Panthers Defeat the Mavericks

Saturday, October 29

Omaha, Neb.

1 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

169

131

Nebraska-Omaha

Panthers Defeat the Mavericks

10/29/2016 4:08:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

By: UNI Athletic Communications

Results

OMAHA, Nebraska--The University of Northern Iowa women's swimming and diving team swam to a 169-131 victory over the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks.

The Panther team of Katie Taylor, Veronica Herrmann, Moriah Ross and Molly Lembezeder would bring home the first race in the 200 medley relay, timing in at one minute, forty-seven seconds and fifty-six hundredths of a second. Lembezeder would have another relay first place finish in the 400 freestyle relay, teaming up with Crystal Florman, Autumn Roepsch, and Rachel Siebenaller, nabbing a time of 3:33.32.

Individually, Lembezeder would grab the first place finish in the 100 freestyle, timing in at 52.61. Teammate Crystal Florman nabbed second place with a time of 53.04. Florman and Lembezeder would trade places in the 50 freestyle. Florman edged out Lembezeder for first, timing in at 24.25. Lembezeder timed in at 24.46.

Madison Rinaldi grabbed a first place finish in the 100 backstroke, with a time of 1:00.53.

Freshman Kylie Engstrom timed in at 18:05.90 to win the 1650 freestyle race.

Ross would nab two first place finishes in individual races. Ross grabbed first place in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, timing in at 1:06.90 and 2:25.16, respectively. Ross would grab a third place finish in the 200 IM to finish the day, timing in at 2:14.41.

Taylor kept her pace, grabbing first place finishes in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 200 backstroke. Taylor swam a 1:55.67 in the 200 freestyle, 2:09.22 in the 200 IM and swam a 2:04.48 in the 200 backstroke. Taylor led the Panthers in a 1-2-3 finish in the 200 backstroke. Rinaldi grabbed second place, timing in at 2:10.80 and Aftin Phyfe grabbed third with a time of 2:11.31.

Florman would grab second place in the 100 butterfly, timing in at 59.08. Kelsey Ostrowski followed in third place at 1:00.78.

Siebenaller grabbed third place in the 200 freestyle, swimming to a finish of 1:57.55.

Herrmann grabbed second place in the 200 breaststroke, timing in at 2:25.88. Herrmann would swim a 1:08.09 in the 100 breaststroke, good for third place.

Stephanie Jackson rounded out the Panther competition today, grabbing a second and third place finish. Jackson swam a 2:13.07 in the 200 butterfly, good for second place and took third in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5.20.58.

"Katie Taylor continued to set the tone for us," commented head coach Doug Humphrey on both meets. "Crystal and Molly are steadily getting better and they kept fighting after tough competition yesterday."

Diving

Junior Hannah Brummel took home third place in the 1-meter diving, with a dive score of 210.45. Brummel would take fifth in the 3-meter diving, scoring 206.10. Sophomore Alyssa Deuso took fourth in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dives, scoring 203.20 and 206.25, respectively. Emma Billerbeck grabbed fifth place in the 1-meter diving, with a dive score of 191.55 and sixth in the 3-meter diving, with a dive score of 191.75.

"Alyssa Deuso had a spectacular day at Nebraska, getting a personal-best," remarked diving coach Lori Meierbachtol, "She led the team this weekend."

Next Time in the Pool

The Panther squad returns home to the Glen F. Henry Pool for competition on November 4th at 5 p.m. The Panthers play host to the South Dakota Coyotes.

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