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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 11, 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 Starts Home Slate with Defeat of No. 11 UMHB</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:10.5pt;color:black;background:white">Bears keep win streak going, lengthen to 29<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<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">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">WACO, Texas –
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor acrobatics & tumbling defeated the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, 279.870 to 272.465, at the Ferrell Center.<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"><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">The Bears (2-0) defeated the Crusaders (0-1) by 7.405 points for the win. BU continued their win streak, lengthening it to 29 meets dating
back to 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Starting off the meet, Baylor had a Compulsory score of </span><span style="color:#212121">38.70, an improvement from the first week of competition</span><span style="color:black">. A score of </span><span style="color:#212121">9.65</span><span style="color:black"> was
garnered in Acro, </span><span style="color:#212121">9.90</span><span style="color:black"> in Pyramid, </span><span style="color:#212121">9.70 </span><span style="color:black">in Toss and an </span><span style="color:#212121">9.45</span><span style="color:black"> in
Tumbling. The Bears bested previous meet highs in two heats and tied one. Going into the second event, BU was up 38.27 to UMHB’s </span><span style="color:#212121">37.25</span><span style="color:black"> score.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Moving into the optional portion of the meet, Baylor upped all three heat scores from the previous week. BU had a score of </span><span style="color:#212121">9.95 </span><span style="color:black">in Heat 1, </span><span style="color:#212121">9.60</span><span style="color:black"> in
Heat 2 and </span><span style="color:#212121">9.55 </span><span style="color:black">in Heat 3 of Acro to total </span><span style="color:#212121">29.10 </span><span style="color:black">for the event. In heat three, Jordan Gruendler and Bayley Humphrey compete
the “boomerang”, where Gruendler does a back tuck out of Humphrey’s hands and back into them. She then competes an arch into the one-arm arch. The Cru had scores of </span><span style="color:#212121">9.55, 9.35 and 9.45</span><span style="color:black">, respectively,
for a total of </span><span style="color:#212121">28.35</span><span style="color:black">. Going into the Pyramid event, BU was up </span><span style="color:#212121">67.80 </span><span style="color:black">to UMHB’s </span><span style="color:#212121">65.60</span><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Pyramid event, the Bears earned a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.85 </span><span style="color:black">in Heat 1, the inversion heat. In heat two, BU earned a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.85</span><span style="color:black">,
the synchronized heat. In heat three, the open heat, the Bears scored </span><span style="color:#212121">9.90</span><span style="color:black">. With the event scoring a </span><span style="color:#212121">29.60</span><span style="color:black">, the running
total was updated to </span><span style="color:#212121">97.40</span><span style="color:black"> for Baylor. UMHB totaled </span><span style="color:#212121">29.05</span><span style="color:black"> for the event and had a score of </span><span style="color:#212121">94.65</span><span style="color:black"> going
into halftime, the Bears up 2.75-points on the Crusaders.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Toss Event, Baylor had scores of </span><span style="color:#212121">9.55</span><span style="color:black">, </span><span style="color:#212121">9.45</span><span style="color:black"> and </span><span style="color:#212121">9.45</span><span style="color:black">,
respectively, to total </span><span style="color:#212121">28.45</span><span style="color:black"> for the event. The Cru scored a 9.30, 8.75 and 8.95 respectively, to total </span><span style="color:#212121">27.00</span><span style="color:black">. Going into
the fifth event, Tumbling, the Bears were up 125.850 to UMHB’s </span><span style="color:#212121">121.650</span><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Tumbling Event, Heat 1 (Duo) with freshman </span><span style="color:#212121">Emily Bott</span><span style="color:black"> and senior </span><span style="color:#212121">Kristen McCain
</span><span style="color:black">scored a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.50</span><span style="color:black">. In the Trio Heat (Heat 2), </span><span style="color:#212121">Rakel Jeffries, Aliyah Kaloostian and Ally Joswick scored a 9.00</span><span style="color:black">.
The Quad Pass (Heat 3) had </span><span style="color:#212121">Aliya Thomas, Dailyn Hopkins, Nova Schmit and Emi Nelson</span><span style="color:black"> score a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.05</span><span style="color:black">. The Aerial pass from</span><span style="color:#212121">
Bott</span><span style="color:black"> earned a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.90</span><span style="color:black">, </span><span style="color:#212121">Jeffries</span><span style="color:black"> in the 6 Element pass (Heat 5) had a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.75</span><span style="color:black">,
and</span><span style="color:#212121"> McCain</span><span style="color:black"> in the Open pass (Heat 6) earned a </span><span style="color:#212121">9.90</span><span style="color:black">. The Bears’ total came to </span><span style="color:#212121">57.10</span><span style="color:black"> for
the event, while the Crusaders scored a </span><span style="color:#212121">53.325</span><span style="color:black">. Going into the </span><span style="color:#212121">night's</span><span style="color:black"> final event, BU was up </span><span style="color:#212121">182.950</span><span style="color:black"> to
174.975 from UMHB. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Team event, Baylor earned a score of </span><span style="color:#212121">96.92</span><span style="color:black"> while UMHB earned a</span><span style="color:#212121"> 97.49</span><span style="color:black">,
bringing the meet score to a total of </span><span style="color:#212121">279.970</span><span style="color:black"> to </span><span style="color:#212121">272.465</span><span style="color:black">, BU taking the win.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="color:black">Baylor bested their season-high scores from the previous meet in 14 heats</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">It was the second team this season where BU faced a former Baylor student-athlete as head coach – UMHB is coached by Raffaela Scotto<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">No heat scored below a 9.0 for the Bears<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears continue the homestand with a meet on Feb. 25 against foe Oregon, with start time set for 3 p.m. at the Ferrell Center. It
will be BU’s “Go Gold” meet and the Cub Club event for the month of February.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 and Instagram: @BaylorAcroTumb.<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="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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