NAIA Preview: Cardinals set to compete for NAIA Championship

NAIA Preview: Cardinals set to compete for NAIA Championship

(Ann Arbor, MI) - The Concordia Cardinals Cheer team is poised and ready to compete at the 2022 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship this weekend. The event begins on Friday as the Cardinals will take the floor in the Preliminary round at about 4:40

 

NAIA Championship Info

 

Friday & Saturday, March 11-12 - 4:00 PM & 10:00 AM

George Gervin GameAbove Center - Ypsilanti, MI

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The NAIA Championship will feature 15 teams; Concordia, Cumberlands (KY), Dickinson State (ND), Friends (KN), Georgetown (KY), Indiana Wesleyan, Midland (NE), Missouri Baptist, Missouri Valley, Mobile (AL), Oklahoma City, Pikeville (KY), Point (GA), St. Ambrose (IA), Xavier (LA). 

Teams will compete for the NAIA Championship with each team performing two routines. The first routine will be the preliminary round which will count towards 25% of the overall score. The Final round score will make up 75% of the overall score. In the event of a tie, the score from the finals will be used to break the tie. 

 

Past Results

 

This will be the sixth time that the Cardinals will head to the National Championship as they have been a part of each NAIA Championship since its inception in 2017. The Cardinals won the event back in 2019 as they topped Oklahoma City by 1.12 points.

Oklahoma City is a two-time Champion as they won the first event back in 2017 and last year's event in 2021, as they have also posted the top two times in event history, with last year's score of 91.53. Missouri Valley is the only other school to win a title back in 2018.