(Ashland, OH) The Cards opened play at Ashland University verse Tiffin, with a record-breaking high score in their 19-3 win. In STUNT a max scoring regulation game is 24 points. The ladies of STUNT dominated the first quarter earning points in each call of the Partner Stunts routines.
Reflecting on the game Head Coach, Kate Edge says, "coming back from spring break the team has been focusing on clean up and execution. We were excited to add our female athletes who are now able to cross over from our co-ed team. This helps fill out our roster and their skills support the already strong routines and competition we had happening."
Game one included Power Players #24 Eunique Robinson (20 pts), #11 Zoe Genette (17 pts), and #37 Marissa Sullivan (17 pts). With this high scoring game individual players hit the mark for Star Players. These are the top-ranking athletes in specific quarter skills sets. Earning Star Player for Partner Stunts were #10 Kimberly Fox (10 pts) and #21 Paige Martin (10 pts). Star Players in Jumps and Tumbling were #24 Eunique Robinson (16 pts) and #28 Breanna Ray (16 pts).
According to Edge, "In order to earn Star Player status for a skill set an athlete must accumulate points that place them well above the overall average of the team. I was excited to see some of our athletes do just that. This is a chance to acknowledge those players that help the team with their specialty skills."
In the second match of the day the Cards came through with a win verse Ursuline 16-4. This brings the Cards to a 3-3 record on the year. A game highlight was earning points in all the Jumps and Tumbling routines for the 3rd quarter.
In this match they were led by game Power Players, #7 Savana Ruffner (20 pts), #22 Xiomara Thurman (20 pts), #24 Eunique Robinson (15 pts) and #28 Breanna Ray (15 pts). Robinson and Ray were also Star Players for the game in Jumps & Tumbling both earning 15 points.
With the STUNT team at the half-way point of their second full season they are far outpacing last year's team. They are currently ranked #6, with updated rankings releasing every Monday. The top 5 teams will advance to the STUNT NAIA Division National Championship April 22-23, in Edmond Oklahoma.
"This year has been a real growth for our STUNT program and we are excited to see what the second half of the season holds. We see some of our toughest competition in the next two weeks. But this team is hard working and determined."
At the mid-way point top players are #22 Xiomara Thurman (77 pts), #7 Savana Ruffner (76 pts) and #33 Nya Martinez (62 pts). Power Players, Star Players, and overall Top Player rankings are based on a system that calculates points for each athlete based on routines they compete in, the points earned for those routines, the level of the routines in which they are in.
The STUNT team next competes again March 25th at Home verse University of Michigan STUNT Club and Ashland University.
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