Bobcats Continue West Coast Trip at Oregon

HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Acrobatics & Tumbling program is rounding out its west coast trip on Saturday, March 16 with a meet at Oregon.

It is the second of two preseason Top Five matchups the Bobcats scheduled this week, as Azusa Pacific sat at No. 5 in the preseason poll and Saturday's opponent, Oregon, is No. 2 in the coaches' rankings.

BOBCATS SELECTED AS PRESEASON NO. 3

The Bobcats earned the No. 3 national ranking as voted on by the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association coaches on Feb. 1, receiving three first-place votes and finishing eight points behind last year's national runners-up in Oregon.
Both teams were selected behind Baylor, as the defending national champs garnered 36 of an available 42 first-place votes.
Quinnipiac will face four teams inside the preseason national rankings, including a pair of top five matchups at No. 2 Oregon and No. 5 Azusa Pacific this week.

THE ROAD AHEAD...

The Bobcats have a six-meet regular season that began on Feb. 10 against Morgan State, a meet they won after posting a final score of 262.580.
Quinnipiac's home opener against LIU saw them post a 272.840 score in a meet against former Bobcat Nicolette Tianga and the Sharks.
Mary Ann Powers' club won the first of their two west coast meets, posting a 275.595 to top preseason No. 5 Azusa PacifIc before facing Oregon this weekend (March 16).
Back to back home meets will close out the 2024 regular season, hosting Iona (March 23) and Gannon (April 6) before heading to the NCATA National Championships on April 25.

QU's 2023 SEASON

The Bobcats posted a 5-1 overall record in 2023, earning the No. 4 seed in the postseason tournament.
They went on to the national semifinals, falling to top-seeded Baylor. On Sunday, the team claimed four NCATA Individual Event Finals titles in the inversion pyramid, duo tumbling, quad tumbling and aerial tumbling events.
Quinnipiac defeated Kutztown University, Augustana University, Presbyterian College, Frostburg State University and Caldwell University during the regular season.
The Bobcats have advanced to the championship round of the NCATA postseason tournament twice (2013, 2018).

HEAD COACH MARY ANN POWERS

Mary Ann Powers is in her 27th 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 seven seasons, the Bobcats have been ranked as the No. 3 team in the nation. Powers has led the Bobcats to the NCATA semifinals in nine of the last 12 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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