Friday, October 26
East Lansing, Mich
5 pm
Michigan State University
149
vs
151
Rutgers University
Women's Swimming And Diving Battles In Loss To Rutgers
10/26/2018 8:12:00 PM | Swimming and Diving
Oct. 26, 2018
Final Results
EAST LANSING, Mich. – In the first ever match-up between Michigan State and Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights defeated the Spartans by just two points, 151-149.
"The good thing is that we really improved, and I thought our girls really raced hard. It was nice because some of our younger kids broke out a little bit too, Abbey Neveling and our breaststrokes really carried the day," head coach Matt Gianiodis.
The Spartans started the meet with a disqualification in the 200-medley relay due to an early takeoff from the board. The women followed up with a second-place time of 10:34.66 by Marie Dickson, third-place time of 10:39.62 by Lucy Schenden, and fourth-place time of 10:39.91 by Sarah Zofchak in the 1000 freestyle.
The McCaffree Pool record was broken in the 100 backstroke by Rutgers Terka Grusova. Shortly after, the Spartans found their first top finish in the 100 breaststroke when Ana Sortland came in first place with a time of 1:04.23, Ellie Roche came in second with a time of 1:04.58, and Erin Szara in third with a time of 1:05.17.
Coming back off of the break, the Spartans Olivia Chick took first place in the 100 free with a time of 52.85 and right behind her in second place was Allie Heineman with a time of 53.00.
For the second time during the meet Roche, Sortland and Szara find themselves in the top three slots in the 200 breaststroke. Roche places first with 2:21.50, Sortland was second with 2:22.57, and Szara third with 2:25.21.
After a lagging start, Neveling pulled ahead of the Scarlet Knights in the 200 IM and finished with a first-place time of 2:06.83.
"They've got a good team, but even the kids that weren't winning I thought did really well. Our girls in the 1000, they came along off the first meet, so it was good," Gianiodis said.
On the diving board, Michigan State claimed first and third in the 3-meter as Amanda Ling scored a 300.00 and Morgan Wellenzohn scored a 268.50. In the 1-meter, Ling placed second with a score of 267.52 and Wellenzohn placed third with a score of 264.30.
"Rutgers usually has good, solid divers so I'm pretty happy with how we did. Between the two boards we outscored them even though they got us by a point on the 1-meter. Amanda hitting 300 for the first time in her career was pretty exciting too," diving coach Eric Best said.
Next Saturday, Nov. 3, the men and women will host Division III powerhouse Kenyon College at the McCaffree Pool at 12 p.m.
Final Results
EAST LANSING, Mich. – In the first ever match-up between Michigan State and Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights defeated the Spartans by just two points, 151-149.
"The good thing is that we really improved, and I thought our girls really raced hard. It was nice because some of our younger kids broke out a little bit too, Abbey Neveling and our breaststrokes really carried the day," head coach Matt Gianiodis.
The Spartans started the meet with a disqualification in the 200-medley relay due to an early takeoff from the board. The women followed up with a second-place time of 10:34.66 by Marie Dickson, third-place time of 10:39.62 by Lucy Schenden, and fourth-place time of 10:39.91 by Sarah Zofchak in the 1000 freestyle.
The McCaffree Pool record was broken in the 100 backstroke by Rutgers Terka Grusova. Shortly after, the Spartans found their first top finish in the 100 breaststroke when Ana Sortland came in first place with a time of 1:04.23, Ellie Roche came in second with a time of 1:04.58, and Erin Szara in third with a time of 1:05.17.
Coming back off of the break, the Spartans Olivia Chick took first place in the 100 free with a time of 52.85 and right behind her in second place was Allie Heineman with a time of 53.00.
For the second time during the meet Roche, Sortland and Szara find themselves in the top three slots in the 200 breaststroke. Roche places first with 2:21.50, Sortland was second with 2:22.57, and Szara third with 2:25.21.
After a lagging start, Neveling pulled ahead of the Scarlet Knights in the 200 IM and finished with a first-place time of 2:06.83.
"They've got a good team, but even the kids that weren't winning I thought did really well. Our girls in the 1000, they came along off the first meet, so it was good," Gianiodis said.
On the diving board, Michigan State claimed first and third in the 3-meter as Amanda Ling scored a 300.00 and Morgan Wellenzohn scored a 268.50. In the 1-meter, Ling placed second with a score of 267.52 and Wellenzohn placed third with a score of 264.30.
"Rutgers usually has good, solid divers so I'm pretty happy with how we did. Between the two boards we outscored them even though they got us by a point on the 1-meter. Amanda hitting 300 for the first time in her career was pretty exciting too," diving coach Eric Best said.
Next Saturday, Nov. 3, the men and women will host Division III powerhouse Kenyon College at the McCaffree Pool at 12 p.m.
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