YAPHANK, N.Y. (Oct. 24, 2016) - The LIU Post equestrian team collected 44 points Sunday to earn a high point finish at the Hofstra University Show at Good Shepherd Farm in Yaphank.

Four different Pioneers individually qualified for regionals at the competition. They were junior Sara Peterson (Huntington, N.Y.), sophomores Chloe Hoerner (Brightwaters, N.Y.) and Jessica Sulkers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and freshman Gianna Perry (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.).

Peterson and Perry individually won their class in the walk-trot and walk-trot-canter. Hoerner secured a first-place ribbon in the novice flat and finished second in the intermediate fences. Sulkers had a third-place ride in the open fences and a fourth-place showing in the open flat.

Five other riders won their respective events. Senior Alex Rand (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) bested her opposition in the open fences and placed second in the open flat. Junior Mallory Slack (East Islip, N.Y.) was first in the intermediate flat and third in the intermediate fences. Sophomore Alexandra Blach (East Williston, N.Y.) rode to a first-place effort in the walk-trot-canter.

Freshman Jillian Lento (East Patchogue, N.Y.) joined Hoerner with a first-place finish in the novice flat. Fellow freshman Alex Daskam (Southbury, Conn.) came in first in the novice fences, and added a second-place performance in the novice flat.

Freshman Kate Galvin (Southington, Conn.) took second in the novice flat. Sophomore Trina Aspenleiter (Levittown, N.Y.) finished second in the novice fences and third in the intermediate flat. Junior Heather Grova (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) had a second-place ride in the intermediate flat and a third-place showing in the intermediate fences.

Sophomore Grace Tice (Simsbury, Conn.) placed second in the open fences and third in the open flat. Junior Shannon Wright (Valley Stream, N.Y.) was third in the walk-trot.

Junior Monica Moscoso (Port-au-Prince, Haiti) and freshman Cara Sappelsa (Smithtown, N.Y.) and Nicole Sinram (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) all earned third-place ribbons in the novice flat.

Head Coach Brooke Chasin and her LIU Post squad return to action Sunday (Oct. 30) at the Molloy College Show at the Thomas School of Horsemanship in Melville.