Saturday, March 30
Eugene, OR
5:00 PM
University of Oregon
278.620
vs
269.270
Azusa Pacific
Photo by: Samuel Marshall
Ducks Rally Over No. 3 Azusa Pacific on Senior Night
03/30/19 | Acrobatics & Tumbling
The No. 2 Oregon acrobatics and tumbling team earned its second win of the season over No. 3 Azusa Pacific during the last home meet of the season on Saturday night.
EUGENE, Ore. – The No. 2 Oregon acrobatics and tumbling team closed out its home slate at Matthew Knight Arena with a 279.620-269.255 victory over No.3 Azusa Pacific on Saturday night.
Oregon's seven seniors – TJ McCourt, Megan Barney, Hannah Blair, Casi Jackson, Samantha Little, Caroline Matos and Tia Thomas – made the last home appearance of their careers.
How It Happened: The Ducks (5-1) started out strong with a lead over Azusa Pacific (4-2) in the compulsory event, 38.15-37.05, after recording scores of 9.90 in both the compulsory pyramid and compulsory toss.
The Cougars regained their footing by defeating Oregon in the acro event, 29.40-27.75, to take the lead. The Ducks opened the event with a near-perfect 9.95 in the five-element heat, before suffering in the six-element heat. Azusa Pacific had a 66.45-65.90 advantage over the Ducks heading into the pyramid event.
UO tallied scores of 9.85 in both the inversion and synchronized pyramids and earned a 9.95 in the open pyramid for an overall pyramid score of 29.65, while APU followed closely at 29.45. However, the Ducks' event win wasn't enough to overcome the Cougars, as Azusa Pacific led, 95.90-95.55, upon intermission.
Oregon outscored Azusa Pacific again in the toss event, 28.55-28.15, to obtain a slight lead of 124.100-124.050. The Ducks extended their lead over the Cougars in the tumbling event, 180.250-179.825. UO earned a tumbling score of 56.250 with sophomore Payton Coon leading the way with a score of 9.775 in the six-element pass.
The Ducks solidified their win over Azusa Pacific with an almost-nine-point victory the team event, 98.37-89.43. Oregon earned its fifth win of the season against the Cougars with the final score of 279.620-269.255.
Quotable: Head Coach Keenyn Won
On senior night and improvements in tonight's performance:
"Tonight was fun! There's always a ton of emotion around senior night, but I'm proud of this team for pulling out the win. We were really happy with our execution in the compulsory event, as that has been an event we've struggled in this season. We had a quite a few new combinations of athletes competing throughout the meet tonight, and although we didn't have a perfect meet, there were a lot of highs. We've talked a lot about consistency at practice since our last meet, and we got to see that mindset pay off tonight.
"I was extremely proud of our acro seven-element heat and trio tumbling pass as those are two heats we've had mistakes in previously this season. This team continues to impress me, and we're not done yet. They earned a day off tomorrow, but then it's back to work for our last meet of the regular season!"
Up Next: The Ducks head to Waco, Texas, for a rematch against No. 1 Baylor on Sunday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Oregon's seven seniors – TJ McCourt, Megan Barney, Hannah Blair, Casi Jackson, Samantha Little, Caroline Matos and Tia Thomas – made the last home appearance of their careers.
How It Happened: The Ducks (5-1) started out strong with a lead over Azusa Pacific (4-2) in the compulsory event, 38.15-37.05, after recording scores of 9.90 in both the compulsory pyramid and compulsory toss.
The Cougars regained their footing by defeating Oregon in the acro event, 29.40-27.75, to take the lead. The Ducks opened the event with a near-perfect 9.95 in the five-element heat, before suffering in the six-element heat. Azusa Pacific had a 66.45-65.90 advantage over the Ducks heading into the pyramid event.
UO tallied scores of 9.85 in both the inversion and synchronized pyramids and earned a 9.95 in the open pyramid for an overall pyramid score of 29.65, while APU followed closely at 29.45. However, the Ducks' event win wasn't enough to overcome the Cougars, as Azusa Pacific led, 95.90-95.55, upon intermission.
Oregon outscored Azusa Pacific again in the toss event, 28.55-28.15, to obtain a slight lead of 124.100-124.050. The Ducks extended their lead over the Cougars in the tumbling event, 180.250-179.825. UO earned a tumbling score of 56.250 with sophomore Payton Coon leading the way with a score of 9.775 in the six-element pass.
The Ducks solidified their win over Azusa Pacific with an almost-nine-point victory the team event, 98.37-89.43. Oregon earned its fifth win of the season against the Cougars with the final score of 279.620-269.255.
Quotable: Head Coach Keenyn Won
On senior night and improvements in tonight's performance:
"Tonight was fun! There's always a ton of emotion around senior night, but I'm proud of this team for pulling out the win. We were really happy with our execution in the compulsory event, as that has been an event we've struggled in this season. We had a quite a few new combinations of athletes competing throughout the meet tonight, and although we didn't have a perfect meet, there were a lot of highs. We've talked a lot about consistency at practice since our last meet, and we got to see that mindset pay off tonight.
"I was extremely proud of our acro seven-element heat and trio tumbling pass as those are two heats we've had mistakes in previously this season. This team continues to impress me, and we're not done yet. They earned a day off tomorrow, but then it's back to work for our last meet of the regular season!"
Up Next: The Ducks head to Waco, Texas, for a rematch against No. 1 Baylor on Sunday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m.
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