MARTIN, Tenn. – The 2025 Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship event for the sport of equestrian will take place at Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex on the University of Tennessee at Martin campus on Thursday, March 27 through Saturday, March 29.
Five teams will vie for the right to be called ECAC champions as the No. 1 seed Skyhawks are joined by No. 2 seed UC Davis, No. 3 seed Delaware State, No. 4 seed South Dakota State and No. 5 seed Minnesota-Crookston. UT Martin is serving as tournament hosts for the second time in league history as the program also hosted the inaugural 2021 ECAC Championship.
The tournament begins at noon on Thursday with South Dakota State and Minnesota-Crookston colliding in the quarterfinals. The winner advances to Friday’s semifinal to take on UT Martin while the other semifinal will feature UC Davis against Delaware State. Day 2 action is slated to begin at 10 a.m. as both meets will take place simultaneously.
The bracket will conclude with the championship meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday as the two semifinal winners will clash against each other. The closing ceremony is scheduled to begin at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday.
All action during this event will take place in two arenas as the horsemanship and flat events will occur outdoors while reining and fences are set for indoors. Admission is free for the entire tournament with parking available at Hardy Graham Stadium.
Currently ranked No. 10 in the National Collegiate Equestrian Association poll, the Skyhawks (6-6) went a perfect 6-0 in ECAC play this season thanks in large part to 21 league Riders of the Week. Guided by three-time ECAC Coach of the Year Kim Leiter-Janes, UT Martin has secured ECAC reserve championship honors in four consecutive seasons.
Two-time defending ECAC champion UC Davis went 4-9 with a 3-2 record in the ECAC standings in 2024-25. Third-year head coach Jill Humphrey oversaw an Aggie roster that garnered 21 ECAC Rider of the Week honorees this season.
Jennifer Ridgely is in her 18th season in command of the Delaware State program as the Hornets collected a 3-7 record (3-3 ECAC) in 2024-25. The Hornets were ranked in six separate editions of the NCEA polls and collected six ECAC weekly recipients this season.
South Dakota State went 3-8 with a 3-3 mark in ECAC play under first-year head coach Kamerra Brown this season. A trio of ECAC Rider of the Week awards were earned by Jackrabbit riders in 2024-25.
In the second year of coach’s Haley Pembroke tenure, Minnesota-Crookston was winless (0-11, 0-7 ECAC) this season but did give current No. 7 South Carolina a close call before falling 10-6 on Sept. 28. Overall, three Golden Eagles were selected as ECAC Riders of the Week in 2024-25.
All three days of the 2025 ECAC Championship tournament will be streamed live on ClipMyHorse.TV. That link, plus a link to live scoring, can be found above.
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