Lionettes, SLU Cheer earn 3 medals at Nationals

ORLANDO, Fla. – 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