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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – February 9, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Hosts No. 11 Mary Hardin-Baylor on Sunday</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Bears host Crusaders for home opener</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Courier"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168, </span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">
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<p style="margin:0in"><b>WACO, Texas – </b><span style="color:black">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling returns to the Ferrell Center on Sunday with a 3 p.m. start time against No. 11 Mary Hardin-Baylor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears (1-0) gear up to face the Crusaders (0-0) for the fifth time in program history. BU has won all five matchups against UMHB, winning their last meet against the Cru, 279.460 to 257.725. UMHB is in their
fifth season as an A&T program. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The head coach for the Cru, Raffaela Scotto, is a Baylor A&T alumna who helped the Bears win an individual event championship and three NCATA national championships during her time at BU. This is her third season
as head coach for Mary Hardin-Baylor, taking over for now-Baylor assistant coach Courtney Oates, also a BU alumna.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Baylor is on a 28-meet win streak dating back to the 2021 season. BU also outscored TLU last week by 110.035 points and earned its highest score during Inverted Pyramid, earning a 9.95. The second highest score
of the meet was earned by freshman Payton Washington, posting a 9.925 in the six element tumbling pass in her first meet collegiate appearance. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sunday will serve as A&T’s mental health awareness meet, with giveaways on the concourse for fans.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The meet will be streamed on ESPN+ with John Morris on play-by-play and alumna Ashley Echelberger providing color commentary. Live results for the meet can be found
<a href="https://baylorbears.com/sports/2022/2/16/sports-acrotumb-live-scoring.aspx">
here</a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">A full recap and final scores will be posted to BaylorBears.com/acro.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor acrobatics & tumbling, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok and Instagram:
@BaylorAcroTumb.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.BaylorBears"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">- BaylorBears</span></i></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">.com</span></i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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