GALES FERRY, Conn. — The Roger Williams University Equestrian team locked down first place in the region after winning the University of Rhode Island Show in the team's regular season finale.
 
Roger Williams came away with eight first-place ribbons on the day with wins by Maddie Curtin (Tyringham, Mass.) and Hayley Wilkinson (Sheffield, Mass.) in Open Fences, Nikki Speranzo (Becket, Mass.) in Intermediate Fences, Caleigh Logan (Southborough, Mass.) in Novice Fences and Novice Flat, Alex Gourlay (Lyme, Conn.) and Allison Scott (Bolton, Mass.) in Walk-Trot-Canter, and Sofia Casale (West Newbury, Mass.) in Beginner Walk-Trot-Canter.
 
Earning runner-up finishes in their divisions were Speranzo in Intermediate Flat, Makenna Higbee (Underhill, Vt.) in Novice Flat, and Sophie Failla (Boca Raton, Fla.) in Walk-Trot-Canter. Kaia Lindberg (Needham, Mass.) and Annie Keller (Arlington, Mass.) both finished in third in Intermediate Flat and Novice Fences, while Wilkinson was third in Open Flat and Ana Boorady Bloom (West Stockbridge, Mass.) taking third in Walk-Trot-Canter. Marielle Borzello (West Islip, N.Y.) also picked up a third-place finish in Open Fences.
 
Curtin took fourth place in Open Flat, with Allie Wilber (Bow, N.H.) claiming fifth place in Novice Flat. Sarah Baker (Boylston, Mass.) finished sixth in Novice Fences.
 
Over the course of the show, the Hawks had four riders qualify for the regional finals, including Logan at Novice Flat, Curtain at Open Flat, Gourlay at Walk-Trot-Canter, and Keller at Novice Fences. 
 
Roger Williams will compete at Regionals this Saturday at Nora Harris Equestrian.