Central Arkansas STUNT Tournament
Date & Times (CT)	Fri., March 7: vs. Kentucky (3:00 p.m.), vs. Maryville University (6:30 p.m.)  Sat., March 8: vs. Central Arkansas (10:15 a.m.), vs. Southwest Baptist (2:30 p.m.)
Location	Conway, Arkansas
Site	HPER Center | University of Central Arkansas
Admission	Free - UCA Clear Bag Policy
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SPRINGFIELD - Missouri State STUNT (3-9) begins the second half of its regular season looking to build off momentum from last week's Midwest Showdown with its fourth tournament of the year hosted by Central Arkansas at HPER Center. The Bears will have four games evenly split across two days, including a Mid America West Conference matchup to open each day. The Bears' conference opener will be against Kentucky (11-0, 4-0 MAWC) on Friday at 3:00 p.m., followed by Maryville University (6-1) at 6:30 p.m.

Missouri State will play conference foe and tournament host Central Arkansas (0-4, 0-1 MAWC) on Saturday at 10:15 a.m., followed by Southwest Baptist (0-8) at 2:30 p.m. The full tournament schedule can be found here. 

Bears Tournament Schedule (CT)
Friday, March 7
3:00 p.m. vs. Kentucky
6:30 p.m. vs. Central Arkansas

Saturday, March 8
10:15 a.m. vs. Central Arkansas
2:30 p.m. vs. Southwest Baptist

On the Mat

• The Bears went 2-2 at the Midwest Showdown last weekend at Historic Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky. It was the first multi-win tournament for Missouri State in the program's short history. 

• MoState opened the tournament with a 17-11 victory over NAIA No. 3-ranked Missouri Valley College. The Bears also avenged a loss to Purdue Northwest on Friday with a win over the Pride on Saturday.

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

• MoState is ranked No. 5 at the DI level by collegestunt.org in its first season rankings released on Feb. 26. It slots ahead of Northern Kentucky, which also entered DI in STUNT this season.

• 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 opens the tournament with No. 2-ranked DI Kentucky, which is 11-0 and is the National Championship runner-up. The Wildcats have shut out their opponent in six of their 11 games.

• The Bears end the first day of the tournament against Maryville University. The Saints are 6-1 this season with their lone loss coming to DII No. 3 Jessup, 19-8, on Feb. 16. Maryville enters the tournament as the No. 4-ranked DII team.

• MoState's second day of the tournament starts in the morning with another conference battle against the Central Arkansas Bears. UCA is 0-4 in 2025 with losses to Central Methodist, Missouri Baptist, Trevecca and Maryville. 

• The final game of the tournament pits the Bears up against Southwest Baptist. The No. 24-ranked team in DI is looking for its first win of 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.