LAKEWOOD, NJ (April 4, 2024) - Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling wraps up their very first season of competition at home with a tri-meet. 

Opponents
LIU Sharks (3-4)
Stevenson Mustangs (1-4)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Wellness Center

When
Friday, April 5 - 6 p.m.

How to Watch
• Friday'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 had their final road meet of the season traveling to take on Iona.
• The Gaels defeated the Lions 261.61-126.60.
• In the acro heat, GCU scored a season-best total and all three heats were also season-best scores. 
• Georgian Court also scored a new season-best in the pyramid scoring 23.70.
• Unfortunately, the Lions were unable to compete in the team event which drastically lowered their score. 

The Team
• Georgian Court features a team of 20. 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), Kate McVeigh (base), Ashlee Spicer (base)

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. 

About the Opponents
LIU Sharks
• The Sharks are currently on a three meet winning streak and stand at 3-4 on the year.
• LIU has seen their score increase by 23 points over the course of the season and scored a season-best 255.075 in their win last week against Kutztown. 
• The Sharks have scored at least 232 points in every meet this season.
• In the team event vs. Kutztown, LIU totaled 88.35 points.

Stevenson Mustangs
• Stevenson has scored at least 185 points in each meet this season.
• They are 1-4 on the year with a win coming in March against West Virginia State.
• For the first time all season, the Mustangs hit 200 points, scoring 210.80 last week against East Stroudsburg, a program record. 
• In that meet with the Warriors, Stevenson scored 39.85 in the tumbling and 76.50 in the team event.