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The Southeastern Louisiana University spirit squads advanced to the 2022 UCA & UDA College Cheerleading & Dance Team National Championship finals over the weekend at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The SLU cheerleaders and Lionettes claimed three medals.

Cheer earned a silver medal with its Open Coed Gameday routine, finishing second (96.0333 points) behind Grand Canyon (97.6 points).

In the Small Coed Division I finals, the SLU Cheerleaders finished fourth (86.15 points) behind Eastern Kentucky (94.6 points), Hofstra (89.8 points) and Grand Canyon (89.2 points).

The Lionettes earned bronze in both Division I Gameday and Division I Hip Hop, finishing seventh in Division I Jazz.

In Hip Hop, SLU (90.058 points) finished less than five points behind eventual national champion Delaware (94.913 points), while the competition in Gameday was even tighter as SLU (89.0833 points) finished behind Omaha (91.5667 points) and Hofstra (91.2167 points).

Jazz routines saw the top seven separated by less than 4.5 points as the Lionettes earned 90.5072 points and national champion Cal State Fullerton finished with 94.8261 points.

More information on the competition, as well as video coverage of Southeastern’s performances, can be found at www.varsity.com.

SPIRIT CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the Southeastern spirit squads are encouraged to join the Spirit Club. Lion cheer and dance alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.

All membership fees and donations to both the Spirit Club and S Club (cheer / dance) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern spirit program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting www.LionUp.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on the SLU spirit squads, follow @LionUpCheer or @LionUpLionettes on Twitter and Instagram.

CHEER – OPEN COED GAMEDAY (FINALS)

1          Grand Canyon                         97.6

2          Southeastern                           96.0333

3          Midwestern State                    94.5333

4          Northwest Mississippi CC      94.4333

5          Miss Gulf Coast CC                94.4

CHEER – SMALL COED DIVISION I (FINALS)

1          Eastern Kentucky       94.6

2          Hofstra                                    89.8

3          Grand Canyon             89.2

4          Southeastern               86.15

 

DANCE – DIVISION I GAMEDAY (FINALS)

1          Nebraska Omaha                    91.5667

2          Hofstra                                    91.2167

3          Southeastern                           89.0833

4          Grand Canyon                         88.5667

5          College of Charleston             88.3167

6          Quinnipiac                              87.05

7          Northern Iowa                         87.0333

8          St John’s                                  86.7833

DANCE – DIVISION I HIP HOP (FINALS)

1          Delaware                                 94.913

2          St. Thomas                              91.5362

3          Southeastern                           90.058

4          St John’s                                  89.5217

5          Saint Joseph’s                          88.6232

6          Long Island                             86.7246

7          Central Connecticut State       86.1159

 

DANCE – DIVISION I JAZZ (FINALS)

1          Cal State Fullerton                 94.8261

2          St. Thomas                              94.5362

3          Grand Canyon                         94.3768

4          Nebraska Omaha                    92.5942

5          Hofstra                                     92.4928

6          Delaware                                 92.087

7          Southeastern                           90.5072

8          Missouri State                         89.4928

9          Villanova                                89.0145

10        Wisconsin-Milwaukee           87.7971

11        Quinnipiac                              87.5072

12        Northern Iowa                         86.9565

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