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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">February
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 A&T Begins Season with Win Over UMHB<br>
</span></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears outscored the Crusaders 274.020-253.420 on Saturday</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Media Link:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://baylorbea.rs/3bJo98U">http://baylorbea.rs/3bJo98U</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> 919-247-7585, </span></span><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu" title="mailto:Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> – The No. 1-ranked
Bears started their season with a 274.020-253.240</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> victory over the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday night in the Ferrell Center to extend their winning streak to 38-straight
meets.<span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor scored a 36.35 in the compulsory event to take an early lead, scoring a 7.700 in
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">acro, 9.700 in pyramid</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, 9.950 in toss, and 9.000 in tumbling. After the acro
event, the Bears kept their lead, scoring an element total of 29.350 points, consisting of a 9.900 in the fifth element, 9.950 in the sixth element, and a 9.500 in the seventh element. <span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In pyramid,
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor kept their lead by outscoring UMHB 29.500 to 28.000. Baylor stayed on top with a total meet score of 95.200 to 87.250 leading into the half.<span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">The
Bears </span></span>pushed their lead in the toss event to 123.350 to 113.050, scoring a 9.150 in salto, 9.400 in synchronized, and 9.600 in the open toss. <span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor dominated the tumbling event, scoring a total of 56.350. In
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">open tumbling, the Bears scored a 9.900 out of a possible 10. The Bears put up a score of 94.320 in the team event to close out the win against the 90.140 UMHB score. <span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">QUOTE FROM COACH MULKEY</span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am really proud of everybody
that you saw out there tonight, especially those freshmen. We have some amazing competitors out there in our freshman class and I’m most excited about everybody’s competitive spirit.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NEXT UP</span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears head to Eugene, Ore., to take on the rival No. 2Oregon Ducks on Saturday, March 6 at
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1 p.m. CT.<span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black">Baylor will be back at the Ferrell Center on Saturday, March
27 at 5 p.m. CT to host Hawaii Pacific. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="color:black"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Zach Rhodes</span></b><span style="color:black"> | Associate Director of Athletics Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">C: 919-247-7585 | O: 254-710-3784<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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