Swimming and Diving hosts Evansville for dwelling finale

EVANSVILLE, Ind.– University of Southern Indiana Swimming and Diving hosts crosstown foe the University of Evansville Saturday afternoon on the USI Aquatic Center. The crew shall be celebrating the senior class an hour earlier than the meet begins.
 
Saturday’s meet marks the third time this season that the 2 applications have confronted off. They first met on the tri-meet hosted by Indiana University Indianapolis on October 18 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The applications break up the primary assembly with the Screaming Eagles taking a 181-105 victory on the ladies’s aspect, however the Purple Aces got here out on high 153-144 within the males’s matchup.
 
Per week later, the 2 groups confronted off for the second time. In the matchup, the Eagles took dwelling either side. The ladies earned an enormous 161-134 win, whereas the lads took dwelling a dominant 172-126 victory.
 
Evansville is coming off a victory over Eastern Illinois University on January 17. The Women earned their first victory of the 12 months, 143-114 over the Panthers, whereas the lads squeaked out a win, 136-126.
 
Men’s
Last day out, USI picked up a 159-140 win over the University of Illinois Chicago on the USI Aquatic Center. The Eagles picked up 9 warmth victories, serving to the crew earn its second victory of the season.
 
The first occasion win got here within the 200 medley relay, the place freshmen Jarrett Watkins and Jerrin Dale, together with juniors Sam Smith and Joey Smith, raced to a time of 1:33.17. Freshman Garrett Gabhart took the second occasion win for the Eagles within the 50 backstroke (24.17).
 
S. Smith and sophomore Jude Winnington took the highest two spots within the 100-butterfly race. Winnington added much more factors to the board, successful the 100 particular person medley with a 52.21 time.
 
On the boards, Senior Lane Pollock secured a third-place win towards robust UIC competitors in each the one and three-meter dives right this moment. He scored 278.25 on the one-meter, adopted by a 293.48 on the three-meter.
 
Women’s
The ladies dropped their final meet towards the Flames, 220-77, on January 10 on the USI Aquatic Center. Sophomore Emma Gabhart recorded the crew’s lone warmth victories, successful each the 50 (31.51) and 100 (1:07.47) breaststroke.
 
Gabhart was a member of the second-place 200 freestyle relay that recorded a 1:40.62 time. The crew consisted of Gabhart, freshman Hannah Pryor, sophomore Elizabeth Ketcham, and sophomore Simone Green.
 
Sophomore Anna Bunnell earned a team-high second-place end within the one-meter dive, recording a 238.88 rating. Bunnell additionally completed fourth within the three-meter dive with a rating of 230.25, three factors behind teammate sophomore Gabbie Meier, who completed third with 233.70 factors.
 
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