EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The University of Southern Indiana Cheer Team is set to compete at the UCA & UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championships Friday-Sunday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
USI will compete for the first time in the Division I All-Girl Game Day competition as well as the Traditional Performance competition.
The Screaming Eagles, under the direction of Head Coach Megan Ringer, have been working extremely hard throughout the first semester and throughout the holiday break in preparation for this year’s competition. They’ve performed both routines during the halftimes of recent USI men’s and women’s basketball games.
In 2025, USI earned an eighth-place finish in the finals of the Small Coed Division I competition. The Screaming Eagles were one of four teams to post a clean sheet in the deduction’s column during the final round as they finished with 79.8 points.
This year’s trip marks the third straight season that USI will compete at the Division I level after they participated in the All-Girl Division I competition two seasons ago.
The prelims for this year’s All-Girl Game Day competition will take place Friday, while the prelims for the Traditional Performance competition are Saturday.
USI is slotted to compete Friday at 12:14 p.m. (CST) and Saturday at 8:09 a.m. (CST). The finals and award ceremonies for the All-Girl Game Day competition are Saturday from 1:45-8 p.m. (CST), while the finals and awards ceremonies for the Traditional Performance competition are Sunday from 6:45 – 1 p.m. (CST).
