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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Jan. 30, 2019</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">A&T EARNS NO. 1 SPOT IN NCATA PRESEASON POLL
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</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt">The Bears are picked to finish first in the conference for the fourth-straight year.
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</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212121">Rachel Caton, 254-652-2061, Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.25pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WACO, Texas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> – Baylor acrobatics and tumbling will enter the 2019 season ranked No. 1 in the National
Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Preseason Coaches Poll, the organization announced today.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears garnered the top spot for the fourth-straight season, received 20 first place votes for a total of 328 points in the poll. BU has been chosen in the top two slots of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Bears are looking to defend their four-straight NCATA titles in 2019 and open up the season on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 1 p.m. ET at West Liberty University.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">NCATA Preseason Coaches' Poll – Top 10</span></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">1. Baylor (20)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">2. Oregon (2)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">9. Alderson Broaddus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">___________________________________</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132">Rachel Caton</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#006132"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Sports Information Director</span><span style="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">O: 254-710-3784</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-652-2061</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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