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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 10, 2021</span></b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No. 3 A&T Closes Out Regular Season with Victory Over No. 2 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears defeated the Ducks 287.430-283.885 inside the Ferrell Center<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Media Link:
<a href="https://baylorbea.rs/3bJo98U">https://baylorbea.rs/3bJo98U</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 919-247-7585, <u>Zach_Rhodes@baylor.edu</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas —
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The No. 3-ranked Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team took a 287.430-283.885 victory over rival the No. 2 Oregon on Saturday night in the Ferrell Center. The Bears (4-1) earned their highest
overall score of the season and avenged their earlier loss to the Ducks (2-2) in March.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baylor ended the compulsory round leading 39.15-38.60 and ran with the lead throughout the rest of the meet.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears scored two perfect 10.0 scores in the acro event as sophomore Emily Tobin was the top in both heats. Baylor
took the event, 29.85-29.40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BU continued its momentum by winning the pyramid event 29.75-29.60, while earning two 9.95 scores in the inversion and
open heats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oregon came out on top in the toss event 28.85-29.15. Baylor earned scores of 9.70 in salto and synchronized heats, and
9.45 in the open heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears took their biggest lead in the tumbling event, outscoring the Ducks 58.100-56.675.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In the team event, Baylor finished the night taking the 101.73-100.46 victory. This gave Baylor the overall victory 287.430-283.885.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">QUOTE FROM COACH MULKEY</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“Amazing, they’re ready to get back to practice. They’re taking tomorrow off, whether they want to or not. But they’re ready to get back in and get going. For me, we’re on the right trajectory,
right where we need to be going into these next two weeks. So, we feel pretty good. We have a lot of work to do, but I think it’s in places that we can pinpoint and really work to improve. So, I’m excited to see what they’re going to do in the championship.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WHAT’S NEXT</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are hosting the NCATA tournament from April 22- April 23 at the Ferrell Center and will find out their opponent on Monday, April 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For updates on the program, follow @BaylorAcroTumb on Twitter and Instagram and @BaylorAcrobaticsandTumbling on Facebook.<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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