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Cheerleading team competes nationally

The University of Maine cheerleading squad finished third in last week’s National Collegiate Association Championship in Daytona, Fla.

The squad placed behind the University of Houston and Northern Illinois in the small co-ed division, for teams that feature four or fewer males.

The two-day competition concluded last Friday with five of the ten teams in the division competing in final round after advancing on the basis of routine and crowd involvement scores from Thursday.

It was the first national competition for UMaine since 1993. In 1999, the Black Bears won a regional New England meet in Boston.

The competition concluded a season that began with fall sports and continued on through the winter sports season. Coach Lisa Ackley said that the team would take a couple of weeks off before beginning tryouts for next year’s team.