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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – April 27, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 1 Baylor A&T Earns Ninth-Straight NCATA Title<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Bears defeat Gannon for the trophy<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">FAIRMONT, W.Va.<span style="color:black"> –
</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics & tumbling defeated No. 3 Gannon on Saturday at Joe Retton Arena, 272.220 to 269.315, in the Finals of the 2024 NCATA National Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">10<span style="color:black">-0) earned their ninth-straight NCATA title by beating the</span> Knights (8-4)<span style="color:black">
by </span>2.905 <span style="color:black">points for the win. This was the second time of the season the teams have faced each other, BU with the margin of victory at 6.065 points.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BU increased its winning streak to 38 meets, dating back to March 27, 2021.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Starting off the meet, Baylor had a Compulsory score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">38.275<span style="color:black">. A score of
</span>9.625<span style="color:black"> was garnered in Acro, </span>9.800<span style="color:black"> in Pyramid,
</span>9.925 <span style="color:black">in Toss and an 8.925 in Tumbling. Headed into the second event, BU was up
</span>0.425 points <span style="color:black">to Gannon’s </span>37.85 <span style="color:black">
score. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Moving into the optional portion of the meet, Baylor had a score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.90 <span style="color:black">
in Heat 1 (5-Element), </span>9.875 <span style="color:black">in Heat 2 (6-Element) and
</span>9.975 <span style="color:black">in Heat 3 (7-Element) of Acro to total </span>
29.60 <span style="color:black">for the event. The </span>Knights<span style="color:black"> had scores of 9.875, 9.475</span> and 9.825
<span style="color:black">respectively, for a total of 29.175. Going into the Pyramid event, BU was up
</span>67.875 <span style="color:black">to </span>Gannon’s 67.025<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Pyramid event, the Bears earned a
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.975 <span style="color:black">
in Heat 1, the inversion heat. In heat two, BU earned a</span> 9.725<span style="color:black">, the synchronized heat. In heat three, the open heat, the Bears scored
</span>9.825<span style="color:black">. With the event scoring a </span>29.525<span style="color:black">, the running total was updated to
</span>97.40 <span style="color:black">for Baylor. </span>Gannon<span style="color:black"> totaled
</span>29.35 for<span style="color:black"> the event and had a score of </span>96.375<span style="color:black"> going into halftime, the Bears</span> up by 1.025 points.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Toss Event, Baylor had scores of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.850, 9.575 and 9.625<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total
</span>29.050<span style="color:black"> for the event. The </span>Knights<span style="color:black"> scored a
</span>9.575, 9.525 and 9.70<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total </span>
28.80<span style="color:black">. Going into the fifth event, Tumbling, the Bears were
</span>up 126.450 to GU’s 125.175<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Tumbling Event, Heat 1 (Duo) with
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Emily Bott<span style="color:black"> (</span>FR<span style="color:black">) and
</span>Kristen McCain<span style="color:black"> (</span>SR<span style="color:black">) scored a
</span>9.40<span style="color:black">. In the Trio Heat (Heat 2), </span>Payton Washington (FR), Aliyah Kaloostian (JR) and Alyiah Thomas (SO)
<span style="color:black">scored a 9.35</span>, compared to Gannon’s 8.65<span style="color:black">. The Quad Pass (Heat 3) had
</span>Ally Joswick (SR), Gabby Kaminski (FR), Rakel Jeffries (JR)<span style="color:black"> and Dailyn Hopkins (FR) score an
</span>8.800. <span style="color:black">The Aerial pass from </span>Savanna Cecil (FR)<span style="color:black"> earned a 9.875,
</span>Bott<span style="color:black"> in the 6 Element pass (Heat 5) had a </span>
9.675 score<span style="color:black">, and </span>Washington<span style="color:black"> in the Open pass (Heat 6) earned a 9.90. The Bears’ total came to
</span>57.00<span style="color:black"> for the event, while the </span>Knights<span style="color:black"> scored a
</span>55.05<span style="color:black">. Going into the </span>night's<span style="color:black"> final event, BU was up
</span>183.450<span style="color:black"> to </span>180.225<span style="color:black"> from
</span>Gannon<span style="color:black">. Baylor entered the team event up by 1.95 points on GU.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Team event, Baylor earned a score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">88.770<span style="color:black"> while
</span>the Knights<span style="color:black"> earned a </span>89.09<span style="color:black">, bringing the meet score to a total 272.220</span> to
<span style="color:black">269.315, BU taking the </span>win<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor extends its win streak to </span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">38</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> meets in a row, dating back to 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears extend their national championship win streak to nine in a row.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU outscored </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Gannon by 2.905 points.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears earned 17 scores of 9.0 or higher.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor dropped just four heats to the Knights.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Meet was highlighted by 9.975 scores in Pyramid Heat 1 (for the second night in a row) and a 9.975 in acro heat 3.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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