MARSHALL, Texas – The final two meets of the year for the East Texas Baptist University acrobatics and tumbling team will be in Ornelas Gym starting on Saturday, March 23. ETBU will host Concordia University-Wisconsin at 12 p.m.

ETBU is coming off a spring break trip to West Virginia where they faced Davis-Elkins College and Alderon-Broaddus College. The Tigers fell in both meets but improved their scores. They fell to Davis-Elkins, 239.55-215.46, and the to Alderson-Broaddus, 264.265 to 204.115.

"This last road trip was fun. There is nothing like a good road trip to bring a team together, be inventive, and bond with each other. It was a great character building trip for us," says head coach Farrah Dunnaway.

Starting out in the compulsory at Davis and Elkins, ETBU trailed by just over a point, 30.7 to 29.4. ETBU's best event was the toss heat gaining a 9.20. In the acro event, Davis & Elkins moved ahead by five points taking the event, 26.15 to 22.20. ETBU had 9.3 or high in all three events with a 9.50 in heat three (7 element).

Staying close in the pyramid event, ETBU scored 25.80 and Davis and Elkins had a 28.35. ETBU scored a 9.3 in the open heat.

After halftime, Davis and Elkins kept their slim lead with a 27.3 to 26.90 score in the toss event. ETBU's top heat was the 450 Salto with an 8.60. In the tumbling event, the two teams were pretty much even as ETBU scored a 39.275 and Davis and Elkins had a 42.525. An 8.6 was given to ETBU in the open pass as the top score.

Coming down to the team event, Davis and Elkins outscored ETBU by 13 points which ended up being the big difference in the meet. Davis and Elkins finished with an 86.03 to ETBU's 73.74.

Against Alderson Broaddus College, ETBU fell by 60 points. ABC had the lead from the first event by nine points and ETBU couldn't make up the difference.

ETBU now facing Concordia-Wisconsin who is 2-5 overall. They have a win over Davis and Elkins by eight points and a forfeit win against Gannon. They are coming off a 251-240 loss to Arizona Christian in their last home meet of the year in Wisconsin. The most points they have scored this year was 236.72 in a loss to #6 Fairmont State.

The meet against Concordia-Wisconsin will start at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.