GREENVILLE, S.C. – The 2025 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship started on Tuesday with a pair of quarterfinal meets at Mars Hill University and Belmont Abbey College. Both hosts took wins, advancing to Saturday’s semifinals.
Sixth-seeded Converse University held a slim lead following the compulsory event, but the third-seeded Lions responded with a solid acro event to take the lead. Converse outscored Mars Hill in the pyramid event, but the Lions still led 90.05-89.50. Mars Hill extended that lead with solid toss and tumbling events and won the meet 248.765-245.815.
In their first Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship appearance, Mars Hill advances to the semifinals where they will take on second seed and 14th-ranked Coker University. The meet will take place at King University and will start at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Fifth seed and 15th-ranked Lander University took an early lead following the compulsory event over fourth seed Belmont Abbey. However, the Crusaders came back and outscored the Bearcats by six points in the acro and pyramid events to lead 91.65-83.65 at the half. Lander outscored Belmont Abbey in the toss event, but the Crusaders extended the lead in the tumbling and team events to take the meet 249.705-239.360.
Belmont Abbey makes their fourth semifinal appearance in five years with the last coming in 2023. The Crusaders will take on top seed and eight-ranked Limestone University. The semifinal meet is scheduled for Saturday at 12:00 p.m. at King University in Bristol, Tennessee.
The Conference Carolinas Event Finals will take place on Sunday, April 6 at 11:00 a.m. with the championship meet to follow that evening at 5:00 p.m.
Fans can watch the semifinals, event finals and finals live via the Conference Carolinas Digital Network and Hudl TV at
ConferenceCarolinas.com/watch.
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2025 Conference Carolinas Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship
Quarterfinals - Tuesday, April 1 (Higher Seed Hosts)
No. 3 Mars Hill defeats No. 6 Converse, 248.765-245.815 (at Mars Hill)
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No. 4 Belmont Abbey defeats No. 5 Lander, 249.705-239.360 (at Belmont Abbey)
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Semifinals – Saturday, April 5 (King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
No. 1 Limestone vs. No. Belmont Abbey, 12:00 p.m.
No. 2 Coker vs. No. 3 Mars Hill, 3:00 p.m.
Individual Event Finals – Sunday, April 6 at 11:00 a.m.
(King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
Final – Sunday, April 6 (King University, Bristol, Tenn.)
Winner of Semifinal No. 1 vs. Winner of Semifinal No. 2, 5:00 p.m.