CLINTON, S.C. – In its second-ever meet, Saint Leo acrobatics and tumbling traveled to the Templeton Center on the campus of Presbyterian College and took third in a tri-meet with the Blue Hose and the five-time reigning national champion no. 1 Baylor Bears.

GAME INFORMATION
Score:  No. 1 Baylor 275.940 | Presbyterian 253.825 | Saint Leo 151.750
Records: BU 6-0, PC 1-3, SLU 0-3
Location: Templeton Center
 
INSIDE THE RESULTS

• Saint Leo posted a 33.25 in the compulsory event to open the tri-meet before a 27.00 in the acro event.
• The Lions followed the first two events up with a 28.00 in the pyramid and a 24.35 in the toss for a 112.60 total after four events.
• The Green and Gold posted a 39.150 in the tumbling event for a 151.750, total heading into the team event trailing second place by 12.725.
• Baylor scored a 92.09 in the team event while Presbyterian scored a 89.35.

UP NEXT
Saint Leo will remain in South Carolina and take on Converse College Thursday, March 12 in Spartanburg with a 7 p.m. start.
 
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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.