BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State acrobatics and tumbling team competed in the first meet in program history on Saturday afternoon, falling to Trine by a final score of 246.780-123.400.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Trine – 246.780, Buffalo State – 123.400
LOCATION: Sports Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Trine (2-0), Buffalo State (0-1)
 
THE RUNDOWN

• The Bengals scored 18.60 points in the Compulsory Event to open the meet, with the pyramid heat scoring 6.55 points to lead the round for Buffalo State.
• The first heat of the Acro Event featuring Adrienne Gardner (Fairfield, CA/St. Patrick-St. Vincent), Caitlin Wilhite (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster), and Jackie Heyden (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island), with Lucy Ingro (Newfane, NY/Newfane) as a spotter, tallied a score of 8.15 as the Bengals scored 22.95 points for the event.
• The open pyramid heat of the Pyramid Event, topped by Carmela Capizzi (Tonawanda, NY/Kenmore East) earned a score of 8.40, the best heat score of the meet for the Bengals.
• The 450 Salto heat was the highest-scoring heat of the Toss Event for Buffalo State, gaining 7.65 points.
• Buffalo State kicked off the Tumbling Event with the first heat victory in program history, as Ingro and Gardner scored 7.900 points in the duo pass heat.

 
COACH'S CORNER
Head coach Alia Stark had a positive impression of many performances throughout the first meet in program history, giving strong praise:
"All of our tumblers, our individual passes Jackie, Adrienne and Lucy, each had under 5-tenths in deductions. Our duo tumbling pass was excellent for taking our first-ever heat win. Our toss event, especially Brooke Greenberg (Philadelphia, PA/East High School), for stepping up up and competing a new toss. I thought all of our athletes had great confidence and set the standard for the future of the program!"
 
UP NEXT  
The Bengals will have their first road meet in program history next weekend, traveling to Ohio to face Notre Dame College in a dual meet on Sunday at 3 pm.