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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 – February 24, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Hosts Top-Ranked Matchup Against No. 2 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears look to get third win of the season<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling returns to the Ferrell Center on Sunday with a 3 p.m. start time against No. 2 Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The Bears (2-0) gear up to face the Ducks (1-0) for the 25th time in program history. BU has won 22 matchups against Oregon, winning the last meet against the Ducks by 10.3 points in the 2023 NCATA National
Championship. Oregon, one of the eight founders of the sport, is in its 14<sup>th</sup> season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The head coach for the Ducks is Taylor Susnara, in her third season with Oregon. UO is the only program the Bears will face this season where the head coach is not one of Felecia Mulkey’s former student-athletes.
Mulkey recruited Susnara to Oregon, but she had already come to Baylor by the time Susnara was on campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Baylor is on a 29-meet win streak dating back to the 2021 season. The Bears are coming off a win over No. 11 Mary Hardin-Baylor, defeating the Crusaders by 7.405 points on Feb. 11. The top score of the meet
came in five-element acro with a 9.95.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Sunday will serve as A&T's “Go Gold” meet, as well as the Cub Club event of the month. An<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">autograph session will take place post-meet, and gold T-shirts will be free to fans while supplies last.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">The meet will be streamed on ESPN+, with John Morris on play-by-play and alumna Ashley Echelberger providing color commentary. Live results for the meet can be found
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/2022/2/16/sports-acrotumb-live-scoring.aspx">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">A full recap and final scores will be posted to BaylorBears.com/acro 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">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com</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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