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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – March 23, 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">No. 1 Baylor A&T Scores High at Augustana<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;mso-highlight:white">Bears down Augie on the road for seventh win of season<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information contact:
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Madelon Allen; 254-252-7168,
</span><a href="mailto:madelon_allen@baylor.edu"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">madelon_allen@baylor.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SIOUX FALLS, S.D.<span style="color:black"> –
</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">No. 1 Baylor acrobatics & tumbling defeated Augustana on Saturday at the Elmen Center,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">281.600 to 269.355<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears (</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">7<span style="color:black">-0) beat the</span> Vikings (4-2)<span style="color:black"> by
</span>12.245 <span style="color:black">points for the win. The last time BU had a team event score 100 points or more was in 2023, while the last time Baylor had a final score of 280 or more was in 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears increase their winning streak to 34 meets, dating back to March 27, 2021.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">THE RUNDOWN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Starting off the meet, Baylor had a Compulsory score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">37.20<span style="color:black">. A score of
</span>9.45<span style="color:black"> was garnered in Acro, </span>9.85<span style="color:black"> in Pyramid,
</span>9.90 <span style="color:black">in Toss and an </span>8.00 <span style="color:black">
in Tumbling. Going into the second event, BU was up </span>37.20<span style="color:black"> to Augustana’s
</span>36.10 <span style="color:black">score. Freshman Gabby Kaminski earned a spot in the Tumbling lineup and got the start against Augie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Moving into the optional portion of the meet, Baylor had a score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.85 <span style="color:black">
in Heat 1 (5-Element), </span>9.55<span style="color:black"> in Heat 2 (6-Element) and
</span>9.75 <span style="color:black">in Heat 3 (7-Element) of Acro to total </span>
29.15 <span style="color:black">for the event. The </span>Vikings<span style="color:black"> had scores of
</span>9.30, 8.60 and 9.30 <span style="color:black">respectively, for a total of 27.20. Going into the Pyramid event, BU was up
</span>66.35 <span style="color:black">to </span>Augustana’s 63.30<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Pyramid event, the Bears earned a
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.95 <span style="color:black">
in Heat 1, the inversion heat. In heat two, BU earned a</span> 9.40<span style="color:black">, the synchronized heat. In heat three, the open heat, the Bears scored
</span>9.70<span style="color:black">. With the event scoring a </span>29.05<span style="color:black">, the running total was updated to
</span>95.40 <span style="color:black">for Baylor. </span>Augie<span style="color:black"> totaled
</span>28.45 <span style="color:black">for the event and had a score of </span>91.75<span style="color:black"> going into halftime, the Bears</span> up by 3.65 points.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Toss Event, Baylor had scores of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">9.85, 9.50 and 9.55<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total
</span>28.90<span style="color:black"> for the event. The </span>Vikings<span style="color:black"> scored a</span> 8.95, 8.95 and 9.60<span style="color:black">, respectively, to total
</span>27.50<span style="color:black">. Going into the fifth event, Tumbling, the Bears were
</span>up 124.300 to Augustana’s 119.25<span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Tumbling Event, Heat 1 (Duo) with
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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>9.60<span style="color:black">. In the Trio Heat (Heat 2), </span>Payton Washington, Rakel Jeffries and Aliyah Kaloostian
<span style="color:black">scored an</span> 8.45<span style="color:black">. The Quad Pass (Heat 3) had
</span>Aliyah Thomas, Charlyze Hemby, Mariah Polk, and Emi Nelson<span style="color:black"> score an
</span>8.25, a new pass for the Bears to compete<span style="color:black">. The Aerial pass from
</span>Bott<span style="color:black"> earned a 9.775, </span>Washington<span style="color:black"> in the 6 Element pass (Heat 5) had a
</span>9.975<span style="color:black">, and </span>Savanna Cecil<span style="color:black"> in the Open pass (Heat 6) earned a
</span>9.70<span style="color:black">. The Bears’ total came to </span>55.750<span style="color:black"> for the event, while the
</span>Vikings<span style="color:black"> scored a </span>52.075<span style="color:black">. Going into the
</span>night's<span style="color:black"> final event, BU was up </span>180.050<span style="color:black"> to
</span>171.825<span style="color:black"> from </span>Augustana<span style="color:black">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the Team event, Baylor earned a score of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">101.55<span style="color:black"> while
</span>the Vikings<span style="color:black"> earned a </span>97.53<span style="color:black">, bringing the meet score to a total 281.600</span> to 269.355<span style="color:black">, BU taking the
</span>win<span style="color:black">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Baylor extends its win streak to </span>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">34</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> meets in a row, dating back to 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">BU outscored </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Augustana by 12.245 points.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The Bears earned 16 scores of 9.0 or higher.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It was the first time the Bears had a 280 or higher final score since 4/10/22 against Oregon on the road.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The last time BU had a 100-plus point team event was in 2023 at Hawai’i Pacific on 4/9/23.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;layout-grid-mode:char"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Augustana was the seventh team so far this season that Felecia Mulkey faced a former student-athlete, and just the third with the head
coach being a former Bear.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NEXT UP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Bears continue to be road warriors, facing Oregon in Eugene on April 5 with a start time of 7 p.m. CT at Matthew Knight Arena.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;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>
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;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>
<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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