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<p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="_Hlk490052374"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">March
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Heads to No. 4 Quinnipiac<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bears head north to Connecticut to face the Bobcats</span></i><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Madelon Allen, 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Madelon_Allen@Baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b> </b><br>
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HAMDEN, Conn. –</span></b><span style="background:white"> No. 1 Baylor acrobatics & tumbling heads northeast to Connecticut to face No. 4 Quinnipiac on Saturday, with start time set for 12:30 p.m. CT in the People’s United Center.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The Bears (4-0) lead the all-time series with No. 4-ranked Quinnipiac (4-1) at 10-1, with a 2-1 record at the Bobcats’ home. The last time BU faced
Quinnipiac was in the 2019 NCATA Championship at home in the Ferrell Center with a 278.075-269.485 win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The meet in Connecticut will be the second of a three-meet road stretch for Baylor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Baylor is coming off a 23.35 point win over Saint Leo, overtaking the Lions at 285.240-261.890 in Florida. The Bears had a perfect 10.0 score in
pyramid for the synchronized heat, the third time this season they’ve earned a perfect score, all in pyramid and twice for synchronized.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Quinnipiac welcomes the Bears after they routed Glenville State on March 13, 272.030, to 218.965. The Bobcats’ only loss of the season came against
Gannon earlier in the season in a trio meet with East Stroudsburg. Gannon took the win 266.955-262.235. That trio meet was the first and last time Quinnipiac was at home this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Junior top and tumbler Emily Tobin has earned three Athlete of the Week honors from the NCATA, and earned Honorable Mention for the award most recently,
while graduate student Briana Harris earned Honorable Mention Specialist of the Week as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The meet with the Bobcats will be streamed on ESPN+ while live updates on scoring can be found via the Bears’ Twitter account. A full recap and final scoresheet will be posted to BaylorBears.com 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;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.
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<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 (VB, MTEN, A&T)</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>
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