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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Feb. 22, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#242424">No. 1 Baylor A&T Soars at No. 4 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bears earn 280-point final score</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#242424">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#242424">EUGENE, Ore. –
</span></b><span style="color:#242424">The No. 1-ranked Baylor acrobatics & tumbling team came up big against No. 4 Oregon in a closely-matched meet, 283.630 to 272.780.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">The Bears (3-0) defeated the Ducks (1-1) by 10.85 points to start the season, increasing the meet win streak to 41 in a row. To start the meet, BU had 0.55 points up
on UO in start value.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">To start off the meet in Compulsory, BU and UO all executed the prescribed skills. In the Acro heat, Baylor scored a 9.75 and Oregon followed with a 9.65. The Bears
and Ducks tied the Pyramid heat at 9.90 each and then tied the Toss heat at 9.95. In the Tumbling heat, BU scored a 9.3, the Ducks scoring 9.25. Through one event, the score was 38.90 to Oregon’s 38.75, BU leading by 0.15 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">Kicking off the optional portion of the meet, BU started the competition in the Acro event with their 5 Element heat, featuring Jordan Gruendler as well as Emily Bott
as the tops and Leavy McDonald as the base, scoring a 9.90/10. The Ducks followed with a 9.75/10 score in their heat. In the synchronized 6 Element heat, with four different pairs of tops and bases, the Bears scored 9.70, followed by 9.30 from UO. In the third
heat, Gruendler and McDonald scored a 9.95 after competing a handstand to reverse planche (arch) while McDonald slides to splits and rotates to straddle. Oregon followed it up with a score of 9.60 in its heat. For the Acro event, BU scored a 29.55 to UO’s
28.75, now totaling 68.45 to 67.50 through two events and Baylor leading by 0.95 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">In the Pyramid event, BU started it off with a 9.90 score in the Inversion heat with Gruendler and McDonald competing a one-handed handstand. Topping the Synchronized
heat were Gruendler and freshman Makayla Vasquez, based by McDonald and Meredith Wells, respectively. They scored a 9.70 after competing a high press straddle, while the Ducks produced a score of 9.30. In the Open heat, Gruendler once again topped McDonald
and competed the reverse planche, scoring a 9.95. Oregon came away with a perfect 10 in their Open heat to finish the event, but Baylor came out on top for the event with a 29.55 score to UO’s 29.05.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">At the half, BU was up 98.00 to Oregon’s 96.55, leading by 1.45 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">Starting the second half in the Toss event, it was Payton Washington topping the 450 Salto heat, finishing with a score of 9.75, followed by an 9.45 from Oregon. In
the Synchronized heat, Washington and Gabby Kaminski were the tops, scoring 9.40 with their back salto layout 720 tosses, which the Ducks followed with a score of 9.25. In the final heat, the Open heat, Kaminski was the top, scoring a 9.45 with a kick back
salto layout 720, which UO scored a 9.30 against. At the end of the Toss event, Baylor totaled 28.60 while Oregon had a 28.00. Through four events, BU had a score of 126.600 while UO had a 124.550, the Bears up by 1.45 points.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">In the Tumbling event, starting in the Duo for the Bears were Aliyah Thomas and Gigi Rendino who scored a 9.45 on their pass, a roundoff whip arabian tuck roundoff
back handspring back layout 540, followed by a score of 9.75 from Oregon. In the Trio were Bott, Gianna Cameron and Dailyn Hopkins competing a roundoff double-whip double-back handspring back layout 540, earning a score of 9.0 which the Ducks put a 9.55 up
against. In the Quad pass were Washington, Aliyah Kaloostian, freshman Sarah Kerr and Kaminski, scoring a 9.30 for their front tuck roundoff back handspring back layout 540, roundoff back layout 360 pass, while Oregon put up a score of 8.85. For the Aerial
pass it was Kerr, who scored a 9.775 after competing a front handspring front tuck roundoff back handspring back layout 540 roundoff back layout 360 pass, while UO earned a 9.675 score. Competing in the 6 Element heat was Bott competing a roundoff whip back
layout 540 roundoff back handspring back layout 360 pass, earning a 9.75 score; Oregon earning a score of 9.85. Washington earned a 9.625 for the Open heat, competing a front tuck roundoff back handspring back layout 540 roundoff back layout 360 with the Ducks’
9.775. By .550, the Ducks won the Tumbling event, 57.45 to 56.90 from Baylor. Headed into the Team event, BU was up 183.500 to 182.000, leading by a score of 1.5 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">In Team event, Baylor competed first and scored a 100.130 with a 109.180 start value. The Ducks came next, scoring a 90.78 with a 108.380 SV.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">The meet finalized, BU won with a final score of 283.630 against UO’s 272.780; the Bears winning by 10.85 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="color:#242424">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• The Bears have won 41-meets in a row.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• Head coach Felecia Mulkey now has a Baylor win record of 98.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• BU and UO tied in two heats, and Oregon won five heats.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• Baylor won all events but Tumbling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• The Bears improve to have a 26-13 record over Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• The last time BU had a 100-point team event was 3/23/24 against Augustana (101.55/108.36).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">• The Augustana meet was also the last time Baylor had a 280 final score (281.600).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="color:#242424">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="color:#242424">The Bears return home to host Azusa Pacific on March 1 with a start time of 5 p.m. at the Ferrell Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#242424">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none">Madelon Allen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#385623;mso-ligatures:none"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Associate
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">A&T, EQ, VB, BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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