Valkyries Falls to Saints in Conference Carolina's Semi-Finals.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Converse University acrobatics and tumbling team fell to Limestone 253085-234.535 in the Conference Carolinas Acrobatics and Tumbling Semifinals Round on Saturday afternoon inside Kline Gym.

With the loss the Valkyries as a team have finished competing, but individuals will still have a chance to compete in the Conference Carolinas Event Finals tomorrow afternoon. 

Event 1 – Compulsory

Converse started the meet posting scores of 8.925, 7.975, 8.675, and 7.825 in the compulsory Acro, pyramid, toss, and tumbling heats. The Valkyries went into the next event down 33.4-36.725 to the Saints. 

Event 2 – Acro

Converse scored 8.7, 7.925, and 8.75 finishing with an event total of 25.375. The event total has the Valkyries down  25.375-27.6 to the Saints. The Valkyries headed into the third event down 58.775-64.325 to the Saints.

Event 3 – Pyramid

The Valkyries scored the highest in heats one and three with an 8.8. In heat two the Valkyries scored 7.8.  With these scores, the Valkyries went into the toss event down 84.175-91.

Event 4 – Toss

The Valkyries scored 8.75, 8.4, and an 8.55 ending the event 25.7-26.15. The Valkyries headed into the tumbling event down 109.875-117.15.

Event 5 – Tumbling

The Valkyries scored 8.25, 7.125, and 7.125 in the duo, trio, and quad pass respectively. Ayanna Manning's aerial pass, Ceanna Brown's 6 Element pass, and Krissa Gaines' Open pass had scores of 9.0, 6.3, and 9.2 respectively, helping Converse end the event with a total score of 47.05 compared to Limestone 48.975. The Valkyries headed into the team event down 156.925-166.975.

Event 6 – Team

With a start value of 104.35 Limestone scored 86.96 to end the meet with an overall score of 253.085. Converse started their team event with a 102.17 start value, the Valkyries scored a total of 77.61 points to end the meet with an overall score of 234.535.

Next Up:

The Valkyries head to the  Conference Carolinas event finals tomorrow on April 14th at King University.

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