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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 4, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 Baylor A&T Faces LIU for Midweek Meet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Bears finish off NY road trip in Brookville<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BROOKVILLE, N.Y. –
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling continues its two-meet road trip in New York on Tuesday with a meet at Long Island in the Pratt Recreation Center, starting at 5 p.m. CT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears (4-0) face the Sharks (0-2), who are in their inaugural season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU gets back on the mat just two days after defeating No. 15 Iona in New Rochelle by 19.42 points. Against the Gaels, Baylor recorded
season highs in compulsory toss (9.90) and synchronized pyramid (9.95), the pyramid also serving as the meet’s high score. Freshman Payton Washington continued to shine in her solo tumbling pass, the six-element, scoring a 9.925 for the second time this season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The duo of base Bayley Humphrey and top Jordan Gruendler continue to amaze as they competed another new skill against Iona in seven-element
acro, with Gruendler popping off from a hand-to-hand connection with Humphrey into a hand-to-foot connection, called a “corbit” in acrobatic gymnastics. The duo also successfully competed the “pencil” in the inversion heat of pyramid, where Gruendler starts
in a handstand, removes a hand, and then effectively slenderizes into the “pencil” before dismounting.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears are currently on a 31-meet winning streak, dating back to March 27, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LIU is coached by Shelby Armstrong, a former student-athlete of Baylor head coach Felecia Mulkey when she was at Oregon. The Sharks opened
their inaugural season against fellow new team Iona on Feb. 14 before facing Quinnipiac on the road. The meet with Baylor will be LIU’s home-opening meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Mulkey says that competing in two meets mere days apart helps her team prepare for the Championships later in the season, where the Bears
will have three full meets back-to-back en route to the title.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The meet will be streamed on
<a href="https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/c85ccf3f-19f4-4c65-96fd-e240638b811b">
ESPN+</a> and live results will be posted from the team’s account on X, formerly Twitter. A full recap and final scores will be posted to BaylorBears.com/acro 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:"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="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">- BaylorBears.com -<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">__________________________________</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate
Director of Athletics Communications <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">VB, A&T, BaylorBears.com</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">C: 254-252-7168<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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