GREENVILLE, S.C. - In the final set of National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) 2024 championship rankings, Limestone remains ranked ninth.
The Saints finished the regular season with an overall record of 10-0, including an 8-0 mark in Conference Carolinas meets. The Saints won Conference Carolinas regular season title and are the top seed in the Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship. They will compete on Saturday, April 13 in a semifinal contest at 12:00 p.m. Limestone will face fifth seed Converse.
The NCATA championships committee considers the overall performance of teams throughout the season thus far and utilized the following criteria to consider team rankings: W/L record, strength of schedule, head-to-head competition, common opponents, average meet score (adjusted to remove high/low), average meet start value (adjusted to remove high/low), score differential (adjusted to remove high/low) and the teams’ progression throughout the season.
This year’s national championship will be hosted by Fairmont State at Joe Retton Arena and the Feaster Center. The eight-team, single-elimination tournament will begin on Thursday, April 25 with four quarterfinal matchups. The semifinals are set for Friday evening, while the National Championship meet will be contested on Saturday evening. National event finals are scheduled for Sunday morning. The complete bracket and additional event information will be announced in mid-April.
The 2024 championship field and at-large qualifiers for event finals will be released on Monday, April 15.
NCATA Championship Rankings (Release #3 - April 10, 2024)
1. Baylor University
2. Quinnipiac University
3. Gannon University
4. University of Oregon
5. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
6. Azusa Pacific University
7. Fairmont State University
8. Frostburg State University
9. Limestone University
10. Augustana University