As the equestrian team prepares for a game against Sacred Heart University at their home field in Mansfield on Feb. 7, the women riding Western style are focused on defending the national title while the hunt seat style riders aim at making a name for themselves in the national competition.

Head coach Gary Reynolds said he feels confident in the ability of his riders.

"I expect continued success with the Western team," Reynolds said. "We'll bring our hunt seat team up to compete at a national level. I expect Final Four for both teams."

A radio-TV-film alumnus will share with students his experience editing movie trailers, as well as the transition from college to entering the entertainment industry.

Chris St. Pierre will be speaking at 8:30 p.m. Monday in Moudy South 164.

St. Pierre said he works for MOJO, a post-production advertising company that edits trailers for movies such as "Watchmen," "Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," the "Harry Potter" movie series, "300" and "I am Legend."

A study abroad program that will include field trips, hiking to waterfalls, traveling to historic sites and studying at a West African university is in the works, a university professor said.

Komla Aggor, professor of Spanish and program director of the trip, said he knew when he came to the university two years ago that he wanted to establish a study abroad program in Ghana to expose students to culture that are often misunderstood or misrepresented.

You know you picked the right sport when playing it involves walking along the ocean in Puerto Rico, which is exactly where the women's golf team will begin its spring season Sunday.

The Lady Puerto Rico Classic, hosted by Purdue University, will be the Horned Frogs' first tournament since the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown in October.

The Puerto Rico tournament will be held at the Coco Beach Golf and Country Club in Rio Grande and is scheduled to last Sunday through Tuesday.

Women's basketball team begins second half of conference play.

The Lady Frogs will host Colorado State University (7-14, 2-6 MWC) on Saturday in the first of two straight home games.

The team returns to its home court after a 73-63 road loss to the University of Utah, undefeated in the Mountain West Conference.

With the loss, the team now sits in a tie for third place in the Mountain West with a 5-3 conference record. The Lady Frogs' overall record fell to 13-8.

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The track and field team has high expectations this year, the team's head coach said.

But right now, the team is just trying to get everyone healthy and back into the swing of things, he said.

"So far it's kind of been a work in progress; it always is this time of year," head coach Darryl Anderson said. "We train up until Dec. 1, and then they're off for five weeks. We come back and we're scampering to find a groove and a rhythm."

Angie Ravaioli-Larkin is in her 15th season as head coach of the women's golf team. Success has come frequently for teams under her guidance, and she said she hopes that trend will continue as the team moves forward this spring.

"We set really high goals," Ravaioli-Larkin said. "We go in every tournament with the goal of winning. We really have the depth this year and the talent to really take it deep."

After a three-month break, the golf team gets rolling again with a tournament in Puerto Rico starting Sunday.