MARSHALL, Texas – The East Texas Baptist University acrobatics and tumbling team will close out their inaugural 2019 season in Ornelas Gym one last time tonight at 7:00 p.m. faceing #5 Converse College. ETBU is 1-6 on the year while Converse is 3-1.

The Tigers are coming off a meet in which they made great strides as they faced Concordia University-Wisconsin. ETBU came up short of a win falling 224.785-207.580, moving them to 1-6 on the year.

ETBU only trailed by one point to CUW 28.40-27.40 after the compulsory event. The Tigers scored a 9.10 in the toss heat for their best individual score of the day and had a 6.60 in the tumbling heat. CUW was able to move past ETBU after the acro event as they scored 26.55 points to ETBU's 22.80. The Tigers scored an 8.70 in the 6-element event. ETBU would stay close in the pyramid heat scoring 24.10 points to CUW's 27.85. ETBU had a 7.80 in the inversion, 7.70 in the synchronized, and 8.60 in the open.

The Tigers were able to tie with CUW in the toss event as they both earned 24.30 points. ETBU had an 8.00 in the 450 Salto, 8.30 in the synchronized, and an 8.00 in the open. In the tumbling event, CUW scored 39.23 points to ETBU's 35.10. ETBU's top score was a 7.60 in the open pass. In the final team event, CUW came away with 78.47 points to ETBU's 73.88 points to win the meet by 17 points.

ETBU will be facing Converse College who is 3-1 overall. They have picked up wins over Belmont Abbey, Fairmont State University, Alderson Broaddus University. CC is coming off of a 284.735-270.415 loss to #1 Baylor University this past Tuesday.

Lone senior Madison Dyer will be honored for her commitment to the A&T program at the end of the meet. The meet will begin at 7:00 p.m.in Ornelas Gym.