LAKEWOOD, NJ (February 18, 2025) - Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling is back at it this week on the road in Northern New Jersey.
Opponent
Caldwell Cougars (0-0)
Where
Caldwell, NJ - George R. Newman Center
When
Wednesday, February 19 - 6 p.m.
How to Watch
• Wednesday's meet is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Caldwell portal of the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL.
Acrobatics and Tumbling Refresh
• 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.
2024 Recap
• The inaugural Georgian Court Acrobatics and Tumbling season ended with a bang last season as the Lions won their first ever meet over Stevenson.
• The Lions had steady improvements throughout the season and put up a season-high point total 180.480.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court started their season last week with a big win over first-year program American International.
• The Lions scored 177.505 points in the meet.
• Three events set new GCU program highs - the compulsory acro, the acro 5-element and the open pyramid.
• The Lions also came close to a program-best in the team event scoring 52.38.
The Team
• Georgian Court features a team of 21 in 2025. There are three general "positions" in Acrobatics and Tumbling: Top, Base and Tumbler.
• This year's team welcomes back 10 from last year's squad while adding 11 new student-athletes.
• Back this year is senior
Emma Bennett along with juniors
Ava Margolies,
Gianna Mirassol,
Izzy Hernandez,
Kimberly Schadewald,
Emily Miller and
Katelyn Meyer. Sophomore's
Mia Zdanowicz,
Louanne Legregin and
Caroline Yacullo also return for their second season.
• Team team features eight freshman:
Allie Pompliano,
Caitlin Zaccardo,
Chloe Jorgensen,
Emmalyn Barre,
Ashley Salvesen,
Alexis Fisher,
Kathryn Santise and
Kaitlyn Dipasquale.
• The Lions also brought in senior
Samantha Sesta, junior
Kayre Gonzalez and sophomore
Coumba Diakite.
The Coaches
• Now in her second 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 has tagged
Magdeline Gigliotti as her assistant coach. Gigliotti was a member of the Fairmont State Acrobatics and Tumbling team for four years, graduating after 2024. She attended Northern Burlington County Regional High School in Chesterfield, NJ where she was an accomplished gymnast, competing United States Association of Independent Gymnastic Clubs (USAIGC) Gold and went undefeated as a senior on floor and beam.
The Schedule
• Georgian Court has four home contests on their schedule starting Monday against American International.
• They'll also host Kutztown, LIU and Caldwell in Lakewood.
• The Lions have six competition dates on their schedule with five dual meets and one tri-meet.
• All competitions are scheduled to take place between Feb. 10 and April 10.
• There are two teams the Lions see twice this season. They square off with American International and Caldwell both at home and on the road.
About the Opponent
Caldwell
• This will be the first meet of the season for Caldwell.
• The Cougars are a year ahead of Georgian Court who started their program in 2023.
• Last year, Caldwell went 3-3 overall.
• They scored at least 183 in all six meets and scored better than 200 in each of their last three.
