STUNT Bears Hit Homestretch at UT Martin Tournament

Saturday, March 15

Martin, Tenn. / Skyhawk Fieldhouse

12:30 p.m.

Missouri State University

Centenary College

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STUNT Bears Hit Homestretch at UT Martin Tournament

March 14, 2025 | STUNT

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UT Martin STUNT Tournament
Date & Times (CT)	Sat., March 15: vs. Centenary College (12:30 p.m.), vs. Northern Kentucky (4:30 p.m.) Sun., March 16: at UT Martin (11:15 a.m.), vs. Central Arkansas (1:45 p.m.)
Location	Martin, Tennessee
Site	Skyhawk Fieldhouse \| University of Tennessee at Martin
Admission	$15 for chairback seating, $10 general admission and $5 for ages 5 and under (Purchase)
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SPRINGFIELD - Missouri State STUNT (5-11, 1-1 Mid America West) embarks on its penultimate regular season tournament this weekend as it competes in four games as part of a tournament hosted by UT Martin on Saturday and Sunday at Skyhawk Fieldhouse. Doors will open one hour before the first game of each day. Admission per day is $15 for chairback seating, $10 for general admission and $5 for ages 5 and under. The tournament will be streamed on the UTM STUNT YouTube channel.

The Bears will open the week on Friday with its first-ever match against a Division III opponent in Centenary College (3-11) at 12:30 p.m., followed by a bout against fellow DI team Northern Kentucky (0-11, 0-4 MAWC) at 4:30 p.m. Missouri State will start the second and final day of the tournament against host UT Martin (1-3, 1-2 MAWC) at 11:15 a.m. and finish up with a rematch from last week against Central Arkansas (1-7, 0-3 MAWC) at 1:45 p.m.

The full tournament schedule can be found here.

Bears Tournament Schedule (CT)
Saturday, March 15
12:30 p.m. vs. Centenary College (8 Rounds)
4:30 p.m. vs. Northern Kentucky

Sunday, March 16
11:15 a.m. vs. UT Martin
1:45 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas

On the Mat

Missouri State went 2-2 last weekend at the Central Arkansas Tournament in Conway. After dropping the first two last Friday against Kentucky and Maryville, the Bears earned their first win over a DI opponent with an 8-7 victory over host Central Arkansas and followed that up with an 11-0 sweep over Southwest Baptist. Saturday marked the first multi-win day for the Bears in the program's short history. The game against SBU was also the first eight-round match the Bears have played in.

Missouri State is one of three new Division I members to sponsor STUNT in 2025 along with Northern Kentucky and Mercyhurst, the latter of which made the jump from DII this year.

MoState is ranked No. 5 at the DI level by collegestunt.org in the most recent season rankings released on March 12. It maintained its spot ahead of No. 6 Central Arkansas and No. 7 Northern Kentucky.

The inaugural Bears STUNT team boasts a roster of 22 student-athletes with 14 coming from Missouri. The roster also includes players from Arkansas (1), Kansas (2), Illinois (2), Oklahoma (2) and Wisconsin (1).

Head Coach Kennedy Wingbermuehle

Missouri State STUNT head coach Kennedy Wingbermuehle was named the team's inaugural head coach on Feb. 27, 2024.

She was the head coach at Central Methodist for the 2023 and 2024 seasons, where the Eagles entered the 2025 season as the No. 3-ranked NAIA team.

Wingbermuehle was the captain of the Oklahoma State cheer team and part of the 2021 NCA National Championship Team in the large coed division. She was also a member of Oklahoma State's STUNT team, earning Division I STUNT Athlete of the Year honors for a program that won seven straight national titles.

Scouting the Competition

Missouri State begins its tournament against DIII No. 8-ranked Centenary College. Centenary, the first college in Louisiana to sponsor STUNT, is 3-11 in its inaugural season. All three of its wins have come against Southwest Baptist.

The Bears will play DI conference opponents in their final three games of the tournament. MoState will end the first day up against DI No. 7 Northern Kentucky. The Norse are 0-11 in their inaugural season. NKU's closest battle came against Purdue on Feb. 22, where it battled the Boilermakers to a 12-10 result in Nashville.

Tournament-host UT Martin is 1-3 so far in its second season as a program and is ranked No. 3 in DI. The Skyhawks opened their season at the Bluegrass Classic at Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. UT Martin won its final game at the event back on Feb. 2 with a 13-10 win against conference foe Mercyhurst.

Missouri State will close the tournament with a rematch from last week against DI No. 6 Central Arkansas. The Bears from Conway are 1-7 in their second year as a program after making the NCAA Tournament last year. UCA's lone win against SBU at home last week snapped a seven-game skid to start the season.

Mid-America West Conference

Missouri State STUNT competes in the Mid-America West Conference, a Division I STUNT conference that consists of Central Arkansas, Kentucky, Mercyhurst, Missouri State, Northern Kentucky, Trevecca Nazarene and UT Martin.

All seven MAWC teams will be seeded for the double-elimination Mid-America West Tournament starting on April 4-5 at the Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky.

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