Swimming and Diving Notches First Win of the Season

Saturday, October 26

Buffalo, NY

12:00 PM

University at Buffalo

197

103

Ball State

Swimming and Diving Notches First Win of the Season

10/26/2019 2:45:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo swimming and diving team captured their first win of the season Saturday afternoon in a 197-103 win over Ball State.

The Bulls were hot out of the gate to start the day as they claimed second and third place in the 400 medley relay. Finishing in second in 3:51.85 was Andrea Ernst, Grace Baumer, Brittney Beetcher and Katelyn Burns. Nicole Roitenberg, Katie Pollock, Clarice Fisher and Jenna Krull claimed third place in 3:52.13. Pollock and Baumer would continue their success in the 100 backstroke as they would finish second and third.

The Bulls continued their dominance as they finished first and second in the 1000 freestyle. Julia Boswell (10:31.59) claimed first place while Lena Li (10:35.86) claimed second place.

In the 200 freestyle, the Bulls swept the heat. The Bulls finished in order with Brittney Beetcher (1:53.54) leading the way with Olivia Sapio (1:56.84) and Jillian Lawton (1:57.12) right behind.

Junior swimmer Nicole Roitenberg would share her veteran experience with freshman Clarice Fisher in the 200 butterfly, as they finished first and second.

In diving, the Bulls swept the 3-meter event with freshman Victoria Franz leading the charge with a score of 318.90. Journi Northorp (263.18) and Patricia Arceri (257.78) finished right behind Franz. Franz wasn't done, as she finished in first place in the 1-meter dive with a score of 277.35.

On the day, the Bulls had 29 swimmers and divers finish in the top-three in the 18 events. This included 11 events where multiple Bulls finished in the top-three.

"The improvements we've been focusing on are the little things," said Head Coach Andy Bashor. "The starts, turns, working on unders and that stuff. So, from that perspective, we are starting to see visual progress. Overall I felt like we handled another week of really good training and coming in here against a good Ball State team, being able to come in and race and see really good racing and splitting we are doing, I'm really happy with that."

The Bulls will travel to Oxford, Ohio as they will face off against Miami University of Ohio. The meet is set to start at 11 a.m. at the Corwin M. Nixon Aquatic Center.

For complete meet results, click here.