region I standings down to a single point, Goucher served notice at today's riding show at Willow Pond Farm that it intends to remain in first place.
November 04, 2012
Gophers Hang On to One-Point Lead in Zone IV-I Standings
CARROLLTON, Va. — Despite scoring only 32 points and finishing in third place at today's riding show at Amazing Grace Stable, Goucher did not surrender its lead in the 2012-13 IHSA Zone IV Region I standings.
November 03, 2012
Gophers Edge Out Two Programs to Win Second Straight Show
TOWSON, Md. — Goucher's 39 points proved to be just enough to slip past Mary Washington's 38 and Christopher Newport's 37 in today's IHSA show.
October 27, 2012
Defending Champs Collect 45 Points in First Show
TOWSON, Md. — On the way to the IHSA Zone IV Region I title in 2011-12, Goucher scored as many as 45 points in only one Zone IV-I show the entire season. In beginning pursuit of another crown today, director Patte Zumbrun's riders hit the 45-point mark right off the bat and earned the distinction of high-point team at a riding show hosted by the defending champions.
October 07, 2012
Boncaro, Hannan Head 2011-12 All-Goucher Team
TOWSON, Md. — The 2011-12 All-Goucher Team was unveiled during a ceremony on Beldon Field this afternoon.
October 06, 2012
Goucher Hosts, Places Sixth Overall at Preseason Classic
TOWSON, Md. — After finishing in a tie for seventh place in the hunter seat team standings at the IHSA National Horse Show in May to wrap up last season in impressive fashion, Goucher was no doubt looking for an early indication how it stacks up against some of the top intercollegiate riding programs in the nation in 2012-13.
September 22, 2012