BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University acrobatics and tumbling team turned in one of their best performances of the season when they squared off with fourth-ranked Azusa Pacific University. However, the Cougars outscored the 10th-ranked Tornado, taking the meet 278.265-263.515.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #4 Azusa Pacific 278.265, #10 King 263.515
LOCATION: Student Center Complex; Bristol, Tenn.
RECORDS: King 3-2; Azusa Pacific 3-0
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, Aarynlee Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.45
Compulsory Event - Heat 2 (Pyramid)
Team Members: Berlin, Caroline Versluis, Cassie Tackett, Fritz, Madeline Sullivan, Madelynn Alyea, Kincaid, Wester, Keith, Guittard, Brown, Maya Hines, Lyons, Brianna Grant
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.50
Compulsory Event – Heat 3 (Toss)
Team Members: Berlin, Hines, Brown, Bowles, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.75
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Tumbling)
Team Members: Brown, Versluis, Hines, Alyea, Guittard, Jenah Cooper, Sullivan, Berlin
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.55
Acro Event - Heat 1 (5-Element)
Team Members: Kincaid, Brown, Lyons
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.10
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, Guittard, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.60
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, Hines, Wester, Alyea
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.80
Pyramid Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Versluis, Kincaid, Lyons, Hines, Keith, Guittard, Brown, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.35
Pyramid Event - Heat 2
Team Members: Alyea, Berlin, Bowles, Hines, Lyons, Tackett, Keith, Wester, Brown, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 9.30
Pyramid Event – Heat 3
Team Members: Lyons, Keith, Brown, Hines, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.15
Toss Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Wester, Hines, Keith, Kincaid, Bowles, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.70
Toss Event – Heat 2
Team Members: Berlin, Hines, Brown, Bowles, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.60
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Brown, Lyons, Versluis, Guittard, Berlin, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 9.45
Tumbling Event – Duo Pass
Team Members: Berlin, Versluis
Points Possible: 9.450
Score: 8.850
Tumbling Event – Trio Pass
Team Members: Brown, Lyons, Guittard
Points Possible: 8.750
Score: 8.300
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: Keith, Bowles, Cooper, Tackett
Points Possible: 8.500
Score: 7.600
Tumbling Event – Aerial Pass
Team Members: Berlin
Points Possible: 10.000
Score: 9.900
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass
Team Members: Guittard
Points Possible: 8.900
Score: 8.525
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: Versluis
Points Possible: 9.450
Score: 9.250
Team Event
Team Members: Entire team
Points Possible: 101.14
Score: 91.79
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- King posted a total score better than 260.0 for the first time since 2017 with their total of 263.515.
- The Tornado matched a program best, scoring 9.80 in acro heat 3.
- Berlin topped her school record in the tumbling aerial pass with a score of 9.900. Her previous best was 9.825 against Belmont Abbey College and East Texas Baptist University.
- Brown, Lyons and Guittard set a season-best with a tumbling trio pass of 8.300.
- King posted a tumbling score of 52.425, their best of the season.
UP NEXT
- King stays at home to take on third-ranked Quinnipiac University on March 14 at 7:00 p.m.
- Azusa Pacific hosts second-ranked University of Oregon on Tuesday.
