Tigers Set For Senior Day, Cyclones
1/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 22, 2009
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Missouri women's swimming and diving team will host the last dual meet at the Mizzou Aquatic Center for the 2008-09 season when they welcome the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday, January 24. The team's 11 seniors will be honored during a ceremony before the meet, which will start at Noon CT.
Scouting Iowa State
The Cyclones will enter the meet boasting a 6-2 record on the season. This will be their first conference meet of the year. Iowa State opened their season with a 124-72 victory over Nebraska-Omaha. Two weeks later, the team dropped their first dual of the season, losing 169.5-130.5 to Illinois. The Cyclones then rallied off four straight wins, earning victories over South Dakota (189-106), Western Illinois (190.5-47.5), South Dakota State (187-55) and Northern Iowa (201-88) before dropping a meet to in-state rival Iowa by a 196-104 total. Iowa State last took the pool last weekend, when they defeated St. Olaf by a final of 186-86.
Last Time Out
Last weekend, the Tigers went up against two tough Big 10 opponents in a tri-meet, battling the No. 14 Indiana Hoosiers and the Buckeyes of Ohio State. The Tigers fell in a close match with Indiana by a score of 169-131, but took down the Buckeyes, 207-93. Freshman Kayla Durnil broke the school record in the 200 breast with a time of 2:14.88, more than three seconds better than the previous record. The split by the Tigers puts their overall record at 2-5 on the season.
The Last Hurrah
Saturday's meet will mark the last home dual ever for ten Tiger seniors. Coralie Baumann, Allie Bennett, Kayla Bowcutt, Lauren Cox, Kirsten David, Jill Granger, Lori Halvorson, Aimee Hukill, Kendra Melnychuk, Carly Sullivan and Erin Yeager will all be honored before the meet for their contributions and successes as a Missouri Tiger.
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