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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 25, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Outdoes No. 2 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight:white">Bears defeat Ducks in Go Gold meet<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black;background:white;mso-highlight: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">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>WACO<span style="color:black">, Texas – </span></b><span style="color:black">No. 1</span><span style="color:black"> Baylor acrobatics & tumbling defeated No. 2
</span>Oregon<span style="color:black"> on Sunday, </span>278.935<span style="color:black"> to
</span>271.835<span style="color:black">, at </span>the Ferrell Center<span style="color:black"> in a battle of the best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears (</span>3<span style="color:black">-0) defeated the</span> Ducks (1-1)<span style="color:black"> by
</span>7.1 <span style="color:black">points for the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">BU has now defeated UO in nine of the last 10 meets and improves the overall series record to 23-13. Baylor is 13-5 on their home mat at the Ferrell Center against the Ducks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears increase their winning streak to 30 meets, dating back to March 27, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">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>38.40<span style="color:black">. A score of </span>9.75<span style="color:black"> was garnered in Acro,
</span>9.95<span style="color:black"> in Pyramid, </span>9.80 <span style="color:black">
in Toss and an </span>8.70<span style="color:black"> in Tumbling. Going into the second event, BU was up 38.</span>4<span style="color:black">0 to Texas
</span>Oregon<span style="color:black">’s </span>37.850 <span style="color:black">
score.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Moving into the optional portion of the meet, Baylor had a score of
</span>9.850 <span style="color:black">in Heat 1, </span>9.650<span style="color:black"> in Heat 2 and
</span>9.950 <span style="color:black">in Heat 3 of Acro to total </span>29.450 <span style="color:black">
for the event. The </span>Ducks<span style="color:black"> had scores of </span>9.550, 9.550, and 9.600
<span style="color:black">respectively, for a total of </span>28.70<span style="color:black">. Going into the Pyramid event, BU was up
</span>67.850 <span style="color:black">to </span>OU<span style="color:black">’s </span>
66.550<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Pyramid event, the Bears earned a
</span>8.050 <span style="color:black">in Heat 1, the inversion heat. In heat two, BU earned a
</span>9.90<span style="color:black">, the synchronized heat. In heat three, the open heat, the Bears scored
</span>9.80<span style="color:black">. With the event scoring a </span>27.750<span style="color:black">, the running total was updated to
</span>95.600<span style="color:black"> for Baylor. </span>OU<span style="color:black"> totaled
</span>29.450<span style="color:black"> for the event and had a score of </span>96.00<span style="color:black"> going into halftime, the Bears</span> down 0.4 points<span style="color:black"> on the</span> Ducks<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Toss Event, Baylor had scores of
</span>9.750<span style="color:black">, </span>9.650<span style="color:black"> and
</span>9.450<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total </span>28.850<span style="color:black"> for the event. The
</span>Ducks<span style="color:black"> scored a</span> 9.250<span style="color:black">,
</span>9.550<span style="color:black"> and </span>9.750<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total
</span>28.550<span style="color:black">. Going into the fifth event, Tumbling, the Bears were
</span>down<span style="color:black"> </span>124.450<span style="color:black"> to
</span>OU’<span style="color:black">s </span>124.550<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Tumbling Event, Heat 1 (Duo) with
</span>Emily Bott<span style="color:black"> (</span>FR<span style="color:black">) and
</span>Kristen McCain<span style="color:black"> (</span>SR<span style="color:black">) scored a
</span>9.700<span style="color:black">. In the Trio Heat (Heat 2), </span>Payton Washington, Rakel Jeffries and Aliyah Kaloostian
<span style="color:black">scored a</span> 9.450<span style="color:black">. The Quad Pass (Heat 3) had
</span>Aliyah Thomas, Charlyze Hemby, Dailyn Hopkins, and Emi Nelson<span style="color:black"> scored a
</span>9.00<span style="color:black">. The Aerial pass from </span>Emily Bott<span style="color:black"> earned a
</span>9.80<span style="color:black">, </span>Payton Washington<span style="color:black"> in the 6 Element pass (Heat 5) had a
</span>9.825<span style="color:black">, and </span>Kristen McCain<span style="color:black"> in the Open pass (Heat 6) earned a
</span>9.750<span style="color:black">. The Bears’ total came to </span>57.825<span style="color:black"> for the event, while the
</span>Duck<span style="color:black">s scored a </span>57.125<span style="color:black">. Going into the
</span>night's<span style="color:black"> final event, BU was up </span>182.275<span style="color:black"> to
</span>181.675<span style="color:black"> from </span>Oregon<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In the Team event, Baylor earned a score of
</span>96.660<span style="color:black"> while </span>OU<span style="color:black"> earned a</span> 90.160<span style="color:black">, bringing the meet score to a total of
</span>278.935<span style="color:black"> to </span>271.835<span style="color:black">, BU taking the win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
Baylor extends its win streak to <span style="color:windowtext">30</span> meets in a row, dating back to 2021<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
BU outscored <span style="color:windowtext">OU</span> by <span style="color:windowtext">
7.1</span>-points overall for the eighth-straight win against the Ducks<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">The Compulsory Pyramid, 7-element Acro and 6-element Tumbling heats all earned Baylor’s highest score of the day with a 9.95.
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:black">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Bears will head on the road to compete
</span>at Iona on March 3 and at LIU on March 5<span style="color:black">. Start times
</span>are <span style="color:black">set for 3 p.m</span>. and 5 p.m. respectively. Both programs are in their first year.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.baylorbears"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">- BaylorBears</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.com -</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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