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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">April
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Set for Senior Day Against No. 7 Hawaii Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears to celebrate the senior class in final home meet of season</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:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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WACO, Texas –</span></b><span style="background:white"> No. 1 Baylor acrobatics & tumbling is set to take on No. 7 Hawaii Pacific for its senior day on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Ferrell Center, also closing out the home slate for 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor (6-0) is on an 11-match win streak dating back to the 2021 season and looks to improve upon it against HPU (1-4). The Bears are also on a
six-meet win streak against the Sharks and are 3-0 in the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The last meet between the two was on March 27, 2021, with BU besting Hawaii Pacific, 273.385 – 269.300, in Waco.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor is coming off a 279.460-257.725 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor, a season sweep over the Crusaders. The Bears won by 21.735 points and had
their fourth perfect-10 score in pyramid in the meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">After the win, BU’s Emily Tobin earned her fourth NCATA Athlete of the Week award, while Bayley Humphrey was named Specialist of the Week for the
second time this season. Tobin consistently competes in the most heats per meet out of the entire squad, contributing in as many as 13 heats for the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">HPU started its season with back-to-back meets against Azusa Pacific, then went on to face Gannon and Oregon. The Sharks faced East Texas Baptist
on Tuesday to gain their first win of the season, besting the Bengals, 259.155 – 237.660. The meet against Baylor will be the last of the regular season for the Sharks before the NCATA Championships in Eugene, Ore.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Senior Day ceremonies will take place after the team event at the meet on Saturday, with 18 seniors being honored. Upon entry to the Ferrell Center,
fans will receive a free Uncrustables sandwich while supplies last, as Apr. 4 is national peanut butter and jelly day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Fans can watch the meet with the Sharks on
<a href="https://baylorbea.rs/3qXQDUZ">ESPN+</a>, and live scoring can be found <a href="https://baylorbea.rs/3plBMTA">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A full recap and final scoresheet will be posted to BaylorBears.com after the conclusion of the meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications (VB, MTEN, A&T)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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