Jan. 16, 2015
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Missouri State University Cheer Squad and Sugar Bears dance team are both competing for national honors in their respective categories at the 2015 College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship here, January 16-18. The national event is held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort.
On Saturday, the Sugar Bears will compete in the Division 1 Hip Hop semifinals with a scheduled 10:09 a.m. (Central) performance. The top six teams from the 12 semifinal performances will advance to Sunday's Hip Hop national finals, starting at 9:30 a.m.
Providing key competition for the Sugar Bears in the Hip Hop category will be defending national champion Saint Joseph's, along with top-ranked squads from Hofstra, Delaware, St. John's, Northern Arizona and Southeastern Louisiana.
The Sugar Bears will also compete in the Jazz division which begins with a semifinal performance at 2:36 p.m. (Central) on Saturday with 12 finalists from the 21-team field competing in Sunday's finals, starting at 8 a.m.
Defending champion Cal State Fullerton leads the list of favorites in the Jazz category, along with Long Beach State, Wichita State, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Loyola and UNI.
Saturday evening, the MSU Cheerleaders will compete in the Division I national finals with five other top-ranked teams. Missouri State is scheduled for a 8:59 p.m. performance and will be competing with fellow finalists Chattanooga, Wichita State, Northwestern State, Morehead State, Belmont and Delaware for the national title.
Video footage of the competition can be seen on www.varsity.com again this years. The top teams from nationals will be featured in the nationally-televised event highlight show which will air on ESPN later this spring.
The prestigious competition, which showcases the country's best college cheerleaders, dance team performers and mascots, is marking its 31st year.
In 2014, the Sugar Bears tied for eighth in the Division 1 Jazz competition and tied for ninth in the D1 Hip Hop field. The MSU Cheerleaders finished fifth the last two seasons but have finished in the top three in the Division I Cheer competition four of the last six years.
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Sugar Bears UDA Performance History
Jazz
1999 - 3rd
2000 - 3rd
2001 - 6th
2002 - 6th
2003 - 7th
2004 - 4th
2005 - tie 6th
2006 - 6th
2007 - 9th
2008 - tie 8th
2009 - 4th
2010 - 11th
2011 - 3rd
2012 - 5th
2013 - 9th
2014 - tie 8th
Hip-Hop
2006 - Semifinals
2007 - Semifinals
2008 - Semifinals
2009 - tie 5th
2010 - 5th
2011 - 6th
2012 - 10th
2013 - 7th
2014 - Semifinals
Cheerleaders UCA Performance History
2005 - 6th
2006 - 5th
2007 - 5th
2008 - 4th
2009 - 3rd
2010 - 3rd
2011 - 3rd
2012 - 3rd
2013 - 5th
2014 - 5th
