BELMONT, N.C. – The 10th-ranked King University acrobatics & tumbling team earned a pair of wins on Friday night at Belmont Abbey College. The Tornado defeated the Crusaders 248-19-126.90 and East Texas Baptist University 248.19-197.81. Ashley Berlin set a program-high in the tumbling aerial heat to lead the Tornado.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #10 King 248.19, Belmont Abbey 126.90; #10 King 248.19, East Texas Baptist 197.81
LOCATION: Wheeler Center; Belmont, N.C.
RECORDS: King 3-0; Belmont Abbey 0-3; East Texas Baptist 1-3
HOW IT HAPPENED
Compulsory Event – Heat 1 (Acro)
Team Members: Berlin, Abigail Keith, Mattie Brown, Moira Lyons, Katie Wester, Olivia Kincaid, Maya Hines, Claire Guittard, Elizabeth White
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 8.30
Compulsory Event - Heat 2 (Pyramid)
Team Members: Berlin, Caroline Versluis, Cassie Tackett, Aarynlee Fritz, Madeline Sullivan, Madelynn Alyea, Kincaid, Wester, Keith, Guittard, Brown, Hines, Lyons, White, Bailey Hensley
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.30
Compulsory Event – Heat 3 (Toss)
Team Members: Berlin, Hines, Brown, White, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.70
Compulsory Event – Heat 4 (Tumbling)
Team Members: Brown, Versluis, Hines, White, Guittard, Jenah Cooper, Sullivan, Berlin
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 6.75
Acro Event - Heat 1 (5-Element)
Team Members: Kincaid, Brown, Lyons
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.15
Acro Event - Heat 2 (6-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, Guittard, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.40
Acro Event – Heat 3 (7-Element)
Team Members: Berlin, Keith, Hines, Alyea
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.35
Pyramid Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Berlin, Kincaid, Lyons, Fritz, Cooper, Brown, Guittard, Versluis
Points Possible: 9.90
Score: 9.05
Pyramid Event - Heat 2
Team Members: Alyea, Berlin, Bowles, White, Lyons, Tackett, Keith, Wester, Brown, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 9.00
Pyramid Event – Heat 3
Team Members: Lyons, Keith, Berlin, White, Fritz
Points Possible: 10.00
Score: 9.55
Toss Event – Heat 1
Team Members: Wester, Hines, Keith, Kincaid, White, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.85
Toss Event – Heat 2
Team Members: Berlin, Hines, Brown, White, Guittard, Wester, Lyons, Keith, Versluis, Kincaid, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.00
Score: 8.60
Toss Event - Heat 3
Team Members: Brown, Lyons, Versluis, Guittard, Berlin, Fritz
Points Possible: 9.70
Score: 8.50
Tumbling Event – Duo Pass
Team Members: Berlin, Versluis
Points Possible: 9.450
Score: 8.850
Tumbling Event – Trio Pass
Team Members: Keith, Tackett, Cooper
Points Possible: 8.500
Score: 7.200
Tumbling Event – Quad Pass
Team Members: White, Brown, Guittard, Lyons
Points Possible: 8.750
Score: 7.700
Tumbling Event – Aerial Pass
Team Members: Berlin
Points Possible: 10.000
Score: 9.825
Tumbling Event – 6 Element Pass
Team Members: Guittard
Points Possible: 8.900
Score: 8.550
Tumbling Event – Open Pass
Team Members: White
Points Possible: 9.500
Score: 7.725
Team Event
Team Members: Entire team
Points Possible: 101.44
Score: 82.54
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Berlin set a program high in the tumbling aerial pass with a score of 9.825. The previous high was 9.700 set last March against Alderson Broaddus University.
- This marks the first time since March of 2015 the Tornado have won three straight meets.
- It also is the first time King has won their first three meets of a season.
- Three wins matches the most in program history, set in both 2015 and 2016.
UP NEXT
- King travels to fifth-ranked Gannon University on March 2.
- Belmont Abbey hosts Limestone College on March 16.
- East Texas Baptist travels to Davis & Elkins College on March 14.
