ATHENS,
OH
– The University at
Buffalo women’s swimming and diving team lost a close meet to
the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday afternoon at Ohio’s Aquatic
Center. The meet came down to the final relay with the Bulls just
missing out on their first MAC win of the season, as they fell to the
Bobcats 154-146. Senior diver Meili
Carpenter swept the diving
events for the second day in a row, setting an Ohio pool record while
breaking her own UB record in the three-meter event.
Meili
Carpenter
The Bulls took an early lead
with a first-place finish in the 400 medley relay as the foursome of Jessica
Ballard, Brynn
Marecki, Sam
Palma and Caroline
Simmons swam to an impressive
time of 3:52.60. The next Buffalo win came from Marecki in the 100
breaststroke as she touched out the Ohio competition with a time of
1:06.17. Marecki also placed first in the 200 breaststroke with a time
of 2:23.43. Freshmen duo Logan
Mason and Dani
Adank took a 1-2 finish in the
200 butterfly, finishing in times of 2:08.50 and 2:10.32, respectively.
Simmons also picked up a first-place win for the Bulls, winning the 100
freestyle in a time of 52.36.
Brynn
Marecki
Carpenter posted impressive
scores on the board, taking first in the one-meter event with a score
of 304.35, as well as the three-meter event with a score of 345.30. In
addition to breaking her own UB school record set last season, the
score also earned Carpenter the new Ohio Aquatic Center pool record.
"It was a very exciting meet
and I'm very proud of how we swam," said head coach Andy Bashor. "We
raced well, we just need to learn how to be better going up against the
best in the conference, so that's the next step, but all-in-all, it was
a great weekend for us."
The Bulls will return home and
join the men in hosting a pair of MAC meets next weekend at
UB’s Alumni Arena Natatorium. The teams will take on Eastern
Michigan on Friday, November 6 at 5 pm and then host Ball State at 1 pm
on Saturday, November 7.
