BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University acrobatics & tumbling team opened the season in impressive fashion on Sunday afternoon as the 10th-ranked Tornado defeated ninth-ranked Alderson Broaddus University. King gain separation in the tumbling event as they went on to the 255.740-251.435 victory.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #10 King 255.740, #9 Alderson Broaddus 251.435
LOCATION: Student Center Complex; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 1-0; Alderson Broaddus 0-1
HOW IT HAPPENED
Compulsory Event – Heat 1 (Acro)
Team Members: Ashley Berlin, Abigail Keith, Mattie Brown, Moira Lyons, Katie Wester, Olivia Kincaid, Lindsay Bowles, Claire Guittard, Elizabeth White
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.75
Compulsory Event - Heat 2 (Pyramid)
Team Members: Berlin, Caroline Versluis, Cassie Tackett, Aarynlee Fritz, Madeline Sullivan, Madelynn Alyea, Kincaid
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.45
Compulsory Event – Heat 3 (Toss)
Team Members: Berlin, Maya Hines, Brown, Bowles, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, White
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.85
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Tumbling)
Team Members: Brown, Versluis, Hines, White, Guittard, Jenah Cooper, Alyea, Berlin
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 7.60
Acro Event - Heat 1 (5-Element)
Team Members: Kincaid, Brown, Lyons
Points Possible: 9.60
Score: 9.25
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.00
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, White, Alyea
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.80
Pyramid Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Berlin, Kincaid, Lyons, Fritz, Cooper, Bowles, Guittard, Versluis
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.45
Pyramid Event - Heat 2
Team Members: Alyea, Berlin, Bowles, White, Lyons, Tackett, Keith, Wester, Brown, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 8.85
Pyramid Event – Heat 3
Team Members: Lyons, Keith, Berlin, White
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.65
Toss Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Wester, Hines, Keith, Kincaid, Bowles
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.80
Toss Event – Heat 2
Team Members: Berlin, Hines, Brown, Bowles, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, White
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.60
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Brown, Lyons, Versluis, Guittard, Berlin, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 9.05
Tumbling Event – Duo Pass
Team Members: Berlin, Versluis
Points Possible: 9.45
Score: 9.150
Tumbling Event – Trio Pass
Team Members: Keith, Bowles, Cooper
Points Possible: 8.50
Score: 8.000
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: White, Brown, Guittard, Lyons
Points Possible: 8.75
Score: 8.100
Tumbling Event – Aerial Pass
Team Members: Berlin
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.600
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass
Team Members: Guittard
Points Possible: 8.90
Score: 8.450
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: White
Points Possible: 9.50
Score: 9.050
Team Event
Team Members: Entire team
Points Possible: 101.65
Score: 86.29
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Tornado pulled away from the Battlers in the tumbling event, outscoring Alderson Broaddus 52.350-49.225.
- Berlin and Versluis set a program-high in the tumbling duo pass with a score of 9.150. That also marked the first time in program history the Tornado posted a score over 9.000.
- In the tumbling quad pass, King matched a program-high when White, Brown, Guittard and Lyons posted a score of 8.100.
- The win for King marks the first for the Tornado over Alderson Broaddus in school history.
UP NEXT
- King is in action again on February 22 when they travel to Belmont Abbey College for a tri-meet.
- The Tornado will face Belmont Abbey and East Texas Baptist University at 7:00 p.m.
- Alderson Broaddus travels to Gannon University on Saturday.
