Sunday, February 2
Hamden, Conn.
1:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Morgan State
No. 2 Bobcats Ready to Open 2025 Campaign
2/1/2025 6:32:00 PM | Acrobatics & Tumbling
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling program gets set to begin its 2025 campaign on Sunday, as they welcome the Morgan State Bears to M&T Bank Arena.
It will be the first of eight regular season meets, with three at home, as the chase for the program's first NCATA team national title begins.
BOBCATS SELECTED AS PRESEASON NO. 2
For an inside look at the Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_AcroTumbling or go to gobobcats.com/acro.
It will be the first of eight regular season meets, with three at home, as the chase for the program's first NCATA team national title begins.
BOBCATS SELECTED AS PRESEASON NO. 2
- The Bobcats earned the No. 2 national ranking from National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association, the organization announced on Friday afternoon.
- Quinnipiac earned one first-place vote and a total of 619 points across the nation's coaches after a 2024 semifinal finish.
- Baylor topped the poll, followed by the Bobcats, Gannon and Oregon rounding out the top four.
- The Bobcats have a eight-meet regular season that began on Feb. 2 against Morgan State, the first of three home meets this season.
- Quinnipiac will hit the road for the next six weeks after that, heading to a couple local foes in Iona (Feb. 15) and LIU (Feb. 22) before heading south to take on St. Leo (March 9) and Limestone (March 12).
- Mary Ann Powers' club returns home for a top-four matchup with Oregon for Senior Night on March 23 before hosting AIC on March 28.
- They will close out the regular season in a National Semifinal rematch of 2024, at Gannon on April 5.
- The Bobcats posted a 7-1 overall record in 2023, earning the No. 2 seed in the postseason tournament.
- They went on to the national semifinals, falling to third-seeded Gannon. On Sunday, the team claimed a pair NCATA Individual Event Finals titles.
- Quinnipiac completed the first perfect regular season in program history, knocking off top foes Oregon and Gannon en route to a 6-0 record.
- They earned a spot in their seventh consecutive NCATA Final Four, defeating Frostburg State in the opening round before falling by 1.300 to Gannon in the semifinals.
- Mary Ann Powers is in her 28th season as head coach for Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling in 2024. Powers has coached at several levels including Pop-Warner, All-Star level 6 squads and at the university level.
- Her greatest career achievement lies in her success with Quinnipiac University, where the team has remained a top-ten nationally ranked team since 2005. Their personal-best finish was fifth place in All-Girl Division I in 2007. In 2009, Powers became one of the founding coaches of the National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA). In 2020, Powers' hard work along with her fellow co-founders reached new heights as the sport was adopted as an emerging sport for women by the NCAA.
- Quinnipiac has been competitive nationally in every season since the NCATA's creation. Over the last eight seasons, the Bobcats have been ranked as the No. 3 team in the nation. Powers has led the Bobcats to the NCATA semifinals in ten of the last 13 seasons and has made to two NCATA Championship meet appearances, most recently in the 2018 season.
- Powers was recognized by the NCATA in 2016 as the Coach of the Year and was named the ECAC Coach of the Year in three straight seasons from 2017-19.
For an inside look at the Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling program, be sure to follow it on social media @QU_AcroTumbling or go to gobobcats.com/acro.
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