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Happy started riding horses 7 years ago. When she came to UConn, she decided to learn how to play polo and has since fallen in love with the sport. This is Happy's second year on the team and her favorite UConn Polo pony is Lucia.
Liz Leudesdorff
Team Captain & Club Vice President
Year: Junior
Major: Animal Science
Hometown: Little Neck, NY
Favorite Horse: Philomena
Helmet Color: Navy + Pink
Liz started riding at the age of 5 and competed in hunter jumpers until she was 11. At age 12, she began to take polo lessons at Gardnertown Polo Club inNewburgh, NY, and competed on Gardnertown’s Interscholastic team in high school. This is Liz's third year on the team. Her favorite UConn Polo pony is Philomena.
Kat McGuire
Club Treasurer
Year: Junior
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Bristol, CT
Helmet Color: Purple + Teal
Kat started riding when she was 7. She has competed in show jumping and eventing. In her freshman year of college, she started playing polo and quickly fell in love with it. This is Kat's first year on the team.
Ruby Hughes
Club Secretary
Year: Freshman
Major: Animal Science
Hometown: Bala Cynwyd, PA
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Ruby started riding 4 years ago and this is her first year playing polo!
Toni Moore
Social Media and Outreach Chair
Year: 2nd Year Graduate Student
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Garnerville, NY
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Toni started riding when she was 7. She has since ridden in many disciplines, competing in gymkhanas, cow-penning, western pleasure, trail, and hunter/jumpers. Toni started taking polo lessons during her freshman year at UConn. She joined the team in her senior year and is continuing on the team during her masters program. Her favorite UConn Polo pony is Rosa.
Molly Porier
Year: Senior
Major: Art History
Hometown: Suffield, CT
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Molly has been doing hunter/jumpers since she was eight and she started polo this year. She still shows her horses, Bulgari and Toast.
Alexa Norquist
Year: Junior
Major: Chemical Engineering
Hometown: Rutland, MA
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Alexa has been riding for 9 years as a hunter/jumper. She started taking polo lessons last year and this is her first year on the team!
Bow Reavis
Year: Sophomore
Major: Animal Science, Pre-Vet
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Bow has been riding horses since they were 8 years old in hunter/jumper. They started their polo journey in Spring 2023 at UConn. This summer, Bow played grass polo in the Meadowbrook Polo League! This is their first year on the team.
Anna Shupenis
Year: Freshman
Major: Animal Science
Hometown: Bethlehem, CT
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Anna has evented for over 8 years and has a horse named Zydeco. This is her first year playing polo and on the team!
Sydney Bonner
Year: Freshman
Major: Animal Science
Hometown: Haddonfield, NJ
Helmet Color: Navy + Red
Sydney started riding 5 years ago but started getting serious about 2 years ago. She has worked at several barns and even taught beginner lessons for over a year. Sydney has dabbled in a little bit of everything, from natural horsemanship, groundwork, centered riding, hunters, eventing, and now polo! This is her first year on the team!
2023-2024 Head Coach
Kylie Dalton
Head Coach
Kylie was previously captain and president of the women’s varsity team and graduated with a bachelor’s in Animal Science this past spring. She started riding at 7 and has competed in hunt seat, both flat and fences. Kylie started playing polo in 2017 in UConn’s community polo lessons where she took lessons from ex-UConn Polo coach, Doc Dinger,and his wife, Peg. Since starting polo, she has spent time grooming at Boston Polo Club and Hawaii Polo Club.She was awarded All-Star Awards at the 2022 and 2023 Northeastern Regionals and played when UConn won the 2022 DII National Championships. Currently, Kylie works in landscaping. Lucia remains her favorite UConn Polo pony, now for the 6th year in a row.
