Cheerleading won two national titles and earned three trophies overall at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Team Championships April 7-9 at the Band Shell and Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Lions captured the Division II Advanced Large Coed and Division II Advanced Small Coed crowns, and earned the third-place trophy in Intermediate Small Coed Division II.

Lindenwood sat in first place in the Advanced Large Coed standings after preliminary competition after posting a performance score of 94.6111, over five points ahead of second place Columbus State University. The Lions suffered more deductions in the finals, but easily maintained a large margin over second place to take the title with an overall event score of 92.9097.

Lindenwood overcame a deficit to win the Advanced Small Coed championship. The Lions had one of the highest raw scores in the preliminary round, but several deductions left them in third place with a performance score of 91.6944, about 0.4 points behind Tarleton State University in second and just over a full point behind Shorter University in first. In the finals, Lindenwood not only earned the highest raw score of the competition, but didn't have any deductions. That allowed the Lions to post a huge performance score and leap all the way to first place with an event score of 94.4236, well over two points ahead of Tarleton State and Shorter in second and third place respectively, and over three points ahead of Limestone University in fourth.

In the Intermediate Small Coed competition, Lindenwood was one of 14 different squads fighting for the title. Despite the large field, the Lions sat in second place after prelims with a performance score of 96.0926, about 0.4 points behind leader University of Arkansas – Fort Smith, and almost a full point ahead of Grand Valley State University in third. Lindenwood earned the highest raw score in the finals, but two points of deductions dropped the performance score for the round and left the Lions in third place with an event score of 94.6621. Arkansas – Fort Smith maintained its advantage to raise the trophy while the Lakers took second.

The two national championships become the 10^th and 11^th in program history for cheerleading. The Lions won the Small Coed Open and Intermediate Small Coed Open titles in 2021, won Large Coed division crowns in 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2015, and captured the Small Coed Division II championship in 2018, the Small Coed Division II in 2016, and Small Coed in 2011.

Complete 2022 Collegiate Cheer and Dance Team Championships Results


























Division II-Advanced Large Coed
Finals

Rank	Program Name	Raw Score	Deductions	Performance Score	Event Score
1	Lindenwood University	85.1333	2.25	92.3426	92.9097
2	Columbus State University	80.9	2	87.8889	88.25

 
Division II-Advanced Small Coed
Finals

Rank	Program Name	Raw Score	Deductions	Performance Score	Event Score
1	Lindenwood University	85.8	0	95.3333	94.4236
2	Tarleton State University	83.7	1.25	91.75	91.838
3	Shorter University	84.2667	2.25	91.3796	91.7176
4	Limestone University	83.5333	0.75	92.0648	91.2407
5	Grand Valley State University	84.3667	2.5	91.2407	90.9143
6	Gannon University	82.2333	2	89.3704	89.6644

 
Division II-Intermediate Small Coed
Finals

Rank	Program Name	Raw Score	Deductions	Performance Score	Event Score
1	University of Arkansas Fort Smith	86.5333	1	95.1481	95.4907
2	Grand Valley State University	86.0333	0.5	95.0926	95.125
3	Lindenwood University	86.5667	2	94.1852	94.6621
4	Southern Arkansas University	85.4667	0.5	94.463	93.7917
5	University of Arkansas Monticello	84.7333	0.5	93.6481	93.6828
6	Alderson Broaddus University	84.4667	0	93.8519	93.625
7	Rogers State University	84.9333	0.5	93.8704	93.5648
8	Spring Hill College	84.0333	0	93.3704	93.2361
9	Texas A & M Commerce	83.3333	0.5	92.0926	91.7778
10	Saginaw Valley State University	83.6333	1	91.9259	91.5741
11	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	83.2	1.17	91.2744	91.4489
12	McKendree University	83.5	1.25	91.5278	91.3032
13	University of Texas-Tyler	83.7	1	92	91.2917
14	Newberry College	82	0.75	90.3611	90.2315