SAINT LEO, Fla. – Saint Leo acrobatics and tumbling will have to wait a little bit longer to host its first-ever home meet as the meet on March 15 against King University has been cancelled due to travel concerns from COVID-19.
 
The announcement comes a week after the first case was made public in the Tampa Bay area, along with the widespread cases in the United States. The Tornado have announced they will not be traveling, and the meet has been cancelled with no makeup date announced at this time.
 
Saint Leo A&T will take on Converse College Thursday, March 12 at 7p.m. in Spartanburg, S.C. The Lions on the year are 0-3 with losses to no. 10 Limestone to open the year, and most recently at Presbyterian and to no. 1 Baylor on Monday.
 
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  About Acrobatics & Tumbling
Acrobatics & Tumbling, a discipline of USA Gymnastics, is the evolution of different forms of gymnastics and involves tumbling, tosses, and acrobatic lifts and pyramids. Teams participate in head-to-head competition and are scored in six events, including Compulsory, Acro, Pyramid, Toss, Tumbling, and Team.
 
About the NCATA
The goal of the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA), is to create opportunities for young women across the country to compete and to have the transformative student-athlete experience that is shown to compel women to greater things in their post-collegiate life. Simultaneously, the sport of Acrobatics and Tumbling has created opportunities for women to coach. In fact, 94% of current coaches are women, with 74% of them being former student-athletes at member institutions who have translated their passion as competitors into leading teams.