Baylor
American International College
No. 1 A&T Claims Tri-Meet Against Long Island and American International
3/7/2026 3:24:00 PM | Acrobatics & Tumbling
Bears hold an undefeated record against two opponents, winning their sixth tri-meet
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The top-ranked Baylor acrobatics & tumbling team delivered a dominating victory over Long Island (279.18 - 237.44) and American International (279.18 - 59.425) in a tri-meet on Saturday afternoon at the Henry A. Butova Gymnasium.
The Bears (5-0) topped the Sharks (1-3) and the Yellow Jackets (0-3) by 41.74 points for their sixth tri-meet in history, highlighted by two perfect 10's. Entering the meet, Baylor already held a 21.63-point advantage in start value over LIU and a 219.78-point advantage in start value over AIU.
To start off the meet in Compulsory, BU and LIU executed the necessary skills, each heat with a start value of 10, and AIU having a start value of 8. In the Acro heat, LIU scored a 9.05, AIU scored a 4.05 and Baylor followed with a 9.65. The Bears won both the Pyramid and Toss heat with a 9.85 and a perfect 10. LIU scoring a 9.35 and 8.90 in the same heats. In the Tumbling heat, BU scored an 8.60, the Sharks scoring 7.75. Through one event, the score was 38.10 to Long Island's 35.05, and American International's 8.60, the Bears up by 3.05 points after sweeping in Compulsory.
To start the optional portion of the meet in Acro, Baylor followed a 9.75/10 performance from LIU and 7.00/8.50 from AIU, with a 9.90/10. With Makayla Vasquez as the top and Mo Arthur as the base to earn the score. In the synchronized 6 Element heat, the Sharks scored a 8.10/9.25 and Yellow Jackets scored a 4.10/8.30, before Baylor, with four different pairs of tops and bases, scored 9.50/10. In the third heat, once LIU competed a 8.70/10 score and AIU competed a 4.55/8.10, Payton Washington and Leavy McDonald scored a 9.75/10. For the Acro event, BU scored 29.15 to LIU's 26.55 and AIU's 15.65, now totaling 67.25 BU to 61.60 LIU and 24.25 AIU through two events and Baylor leading by 5.65 points.
In the Pyramid event, LIU started it off with a 9.55/10 score in the Inversion heat, which the Bears followed up with a perfect 10/10 score with Vasquez atop Arthur. Topping the Synchronized heat after the Sharks' 8.90/10 were Payton Washington and Bott, based by McDonald and Meredith Wells, respectively, which scored a 9.75/10. In the Open heat, LIU scored a 9.85/10 and AIU scored a 7.65 while Baylor scored a 9.85 with the 3 high slide to split pyramid. For the Pyramid event, Baylor scored a 29.60 while the Sharks scored 27.70 and Yellow Jackets totaled 15.65.
At the half, BU was up 96.85 to LIU's 89.30 and AIU's 36.60, leading by 7.55 points.
To kick off the second half with the Toss event, it was Tannehill topping the 450 Salto heat, finishing with a score of 9.40/9.90 after LIU scored a 8.20/9.30. In the Synchronized heat, the Sharks earned a 7.95/9.40, and for the Bears, Washington and Tannehill earned a 9.50/10. In the final heat, the Open heat, LIU scored a 8.15/9.40 before Baylor followed with a 9.80/10 from Washington. At the end of the Toss event, Baylor totaled 28.70 while LIU had a 27.70. Through four events, BU had a score of 125.55 while LIU had a 113.60, the Bears up by 12.05 points. AIU did not participate in the Toss event so their total remained at 36.60.
In the Tumbling event, LIU's duo scored a 7.7/8.35 and AIU's duo scored a 6.35/7.25 while Emily Bott and Lawrence Owens competed for a score of 8.05/10. In the Trio, the Sharks and Yellow Jackets put a score of 7.45/8.75 and 4.0/6.75 on the mat, followed by BU's 8.75/10 from Tannehill, Gigi Rendino, and Sophia Neylon. In the Quad pass were Washington, Criado, Sarah Kerr and Gabby Kaminski, scoring a 8.95/10 for their pass, after LIU put out a 6.40/8 score. For the Aerial pass it was Bott, who scored a 9.80/10 after the Sharks earned a 8.725/9.45 score. Competing in the 6 Element heat was Lexi Lannon, earning a 9.65/10 after LIU's 8.975/9.55. Washington earned a 9.90/10 for the Open heat, with the Sharks' 8.950/9.25 and Yellow Jackets' 5.90/7.25. Combined, Baylor had a score of 55.10 to finish the Tumbling event while LIU had a score of 48.20 and AIU had a score of 22.825. After five events, BU led 180.65 to 161.80 to 59.425, up by 18.85 points headed into the last event.
In Team event, LIU scored a 75.640/97.20 and Baylor followed with a commanding 98.530/109.63.
The meet finalized, BU came out on top with a 279.180 score against LIU's 237.440 and AIU's 59.425; the Bears sweeping both teams and winning by 41.74.
UP NEXT
The Bears continue their away slate at Iona on Monday, before they take a short break then return home on March 28 to host Duquesne.
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