The Flames women's swimming and diving team lost their season-opening meet at Indiana State, 178.5-121.5.
Lexie Joy and
Cydney Liebenberg each had multiple victories, but the Sycamores won 10 of the 16 events to rack up enough points in the 9-4-3-2-1 scoring system.
"Some of our upperclassmen gave us the performances we expect from them. We got some impressive debuts from our freshmen, too," head coach
Tim Loeffler said. "Indiana State improved a lot from last year. For us, this year is kind of a blank slate. We saw some things that we have to work on, and with three weeks until our next meet on the women's side we will have a chance to do so."
Individual Highlights
- Lexie Joy picked up where she left off last season, winning the 200 free. Morgan Bosse and Misha Neal finished third and fourth. Joy was the winner in the 200 IM as well.
- Joy also won the 100 free, in :52.64, setting the pool record. Maddie Hammer was third, and Beth Kelzer was fourth.
- Freshman Christina Neri turned in a second place performance in the 1000 free (10:33.31) and won the 500 free (5:09.32).
- Another freshman, Lauren Johnson, had UIC's best performance in the 50 free (third, :24.87).
- Abby Kunze took second in the 100 back in 1:00.26.
- Hannah Olsen swam the 200 back in 2:08.11 to take second.
- Jessica Amyette was second in the 200 breast.
Relay Highlights
Diving Highlights
- Cydney Liebenberg took the 1-meter diving win with 264.23 points, just 0.77 shy of the NCAA Zone standard.
- She also won the 3-meter event with a zone-qualified score of 281.02.
- Kallie Zuidema and Natalie Williams had strong showings with third and fourth place finishes on the 1-meter board, and Williams also took fourth on the 3-meter board.
Up Next
- The Flames will return to action October 26.
- They will make a short journey to Evanston, where Northwestern will host a quad meet along with Illinois and the University of Chicago.
