No. 3 Quinnipiac Begins National Championship Hunt at Augustana

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling Program enters the NCATA National Tournament as the No. 3 seed in the 2025 edition, with a couple of familiar foes in its path to a title.

They will open the week with Iona, the No. 6 seed whom the Bobcats defeated by 6.805 point margin on February 15 in New Rochelle. With a win and no upsets in the bracket, No. 2 Oregon would stand in the way of a title berth and that was a 1.115 margin of victory for the visiting Ducks just over a month ago.

BACK IN THE POSTSEASON

Quinnipiac enters the national tournament as the No. 3 seed, a mark they have not been given since the 2018 national tournament. If history repeats itself, the Bobcats will find themselves in Saturday's championship match, as they did that year.
The Bobcats are looking for their eighth straight trip to the Final Four, but their first title appearance since that year. They have fallen in the national semifinals in each of their last four tries, with the latest being to No. 3 Gannon a season ago.

KING NAMED NATION'S TOP SPECIALIST

After the first perfect score of the season, MiaRose King earned NCATA Specialist of the Week honors, the organization announced in Mid-March.
She topped the Acro 7 event in which the Bobcats scored a perfect 10 at Limestone on March 12.
She also was a top in the six-element acro heat in which Quinnipiac scored a 9.5.

FOWLER THE BEST OF THE BEST IN WEEK 1

Senior Hallie Fowler was named as the NCATA's Athlete of the Week, the association announced after the first week of meets.
The Gulf Breeze, Fla., native competed in eight heats and the team routine, highlighted by seven scores of 9.50 or higher, including a meet-high 9.80 in seven-element acro.
She also helped QU to a 9.75 in the inversion pyramid and a 9.70 in the compulsory toss. In team event, Fowler competed as a base as well as in running tumbling, helping the Bobcats to a score of 92.74.

BOBCATS SELECTED AS PRESEASON NO. 2

The Bobcats earned the No. 2 national ranking from National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association, the organization announced the Friday before competition began.
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.

QU's 2024 SEASON

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.

HEAD COACH MARY ANN POWERS

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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