SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State acrobatics and tumbling closed out a three-meet homestand with a 278.580 – 205.055 loss to No. 1 Baylor.
MoState broke the 200-point mark for the first time in its inaugural season. The Bears debuted their team routine for the sixth event which put them over 200.
Going into the final event of the day, Missouri State had already surpassed the season-high point total with 146.725.
The pyramid event remains MoState's strongest with only 1.65 points of deductions for the Bears. In heat one, Missouri State debuted a new pyramid with a 10.00 start value. It marks the first time MoState competed a 10.00 start value pyramid. The Bears scored a 9.60 to earn their highest ever single heat score.
In the toss event, the Bears saw 1.80 points of deductions for an event score of 25.25 out of 27.05. In the first heat, the 450 salto, MoState scored an 8.70 out of 9.00 for its smallest single heat deduction of the day.
Baylor outscored Missouri State 55.250 – 43.875 in the tumbling event, but MoState saw less deductions than the reigning champions with only 3.23 points deducted to Baylor's 4.75. Baylor will be chasing its 10
th straight National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling championship in April.
The Bears will be heading out on the road for a three-meet stint to close out their inaugural season. They will head to East Texas Baptist on March 31 at 6:00 p.m.
#GoBears
Results
Event 1 – 27.00
Heat 1 – 7.35
Heat 2 – 8.70
Heat 3 – 8.95
Heat 4 – 2.00
Event 2 – 23.25
Heat 1 – 7.35
Heat 2 – 7.90
Heat 3 – 8.00
Event 3 – 27.35
Heat 1 – 9.60
Heat 2 – 8.85
Heat 3 – 8.90
Event 4 – 25.25
Heat 1 – 8.70
Heat 2 – 8.20
Heat 3 – 8.90
Event 5 – 43.875
Heat 1 – 6.50
Heat 2 – 6.00
Heat 3 – 7.05
Heat 4 – 8.55
Heat 5 – 8.00
Heat 6 – 7.775
Event 6 – 58.33
Heat 1 – 58.33
Total – 205.055
