Thursday, January 9
Evanston, IL
6 p.m.
Northwestern
149
vs
151
Louisville
‘Cats Battle Against Louisville
1/9/2020 8:47:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
EVANSTON, IL – Northwestern swimming and diving came up just short to #12/#12 Louisville in a tightly contested match up Thursday night at the Norris Aquatics Center. The women fell just shy of the Cardinals, finishing 151-149. The men's team finished the night scoring 120.5 to Louisville's 179.5.
The Wildcats started the meet strong with the women's team of junior Calypso Sheridan, sophomore Miriam Guevara, first-year Hannah Brunzell and junior Sophie Angus winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:40.33. The men's team of sophomore Manuel Martos Bacarizo, first-years Kevin Houseman and Federico Burdisso and sophomore Andrew Zhang took third in a seasons best time of 1:28.96.
NU continued to shine, sweeping the 1000 free with juniors Ilekta Lebl and DJ Hwang each bringing home nine points for their respective teams.
First-year Aleksa Bobar earned his first collegiate win in the 200 free, out-touching his competition by over a second in a time of 1:37.52. Sheridan led a Northwestern's 1-2-3 sweep of the 100 back, followed by senior Nicole Aarts and first-year Emma Lepisova. Those three 'Cats continued to sweep, with Lepisova leading the charge followed closely by Sheridan and Aarts to score 16 Wildcat points in the women's 200 back.
Big Ten Freshman of the week, Brunzell secured the win for the 'Cats in both the 100 breast and 200 breast in a time of 1:01.05 and 2:13.28 respectively, to earn her fourth NCAA 'B' cut of the season. First-year Marcus Mok won the 200 breast for the men, beating his competition to the wall in a time of 1:59.45.
The duo Guevara and F. Burdisso swept the 200 fly for the second consecutive meet for the 'Cats, with Guevara finishing in 1:59.69 and Burdisso earning an NCAA 'B' cut in a time of 1:44.64. Burdisso continued his dominance, winning the men's 100 fly in a time of 47.01 to secure his second NCAA 'B' cut of the night.
Sheridan earned the 'Cats final win of the night, leading the 1-3-4 finish in a time of 4:19.85, followed by Larson and Lebl.
Both teams earned runner-up finishes in the final event of the night, with the women's team of Lara, Smith, Hellmer and Han finishing in 3:24.21 and the men's team of Bobar, F. Burdisso, Gately and Zhang touching in 2:59.23.
The 'Cats will be back in the pool this weekend as they compete in the two-day NASA Invite at the Norris Aquatic Center.
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The Wildcats started the meet strong with the women's team of junior Calypso Sheridan, sophomore Miriam Guevara, first-year Hannah Brunzell and junior Sophie Angus winning the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:40.33. The men's team of sophomore Manuel Martos Bacarizo, first-years Kevin Houseman and Federico Burdisso and sophomore Andrew Zhang took third in a seasons best time of 1:28.96.
NU continued to shine, sweeping the 1000 free with juniors Ilekta Lebl and DJ Hwang each bringing home nine points for their respective teams.
First-year Aleksa Bobar earned his first collegiate win in the 200 free, out-touching his competition by over a second in a time of 1:37.52. Sheridan led a Northwestern's 1-2-3 sweep of the 100 back, followed by senior Nicole Aarts and first-year Emma Lepisova. Those three 'Cats continued to sweep, with Lepisova leading the charge followed closely by Sheridan and Aarts to score 16 Wildcat points in the women's 200 back.
Big Ten Freshman of the week, Brunzell secured the win for the 'Cats in both the 100 breast and 200 breast in a time of 1:01.05 and 2:13.28 respectively, to earn her fourth NCAA 'B' cut of the season. First-year Marcus Mok won the 200 breast for the men, beating his competition to the wall in a time of 1:59.45.
The duo Guevara and F. Burdisso swept the 200 fly for the second consecutive meet for the 'Cats, with Guevara finishing in 1:59.69 and Burdisso earning an NCAA 'B' cut in a time of 1:44.64. Burdisso continued his dominance, winning the men's 100 fly in a time of 47.01 to secure his second NCAA 'B' cut of the night.
Sheridan earned the 'Cats final win of the night, leading the 1-3-4 finish in a time of 4:19.85, followed by Larson and Lebl.
Both teams earned runner-up finishes in the final event of the night, with the women's team of Lara, Smith, Hellmer and Han finishing in 3:24.21 and the men's team of Bobar, F. Burdisso, Gately and Zhang touching in 2:59.23.
The 'Cats will be back in the pool this weekend as they compete in the two-day NASA Invite at the Norris Aquatic Center.
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