Honolulu, Hawaii – The No. 11 Augustana acrobatics & tumbling team wrapped up its west coast road trip with its third consecutive ranked victory, knocking off No. 12 Hawaii Pacific 265.590-245.505 on Thursday night in the Shark Tank.
Records
Augustana 4-0 | Hawaii Pacific 1-5
Score
Augustana 265.590 | Hawaii Pacific 245.505
Event Augustana Hawaii Pacific
Compulsory 37.650 37.500
Acro 28.650 26.950
Pyramid 29.100 26.600
Toss 28.600 26.450
Tumbling 53.750 51.875
Team Event 87.840 76.130
Total Score 265.590 245.505
Notes
- The win is the third over a ranked opponent in program history and third in as many competitions.
- The 20.085 margin of victory was the second largest of the season and largest among meets where the opponent competed in every event.
- The Vikings opened the night by matching its compulsory event point total from Monday, putting them in front by .15 through one event.
- In the acro event, Augustana posted nearly an extra point higher than it did on Monday, sharpening up its 7 Element to add to the lead.
- The Vikings posted another high score in the pyramid, collecting a point total of 29.100 to keep a lead into halftime.
- Augustana added on 28.600 points in the toss, edging out Hawaii Pacific by 2.150 and recording the second highest total in program history.
- The Vikings won the tumbling event by nearly two points after improving off Monday's competition.
- The Vikings closed the night with a +11.710 margin after dazzling in the team event.
- This was Augustana's 15th win in program history.
Up Next
The Vikings will take more than two weeks off, returning to action against Concordia-Wisconsin on Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m., inside the Elmen Center.