Alicia Napalitano Helps Hofstra University Dance Team Win World Championship

2016 May 6

Alicia Napalitano of Tewksbury, MA is a member of Hofstra University's Dance Team, which recently competed as Team USA in the 2016 International World Dance Competition and won the Freestyle Pom world championship. Napalitano is a senior at Hofstra.

The Hofstra team competed against 18 other teams from around the globe, including Japan, Finland, Australia, China, Poland, Germany, Scotland, Mexico and Switzerland. The competition was held April 20-23rd at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney Resorts in Orlando, Florida.

Hofstra's Dance Team has been nationally ranked for over 20 years, and won national championships in 2006, 2012, 2013 and 2016. The team has ranked in the top ten for 19 of those years, the top five for 17 of those years, and the top three for 10 of those years. It is currently ranked number one among colleges on Long Island.