Weekend recap: Acrobatics and Tumbling defeat Golden Knights

By Thomas Mott | Reporter

The 3-1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team defeated the visiting 3-1 Gannon Golden Knights 287.825-271.320 Sunday afternoon in the Ferrell Center.

The Bears entered the day winners of 2 straight following their loss on Feb. 25 to Oregon. Senior Kiara Nowlin said that the team put in a good week of practice before this meet.

“We worked really hard… we know that in the end the little things are gonna help us win the meet,” said Nowlin.

Right out of the gate the Bears looked sharp taking the opening Compulsory Round 39.29-38.00. Gannon received multiple scores of over nine points in the compulsory round, however, Baylor’s first perfect 10 of the meet established an early…