Ducks Back at Home For Clash With Baylor

EUGENE, Ore.- Oregon Acrobatics & Tumbling is back in action on Wednesday in a matchup with the No. 1-ranked Baylor Bears in Matthew Knight Arena.

Both team enter the meet 3-0, with the Ducks coming off a victory over No. 2 Gannon last Friday and the Bears most recently defeating No. 14 Presbyterian on February 19.

MEET INFO
When: Wednesday, March 8
Where: Matthew Knight Arena
Time: 6 p.m. PT
Watch: https://pac-12.com/live/university-oregon-10
Live Scoring: https://goducks.com/sports/2022/2/28/acro-scores.aspx

THE DUCKS vs. THE BEARS
Wednesday evening will be the 33rd meeting between Oregon and Baylor. The two powerhouses are the only two prgrams to claim a NCATA national title, with the Ducks capturing the first four and the Bears winning the last seven. Oregon trails in the overall series, 13-19, with Baylor having won the last four meets between the two sides. The Ducks are the only program to defeat the Bears during their title run, last beating the Bears on March 6, 2021. Baylor is off to a 3-0 start this year and is led by former Oregon head coach Felecia Mulkey.

DUCKS WIN OPENER IN MKA
Oregon clinched its first home win of the season with a 257.055-253.745 victory over Gannon on Friday after dropping last season's home meet between the sides. Despite a season-low overall and team score, Oregon persevered to earn its third victory of the season. The Ducks were propelled by a season-best score in the tumbling event, with four of the six heats producing season highs. The trio of Karly Nowak, Rachel Furlong and Haley Ellis helped the Ducks claim the event by a 2.600 margin.

SUSNARA OFF AND RUNNING IN YEAR TWO
Former Oregon All-American and assistant coach Taylor Susnara was named the head coach of the acrobatics and tumbling program in June of 2021. In the first season under Susnara, the Ducks went 2-5 against a daunting schedule and earned the No. 5 seed at the 2022 NCATA Championships held in Eugene. Oregon has gotten off to a 3-0 start in year two with Susnara at the helm, as she earned her second upset victory over Azusa Pacific on Feb. 17 and avenged last season's home defeat in an upset over Gannon last Friday. Susnara was a three-time NCATA All-American for the Ducks from 2015-18 before working as an assistant for three seasons under then-head coach Keenyn Won. In three seasons as an assistant, Susnara helped Oregon compile a 13-7 record. During those three years, the Ducks had at least one student-athlete earn an NCATA weekly honor after 10 of its 15 regular-season meets while maintaining a No. 2 national ranking in all 15 meets of Susnara's first two seasons as an assistant.