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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 3, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">A&T Opens Season with Win Against Texas Lutheran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Bears defeat Bulldogs in Seguin<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">SEGUIN, Texas – </span></b><span style="color:black">Baylor acrobatics & tumbling defeated Texas Lutheran on Saturday,
</span>275.475<span style="color:black">-</span>165.290<span style="color:black">, at Memorial Gym.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears (1-0) defeated the Bulldogs (0-1) by
</span>110.035<span style="color:black"> points for the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It was the first program meeting between the teams, TLU now in its second year of A&T. The head coach of the Bulldogs, Cam Bryant, and assistant coach Sophia Ranni are both Baylor alumnae.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Starting off the meet, Baylor had a Compulsory score of
</span>38.20<span style="color:black">. A score of </span>9.60<span style="color:black"> was garnered in Acro,
</span>9.90<span style="color:black"> in Pyramid, </span>9.85 <span style="color:black">
in Toss and an </span>8.85<span style="color:black"> in Tumbling. Going into the second event, BU was up 38.20 to Texas Lutheran’s
</span>23.70<span style="color:black"> score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Moving into the optional portion of the meet, Baylor had a score of
</span>9.50 <span style="color:black">in Heat 1, </span>9.35<span style="color:black"> in Heat 2 and
</span>9.40 <span style="color:black">in Heat 3 of Acro to total </span>28.25 <span style="color:black">
for the event. The Bulldogs had scores of </span>7.00<span style="color:black">, </span>
5.35 <span style="color:black">and </span>5.90<span style="color:black">, respectively, for a total of
</span>18.25<span style="color:black">. Going into the Pyramid event, BU was up </span>
66.75 <span style="color:black">to TLU’s </span>41.95<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Pyramid event, the Bears earned a
</span>9.95 <span style="color:black">in Heat 1, the inversion heat. In heat two, BU earned a
</span>9.60<span style="color:black">, the synchronized heat. In heat three, the open heat, the Bears scored
</span>9.80<span style="color:black">. With the event scoring a </span>29.35<span style="color:black">, the running total was updated to
</span>96.00<span style="color:black"> for Baylor. TLU totaled </span>22.70<span style="color:black"> for the event and had a score of
</span>64.65<span style="color:black"> going into halftime, the Bears up 31.35-points on the Bulldogs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Toss Event, Baylor had scores of
</span>9.20<span style="color:black">, </span>9.05<span style="color:black"> and </span>
8.75<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total </span>27.0<span style="color:black"> for the event. The Bulldogs scored a</span> 8.50<span style="color:black">,
</span>5.90<span style="color:black"> and </span>7.20<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total
</span>21.60<span style="color:black">. Going into the fifth event, Tumbling, the Bears were up
</span>123.100<span style="color:black"> to TLU’s </span>86.25<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Tumbling Event, Heat 1 (Duo) with freshman
</span>Emily Bott<span style="color:black"> and senior </span>Kristen McCain<span style="color:black"> scored a
</span>9.55<span style="color:black">. In the Trio Heat (Heat 2), </span>Payton Washington, Rakel Jeffries and Ally Joswick
<span style="color:black">scored an </span>8.55<span style="color:black">. The Quad Pass (Heat 3) had
</span>Aliya Thomas, Brennah Cotner, Gigi Rendino and Emi Nelson<span style="color:black"> score a
</span>7.75<span style="color:black">. The Aerial pass from </span>Emily Bott<span style="color:black"> earned a
</span>9.80<span style="color:black">, </span>Washington<span style="color:black"> in the 6 Element pass (Heat 5) had a
</span>9.925<span style="color:black">, and </span>Kristen McCain<span style="color:black"> in the Open pass (Heat 6) earned a
</span>9.75<span style="color:black">. The Bears’ total came to </span>55.275<span style="color:black"> for the event, while the Bulldogs scored a
</span>39.90<span style="color:black">. Going into the </span>night's<span style="color:black"> final event, BU was up
</span>178.375<span style="color:black"> to </span>126.150<span style="color:black"> from Texas Lutheran.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Team event, Baylor earned a score of
</span>96.95<span style="color:black"> while TLU earned a</span> 39.14<span style="color:black">, bringing the meet score to a total of
</span>275.475<span style="color:black"> to </span>165.290<span style="color:black">, BU taking the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Baylor extends its win streak to 2<span style="color:windowtext">8</span> meets in a row, dating back to 2021<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
BU outscored TLU by <span style="color:windowtext">110.035</span>-points overall<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">Inverted Pyramid earns Baylor’s highest score of the day with a 9.95<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:black">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears will compete at home against Mary Hardin-Baylor at the Ferrell Center on February 11. Start time is set for 3 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Brent Ingram</span></b><span style="color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| Assistant AD for Communications</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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