'Cats Fall to Fighting Irish

SOUTH BEND, IND – Northwestern fell to #17/RV Notre Dame on Friday Night in South Bend, Ind with the men scoring 92 points and the women scoring 74.

The Wildcats started the meet with the women's relay team of junior Calypso Sheridan, first-year Hannah Brunzell, sophomore Miriam Guevara and senior Malorie Han out touching their competition by almost two second to bring home the win in the 400 medley relay.

The 'Cat came back with a 2-3-6 finish in the 200 IM, led by Sheridan in 2:02.10 followed by Brunzell and sophomore Tara Vovk.

Sophomore Andrew Zhang led the 2-3-4-8 finish in the men's 50 free with juniors Ezra Mizgala, Peter Lewczyk and Keegan Bundy to earn 9.5 points for the Wildcats.

First-year Federico Burdisso out-touched his competition by over two seconds in the 200 fly, to score nine NU points. Sophomore Manu Martos Bacarizo followed suit, leading the 1-2 punch in the 200 back with sophomore Ryan Gridley.

Brunzell was dominant in the 200 breast, leading teammate Sophomore Angus to secure 13 points for the 'Cats in a 1-2 finish.

Sophomore Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson was the top finisher in the 1M dive, out-scoring second place by over 25 points.

Chicago's Big Ten Team will be back in the pool tomorrow afternoon as they face off against Iowa on senior day starting at 12 pm at the Norris Aquatics Center.

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Players Mentioned

Hannah Brunzell

Keegan Bundy

Federico Burdisso

Yohan Eskrick-Parkinson

Ryan Gridley

Miriam Guevara

Malorie Han

Peter Lewczyk

Ezra Mizgala

Calypso Sheridan

Tara Vovk

Andrew Zhang

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