Dance Team excels in Florida, finishing 8th nationally
The Stonehill College Dance Team, along with over 200 teams from across the nation, traveled to Daytona, Florida from April 7th- 11th to compete in the National Dance and Cheerleading Association Collegiate Championship. The ladies competed within the Dance Division II category against 14 other teams, including teams from Hawaii, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Nebraska. After preliminary competition, Stonehill had scored an 8.702, placing the team in 4th place and ensuring advancement to the finals. Not only was this the highest score ever awarded to the dance team since its inception in 2005, but it was also the highest that the team had ever placed. In the final competition, the team placed within the top 8 teams in the nation. Afterwards, Coach Cara Patten said “This team has worked so hard for this moment! It is well deserved.”