Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship Preview
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Conference Carolinas will hold the 2022 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship at the Student Center Complex on the campus of King University.
The 2022 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship returns to King for the second straight year after the inaugural championship was held in Bristol, Tennessee in the spring of 2021. Converse won the inaugural team championship with a narrow 273.080-266.905 victory over King.
Picked first in the Conference Carolinas preseason poll by the league’s head coaches, Limestone enters the 2022 championship as the No. 1 seed. The 2022 regular season champions are currently ranked No. 6 nationally in the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA) poll. One of just two unbeaten teams in the country, Limestone is the top seed with an 9-0 record on the season and a 8-0 league mark. The Saints will face No. 4 seed Belmont Abbey in the first semifinal at 4 p.m. on April 9. The Crusaders finished the regular season 6-4 overall and 5-3 in Conference Carolinas play.
The second semifinal is a rematch of last year’s conference championship meet. The second semifinal of the 2022 championship on Saturday, April 9 at 7 p.m. will feature the host and 2021 regular season champion Tornado of King and reigning conference champion Converse. King is the No. 2 seed and ranked No. 9 in the NCATA rankings with a record of 8-1 overall and 7-1 in league play. The Valkyries are seeded third with a record of 8-2 on the season and 6-2 in league play. Converse is ranked 10th in the NCATA poll.
In addition to the team championship, Conference Carolinas will also host the Individual Event Finals at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 10. The championship final featuring the two winners of the semifinals is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Fans can watch all the action live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and BlueFrame at
conferencecarolinasdn.com. Information regarding the championship schedule, bracket and tickets are available
here.
2022 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics and Tumbling Championship
Semifinals – Saturday, April 9 (King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
#1 Limestone vs. #4 Belmont Abbey, 4 p.m.
#2 King vs. #3 Converse, 7 p.m.
Individual Event Finals – Sunday, April 10 at 11 a.m.
(King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
Final – Sunday, April 10 (King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
Winner of Semifinal #1 vs. Winner of Semifinal #2, 5 p.m.