CLINTON, S.C. – Missouri State acrobatics and tumbling wrapped up its first meet in program history with a final score of 130.325 in a tri-meet against Presbyterian and Bluefield State inside the Templeton Center.
 
Presbyterian finished the meet with a total score of 239.775 and Bluefield State with a total of 152.350.
 
MoState excelled in the third event and fourth events of the meet. The third event, which focused on pyramids, featured three heats. The total start value of the third event was 28.40. The Bears tallied up 26.2 for the smallest number of points deducted of the three teams competing. In heat three, the open pyramid, the Bears began with a start value of 9.50 and scored 9.00.
 
In the toss event, the Bears were only deducted 2.55 points for their three heats.
 
Event five featured tumbling. In the latter three heats, three Bears had minimal deductions. Freshman EllaRose Gosier scored a near perfect 8.375 in her aerial pass that had a start value of 8.75. Junior Rebekah McNeely followed that up with a 7.7 in the 6-element pass that had a start value of 8.35. Sophomore Harrison Fiene was the final Bear on the mat in the open pass in which she scored 7.15 out of 8.00.
 
The Bears did not compete in the team event to end the day.
 
MoState will begin a three meet home stand on Saturday with a visit from No. 11 Augustana at 3:00 p.m. Meets will be held in Hammons Student Center and admission is free.
   
Results
Event 1 – 23.80
               Heat 1 – 2.15
               Heat 2 – 9.10
               Heat 3 – 9.40
               Heat 4 – 3.15
Event 2 – 18.45
               Heat 1 – 8.50
               Heat 2 – 2.25
               Heat 3 – 7.70
Event 3 – 26.20
               Heat 1 – 9.00
               Heat 2 – 8.20
               Heat 3 – 9.00
Event 4 – 24.30
               Heat 1 – 7.70
               Heat 2 – 8.05
               Heat 3 – 8.55
Event 5 – 37.575
               Heat 1 – 3.60
               Heat 2 – 5.2
               Heat 3 – 5.55
               Heat 4 – 8.375
               Heat 5 – 7.70
               Heat 6 – 7.15
Event 6 – 0.00
               Heat 1 – 0.00
Total – 130.325