ADRIAN, Mich. – The CUW acrobatics and tumbling team remained perfect in 2021 with a pair of victories over Adrian and Trine. The Falcons won the triangular meet with a score of 238.985 points. Adrian defeated Trine with 232.655 points, to Trine's 192.940 points. With the pair of victories, CUW moves to 3-0 on the season.
"The team really earned these wins," said head coach Sarah Koenig. "Before this meet, we talked with the team about focusing more on the improvements we can make from meet to meet as opposed to the end score. We spent this week practicing keeping the energy up throughout practice and they did a great job implementing that today. They fought for all the points they could and in the end, I think they were satisfied with what they accomplished. We're excited to keep the momentum going as we look forward to our last meet on April 10 at home!"
The Falcons started the day with a score of 28.45 points in the compulsory event. CUW earned 8.95 points in the toss heat.
The Blue and White recorded 25.15 points in the acro event on Friday, including 8.70 points in the five-element heat with the team of freshman Dakoda Spaeth (West Bend, Wis.), senior Madison Schultz (Janesville, Wis.), senior Katie Mirasola (Sussex, Wis.) and freshman Morgan Schnulle (Janesville, Wis.).
Concordia started eating into Adrian's lead with a score of 27.65 points in the pyramid event. CUW scored nine or more points in all three pyramids, including 9.50 points in the open pyramid with freshman Paityn Taormina (Geneva, Ill.), junior Kara Skevis (Lockport, Ill.), Morgan Schnulle, freshman Sophie Henning (Mukwonago, Wis.) and junior Nicki Jack (Orange, Calif.).
CUW trailed Adrian at halftime, 81.95-80.80
The Bulldogs extended their lead after CUW scored 25.35 points in the toss event. The high-water mark came in heat one with 8.55 points.
The Falcons soared in the tumbling event with 47.925 points to take the lead heading into the team event. Friday's tumbling event was the second-best performance in program history and the best since 2016. The birds scored high in all six heats, including freshman April Johnston (Spokane, Wash.) breaking the school record in the open pass at 9.250 points. CUW .05 points away from the school record in the quad pass with Paityn Taormina, Madison Schultz, April Johnston and freshman Erin Wagner (Waukesha, Wis.).
CUW locked down a score of 84.91 points in the team event to secure the victory.
The Falcons finished with 11 season-high scores on Friday.
Concordia closes the regular season on Saturday, April 10 at home against Trine and Gannon.
