LAKEWOOD, NJ (March 20, 2024) - It's been nearly a month, but Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling is ready to get back on the mat!

Opponents
Caldwell Cougars (1-0)
LIU Sharks (0-4)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Wellness Center

When
Wednesday, March 20 - 6 p.m.

How to Watch
• Wednesday's meet is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL.

Ticketing
$8 - Adults (cash, $9 online/mobile payment)
$5 - Seniors 65 and over (cash, $6 online/mobile payment)
$5 - Children 12 and under (cash, $6 online/mobile payment)
Children under 5 - Free
GCU Students - Free  

What to Watch For
• An NCATA meet is a team competition consisting of six events. The first event is compulsories, followed by three heats within the acro event, followed by the pyramid event and then halftime. After halftime, there will be the toss event, the tumbling event, and the team event. A running score will be kept throughout the meet. The team with the most cumulative points at the end of all six events is the winner of the meet.
• Teams submit a start value before heats and three judges determine the score of each heat. Heat scores are added up and the team with the highest score after all six events is the winner.

What is a Tri-Meet?
• A tri-meet works very similarly to a dual meet.
• Instead of two teams competing head-to-head, there are three teams.
• All three teams will compete just once in their events for the judges to score.
• Georgian Court's score in an event will then be compared to both LIU and Caldwell. 
• Should GCU have the highest team score, they'd be 2-0. If their score is greater than one, they'd go 1-1 for the tri-meet. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court last competed February 23 against Kutztown.
• It was their first-ever home meet which resulted in a loss, 254.84-166.32.
• The Lions had the fewest point-deductions in the toss event, scoring 22.65 and 7.75 in two of the three heats.

The Team
• Georgian Court features a team of 18. There are three general "positions" in Acrobatics and Tumbling: Top, Base and Tumbler. 
The inaugural Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling Team features:
Seniors: Sofia Atiles (base), Destani Diaz (base), Cara Catalano (base/tumbler), Alyssa Almerigotti (base)
Juniors: Emma Bennett (base)
Sophomores: Izzy Hernandez (top/tumbler), Kimberly Schadewald (base), Emily Miller (base), Katelyn Meyer (base/tumbler), Ava Margolies (base), Katelyn Santello (top)
Freshmen: Gianna Mirassol (top/tumbler), Mia Zdanowicz (base/tumbler), Faith Robert (top/base/tumbler), Angelina Bartolini-Gonzalez (top/base/tumbler), Bianca Colao (top/base/tumbler), Louanne Legregin (top/tumbler), Caroline Yacullo (top/base/tumbler)

The Coaches
• In her first season, Georigan Court is led by Head Coach Sierra Garcia. Garcia was a four-year member of the Acrobatics and Tumbling team at the University of Oregon where she was a national champion in the synchronized pyramid. She is a Marlboro, NJ native and attended Red Bank Catholic High School as a captain of the gymnastics team.
• Garcia tabbed Syndey Williamson to be her assistant coach. Williamson competed at Frostburg State as a part of their inaugural team in 2021. Williamson led the Bobcats to three Mountain East Championships and the 2023 NCATA National Championship meet. She was a cheerleader in high school at Burlington Township High School. 

The Schedule
• There are two meets left on the schedule following Wednesday's tri-meet.
• The Lions will be at Iona next Wednesday, March 27 in New Rochelle, NY.
• They close the season with another tri-meet Friday, April 5. LIU will return to Lakewood along with Stevenson. 

About the Opponents
Caldwell Cougars
• The Cougars have competed just once this season in a very tight meet with Stevenson.
• Caldwell won by less than a point, 190.115 - 189.270.
• Stevenson made a big push in the second half, including outscoring the Cougars 64.67-50.94 in the team event, but came up just short.
• Caldwell scored 24 of a possible 26.55 in the toss and 25.35 of a possible 29.10 in the pyramid.

LIU Sharks
• The Sharks have yet to pick up a win this season but have scored more than 230 points in all four meets.
• LIU fell to Presbyterian by less than eight points in their last meet 242.710-234.920. 
• The Sharks scored 78.270 in the team event.
• They won the pyramid event with 27.050 points.