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<h1 align="right" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ATHLETIC
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">NO. 1 BEARS WELCOME NO. 2 OREGON TO THE FERRELL CENTER FOR HOME OPENER</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears and Ducks will square off at 3 p.m. CT.
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information contact:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Rachel Caton, (254) 652-2061,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">Rachel_Caton@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WACO, Texas – The No. 1 ranked Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team will host No. 2 Oregon at the Ferrell Center this Sunday at 3 p.m. CT for the first time this season
since beating them in the NCATA championship last April.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Baylor is heading into the meet against their rival with a 277.205 – 263.00 win over Limestone College on Feb. 9th in Gaffney, South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 277.205 score at Limestone is a season-high for the Bears.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Head coach Felecia Mulkey, in her sixth season with the Bears, has a career record of 97-4 and 55-1 record at Baylor with a current winning streak of 33 meets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Oregon (2-0) heads back to Waco after losing to Baylor 278.400 – 271.725 at the 2019 NCATA National Championship. The Bears have won 7 straight against Oregon with
their last loss dating back to Feb. 27th, 2017 in Eugene, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Between both teams, there are seven 2019 All-American Team members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The meet will be streamed on ESPN+. Fans can follow @BaylorAcroTumb on Twitter for live updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears will be back in Ferrell Center for a 6 p.m. CT meet on Tuesday, March 3rd vs. Gannon University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">#BaylorBears.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#154734">Rachel Caton</span></b><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</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">O: 254-710-3784 | C: 254-652-2061</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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