Reiver Dance Wins DTU Hip-Hop, Competes in "The Battle"

ORLANDO, Fla. - For the second year in a row, Iowa Western Dance won the Junior College DTU Hip-Hop performance at The College Classic from the Orange County Convension Center.

The Reivers scored 86.04 points in the preliminary round, then improved their mark to 88.88 points, earning themselves a spot in the prestigious "Battle" to wrap up the competition.  Dance Team Union Battle's are a showdown of the best of the best with qualifying dance teams and cheer teams from the preliminary round are selected and invited to perform in the Battle, hoping to win the coveted Battle Cup. 

Iowa Western also finished as the national runner-up in Junior College Pom and took home third place in Junior College Jazz.

For Head Coach Michaela Patterson, this is her 4th DTU National Championship since starting the program in 2021.  Her program won Open Pom in 2023 and followed that up with titles in Hip-Hop and Jazz last year.