For the first time since 2011, the cheerleading team captured a national title at the NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championships concluded Friday in Daytona Beach, Fla. 

Lindenwood won the Large Coed Cheer Division II crown with a score of 91.73, edging Columbus State by just 0.38.  After advancing through the preliminaries in first place, the team performed a solid routine, earning the highest marks for baskets, pyramids, and tumbling.  Mistakes were minimized with less than a point of deductions.   

For the second year in a row, Lindenwood qualified three different squads into final rounds.  The Small Coed team was fourth after preliminary Division II competition, but lost several points to deductions, ultimately finishing with a score of 87.48 for fifth place.  The All Girl team faced a loaded division with 22 different squads in preliminaries, but emerged in seventh place.  The Lady Lions earned a final round score of 80.08 to remain in seventh.  
 

	2015 NCA/NDA Collegiate Cheer and
	Dance Championships Results
	Finals
	Large Coed Division II
1	Lindenwood University	91.73
2	Columbus State	91.35
3	Shorter University	90.45
4	Young Harris College	89.48
5	Universite du Quebec a Montreal	87.63
6	Grand Valley State University	83.23
	Cheer Small Coed Division II
1	Blinn College	93.18
2	Faulkner State Community College	91.65
3	Valdosta State University	90.90
4	Iowa Central Community College	88.85
5	Lindenwood University	87.48
6	McKendree University	86.23
7	Georgia College	83.60
	Cheer Intermediate All Girl II
1	California University of Pennsylvania	85.23
2	Alma College	84.58
3	University of Central Oklahoma	83.25
4	Salisbury University	83.15
5	Shorter University	81.63
6	Dallas Baptist University	80.40
7	Lindenwood University	80.08
8	Tarleton State University	79.65
9	North Central College	79.18
10	University of Mary Hardin Baylor	78.60
11	Ocean County College	77.80
12	Lander University	76.65