By: Taylor Massey QBSN Staff Writer
In its final home meet of the season, the Acrobatics and Tumbling team narrowly lost to Azusa Pacific by a mere .142 points. After taking the lead in the second to last event, the Bobcats were unable to surpass the Azusa Pacific Cougars in the team routine.
The Bobcats were looking for their first win of the season, and they almost had it. Although the Cougars held the lead for the first four events, Quinnipiac stayed within a few points waiting for its chance at a comeback.
It was clear early on that the Bobcats’ strength would come from their pyramid formations. In the pyramid heat of the compulsory event, they were given their first perfect score of the day. They lost some ground in the acro event but put the pressure back on once the pyramid event rolled around. The Bobcats topped the Cougars in each of the three pyramid heats. They scored a perfect 10 out of 10 in the first heat, a 9.9 in the second and a 9.65 in the third.
At the halftime break, Quinnipiac still trailed 96.59 to 97.53. It kept the momentum going in the second half of the meet. During the toss event, they closed the gap by once again winning the three heats. Sophomore Victoria Cribbs (Albany, N.Y.) finished strong in the third heat sticking a 9.7 out of a possible 9.8. With motivation building, the crowd roared for the Bobcats, cheering them to a lead.
They finally made it happen in the tumbling event when they scored higher than the Cougars in four out of the six heats. Danielle Burns (Budd Lake, N.J.) and Erin Trotman (Bristol, Conn.) dominated the duo heat earning a 9.8 of 9.9. Trotman outdid herself, nailing the open heat with a flawless performance. Going into the final team routine event, the Bobcats led 182.515 - 182.455.
Both teams put on tremendous routines with minimal mistakes to finish the meet. Anticipation spread through TD Bank as the judges took their time with the scoring. When the scores were announced the look of disappointment was instantaneous on the faces of the Bobcats. Azusa Pacific collected a 104.92 over Quinnipiac’s 104.72 to bring the final score to 287.375 - 287.215.
The Bobcats honored graduate student Trotman and senior Danielle Pilloise (Southington, Conn.) who competed in their last home meet of their Quinnipiac career.
Quinnipiac falls to 0-10 for the season and Azusa Pacific moves up to 3-3. Next up, the Bobcats travel to Baylor University for the NCATA National Championships. The championships span from Thursday, April 26 to Saturday, April 28.
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