ORLANDO, Fla.—The University of Southern Indiana Cheer Team finished sixth out of 17 teams in the finals of the 2019 UCA UDA College Cheer & Dance National Championships All-Girl Division I competition Saturday night.

USI began the day by finishing in the upper half of the preliminary round before churning out its top-six finish in the finals.

The Screaming Eagles, under the direction of fifth-year Head Coach Shane Wycoff, improved on their seventh-place finish in 2018. USI was sixth in 2017 and fifth in 2016 after posting a school-best finish of second in 2014.

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