2014-15 News
Department's Top Award Goes to Senior Rider
TOWSON, Md. — A senior rider on the equestrian team who just days ago became the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association national champion in open equitation on the flat was presented with the Coaches Award this evening during Goucher College's annual Athletics Awards Ceremony in Kraushaar Auditorium.
May 08, 2015
Department Reveals 2014-15 All-Goucher Team
TOWSON, Md. — The 2014-15 All-Goucher Team was revealed at the conclusion of tonight’s Goucher Athletics Awards Ceremony, with 10 student-athletes and one coach honored on the Kraushaar Auditorium stage.
May 08, 2015
Fink, Prince Named Year's Final Gophers of the Month
TOWSON, Md. — Equestrian rider Joey Fink, who finished as the national champion in open equitation on the flat at last week’s IHSA National Horse Show, and women’s track & field thrower Bri Prince, who broke a school record and finished as the Landmark runner-up in the shot put, have been selected as the final Gophers of the Month for 2014-15.
May 07, 2015
Gophers Add Three Points, Finish in 7th Place
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The final two events in the Hunter Seat Collegiate Cup were contested today at the 2015 IHSA National Horse Show and with Joey Fink (Baltimore, Md./The Park School) earning three points for placing fourth in open equitation on the flat, Goucher finished the competition in seventh place.
May 02, 2015
Lummis Moves Gophers Into Top 10 at Nationals
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A reserve champion performance from Sarah Lummis in walk-trot-canter moved Goucher into the top 10 overall on day two of the IHSA National Horse Show.
May 01, 2015
IHSA Crowns Fink National Champion in Open Flat
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Senior Joey Fink (Baltimore, Md./The Park School) became the second national champion in the history of Goucher's equestrian program when he was awarded first place in open equitation on the flat this afternoon at the IHSA National Horse Show, which is being held at The Big E Coliseum.
April 30, 2015
Bent Eyes IHSA Scholarship for Horsemanship
TOWSON, Md. — The way Ashley Bent (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area) is preparing to compete at the upcoming IHSA National Horse Show in West Springfield, Mass. is considerably different than they way the other riders who will be representing Goucher at the event have been.
April 27, 2015
Teams from Goucher Place 1-2 at Landmark Invitational
RINGOES, N.J. — Goucher sent two riding teams to the inaugural Landmark Invitational, which was conducted today at Briarwood Farm at Black River Farm. The one that finished in first place at the IHSA Zone IV Championships back on March 28 won the championship of today's event with a score of 43 points.
April 11, 2015
Legendary Coach Accepts Lifetime Achievement Award
TOWSON, Md. — Patte Zumbrun, who served as director and head coach of Goucher's equestrian program for 26 years, was presented with the prestigious Intercollegiate Horse Show Association's (IHSA) Lifetime Achievement Award today.
March 31, 2015
Goucher Riders Repeat as Zone IV Champions
TOWSON, Md. — Goucher had already clinched one of the zone's two bids to the Collegiate Cup Hunter Seat competition at the 2015 IHSA National Horse Show, but head coach Jen Bunty's riding team still had ground to make up on St. Andrews heading into the final rotation at the IHSA Zone IV Championships today.
March 28, 2015
Goucher Completes Wire-to-Wire Run to Region Title
OATLAND, Md. — Despite being held to a season-low score of 34 points, Goucher was still the high point college and Joey Fink (Baltimore, Md./The Park School) shared high point rider honors at today's IHSA Zone IV Region I show, the final one of the 2014-15 season.
March 15, 2015
Fink, Malone Advance to Zones as Regional Champs
OATLAND, Md. — Joey Fink (Baltimore, Md./The Park School) and Laura Malone (Weston, Mass./Weston) were crowned regional champions today at the IHSA Zone IV Region I Championships today, which were conducted at The Other Left Farm. They, along with Erika Scott (Stonington, Conn./The Williams School), will represent Goucher at the Zove IV Championships on March 28.
March 15, 2015
Gophers Rule Zone IV Region I for Fourth Straight Year
TOWSON, Md. — Goucher clinched the 2014-15 IHSA Zone IV Region I title by scoring 39 points at today's riding show, enough to give head coach Jen Bunty's squad an insurmountable lead over its closest pursuer in the region standings.
March 14, 2015
Goucher Continues Winning Ways at UMD IHSA Show
OATLAND, Md. — Goucher made it 5-for-5 in regular season shows this season after a convincing 11-point victory in the Maryland IHSA Show at The Other Left Farm this afternoon.
February 22, 2015
Davis, Lummis Honored as Gophers of the Month
TOWSON, Md. — Men’s swimmer Sam Davis, who set two new school records and won three individual races, and equestrian rider Sarah Lummis, who picked up a Tournament of Champions series blue ribbon and earned 15 points for Goucher during three TOC shows, have been chosen as the December/January Gophers of the Month.
February 05, 2015
Goucher Achieves Best TOC Result in Program History
Laurinburg, N.C. — Goucher’s equestrian program has set an endless number of milestones in recent years, and this weekend’s series-concluding Winter Classic Tournament of Champions show gave the team a chance to add another accomplishment to that list.
January 31, 2015