QU Acrobatics & Tumbling Tops King, 277-268, For Second-Straight Victory

Saturday, March 18

Bristol, Tenn. / Student Center Complex

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

277.370

268.195

King (Tenn.)

QU Acrobatics & Tumbling Tops King, 277-268, For Second-Straight Victory

3/18/2017 8:57:00 PM | Acrobatics & Tumbling

QU A&T Scoresheet vs King University

By: QU Sports Information

BRISTOL, Tennessee – Quinnipiac acrobatics & tumbling won its second-straight meet with a 277.370-268.195 victory against King University in Bristol, Tennessee. With the victory, Quinnipiac improves to 2-2 overall and 2-0 in ECAC Acrobatics & Tumbling while King drops to 1-3 overall and 0-3 in the ECAC.

For the first time this season, Quinnipiac – ranked No. 3 nationally in the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association Preseason Poll – swept all five events and the team event.

The Bobcats took the Compulsory Event, 37.85-37.35, highlighted by a 9.90 in the Toss Heat that featured Melanie Mancini (Waterbury, Connecticut), Allee Tallman (Farmington, New York), Siobhan Robinson (Palm Harbor, Florida), Noelle Brasier (Simi Valley, California) and Nicole Chamberlain (Richmond, Rhode Island).

Quinnipiac then followed with a 29.05-28.95 win in the Acro Event, led by a 9.65 in Heat 1 featuring Alexandra Williams (Poughkeepsie, New York), Jenna Adams (Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey) as well as Mancini and Brasier. The Bobcats then followed with a 29.50-29.15 win in the Pyramid Event, which featured back-to-back scores of 9.90 in the Synchronized and Open heats.

Tallman, Brasier and Jenna Adams all appeared in all three Pyramid events while Heat 1 also featured Karen Defillippo (Durham, Connecticut), Emily Stoveken (Hardyston Township, New York), Kaitlyn Kelly (Davidsonville, Maryland), Chamberlain, Camren Diaz (Oxford, Connecticut) and Stephanie Van Albert (Silver Spring, Maryland) and posted a 9.70.
Heat 2 resulted in a 9.90 and featured Michelle Defillippo (Waterbury, Connecticut), Kelly, Erin Redding (Farmington, Connecticut), Williams, Alexandra Barnes (Waldord, Maryland), Abby Ziser (Pompton Plains, New Jersey) and Grace Manthey (Anchorage, Alaska) in addition to Adams, Tallman, Brasier and Capristo.

The first half resulted in a 96.40-95.45 lead heading into the break. Coming out of the break, the Bobcats took eight of the last nine heats in the Toss and Tumbling Events.

The Bobcats swept the Toss Event, highlighted by a 9.85 in the 2 Element heat that featured Ziser, Chelsea Werner (Shoreham, New York), Brianna Gerndt (Sparta, new Jersey), Kelly and Redding.
They then put up a 9.95 in the Open heat that featured Adams, Brasier, Tallman, Rule and Capristo to grab a 29.50-27.95 win in the event.

In the Tumbling Event, Quinnipiac rattled off four-straight heat victories in the Duo Pass (9.000), featuring Rule and Capristo; the Triple Pass (8.950), featuring Ziser, Gormley and Tallman; the Quad Pass (8.550), featuring Alyssa O'Connor (Smithtown, New York), Mancini, Gerndt and Werner; and the Aerial Pass (9.625) that featured Capristo. Knight then took the 6 Element Pass, despite Quinnipiac posting a 9.550. Quinnipiac's Rule then responded with a 9.625 in the Open Pass to take the event, 55.300-53.025.

The meet culminated in the team event in which the Bobcats posted a 96.170 to King's 91.770. The Bobcats score was their second-best Team Event tally of the season, falling just short of the squad's score against Alderson Broaddus on Thursday, Mar. 16.

The Bobcats are back in action on Saturday, Mar. 25 when they host Glenville State at 12 p.m. at High Point Solutions Arena.