Team Win's Season Opener, 1-0

Saturday Jan. 30, 2010 marked the first ever National Competitive Stunts and Tumbling Association (NCSTA) style meet for women's competitive cheer. The meet was hosted by the OSU AGCT at the Rpac on the OSU campus. Ohio State went head to head in the 5-event format against Illinois, Michigan State and Penn State's all girl teams. All the teams' competed at a high level and made OSU's inaugural meet a great success. After winning three of the 5 events and placing 2nd in the other two, the team captured the meet title. See the results below.

The NCSTA meet format was a huge hit amongst the fans and spectators. Comments revolved around the more exciting and athletic representation of the athletes and the sport. Coach Delaney said, "No other sport comes out from an unseen warm up room and then only performs for 2.5 minutes against 50 to 100's of other teams. The NCSTA format takes the most athletic elements of the sport and molds them into a meet format consistent with what fans and athletes expect in every other sporting venue."
As the meet progressed fans got more and more into yelling and supporting their favorite teams and athletes. "The various events and rounds gave fans a chance to truly compare teams even if they aren't knowledgeable about the sport. The head to head back to back performances really brought out the best in the athletes that were competing, " said OSU Asst. Head Coach, Ashley Perkins.
This coming weekend the team will travel to Atlanta, GA where they will compete in a more traditional cheerleading format, but will return home for two weeks before traveling to compete in another NCSTA style meet hosted by the University of Oregon against OSU, Azusa Pacific and University of Georgia's all girl teams. See our schedule or competitions page for more information.

To read more about the events and meet format, please click here.