PEPPER PIKE, Ohio - On Saturday, the Malone University STUNT team was in action in a tri-match at Ursuline College. The Pioneers started their day against Tiffin University in a neutral site game and came up just short 24-21. Malone ended the day with a victory over the host Arrows 14-3.
 
After the contests, the Pioneers now have a record of 9-2 overall and a 3-2 mark in Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) play. Tiffin is 10-4 and 4-2 in the league while Ursuline remains winless at 0-8 in total and inside the G-MAC.
 
MALONE vs TIFFIN RECAP:
The Dragons claimed an early 3-1 lead in quarter one, but a key victory for Malone in the final round of partner stunts cut the deficit to one at 4-3. Tiffin was able to outscore the Pioneers in all four rounds of pyramids and tosses to go up 11-6 at halftime. Malone continued their dominance on routines one and two in the third quarter and made the score 16-11 through three quarters of play.
 
In team routine, the Pioneers won round one 4-3, then stayed even with a 3-3 tie and took the third round as well by a mark of 3-2. Malone was in striking distance at a 24-21 deficit, but the Dragons used the call to their advantage in the fourth round and selected a routine too tough for either side to accomplish to result in no points. Because of this, Tiffin was able to lock in the 24-21 victory.
 
Danielle Blankenship, Megan Reifsnyder, Makenna Jurkowski and Cecilia Herrington were involved in all 21 points for the team.
 
MALONE vs URSULINE RECAP:
Malone and Ursuline completed in an eight-round game for the second of two meetings in the regular season. The Pioneers had won the first contest at home against the Arrows by a score of 16-4 and made the most of their opportunity for a road win with the 14-3 victory.
 
Malone took both available points in the first quarter with consecutive wins in partner stunts routines one and two. The Pioneers took a 5-1 lead at halftime with a 3-1 difference in scoring in the second quarter of pyramids and tosses. Ursuline kept pace in jumps and tumbling, but Malone was still ahead 8-3 through three quarters. The team routines were overwhelmingly in favor of the Pioneers in a 6-0 sweep of the two rounds.
 
Blankenship, Reifsnyder, Jankowski and Julia Gartner scored all six points during team routine while Herrington and Macy Taylor scored five of the six points.
 
UP NEXT:
The Malone STUNT senior class consisting of Reifsnyder and Eden Marquis will be celebrated prior to the start of their next home game against Muskingum University on Sunday, March 1. The ceremony will be just before the 2:00 P.M. start time.