Women earn first MAC win of the year, while men
suffer first loss of the season
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo
men’s and women’s swimming and diving team hosted the
Eastern Michigan Eagles in their first home Mid-American Conference
dual meet of the season. The women beat the Eagles by a score of
166-128 to earn their first MAC win of the season to improve to 2-2
overall (1-2 MAC), while the men dropped their first MAC meet of the
year, 180-120, to the reigning MAC champs to even their record at 1-1
overall (0-1 MAC).
Brynn Marecki
The women jumped out to a quick lead, taking a 1-2 finish in the
400 medley relay, as the team of Jessica
Ballard, Brynn
Marecki, Sam
Palma and Caroline
Simmons finished first in a time of 3:52.78, while the foursome of Caitlin
Reilly, Alie
Schirmers, Sam
Eckert and Karly
Moore touched out the EMU squad in a time of 3:55.97 to take the
second-place spot. Reilly took first in the 100 backstroke in a time of
59.29, while Marecki placed first in the 100 breaststroke in a time of
1:04.66 to build the Bulls’ lead. Simmons picked up first-place
points in the 50 freestyle, swimming to a time of 23.57 to give the
Bulls a 71-60 lead going into the first diving break.
Jessie Koltz
Simmons also took first in the 100 freestyle (51.47) to sweep the
sprint events for the day. Marecki won the 200 breaststroke in 2:20.03
to give her a sweep of the breaststroke events as well. Ballard cruised
to a first-place finish in the 200 backstroke, winning in a time of
2:06.43, with Reilly finishing close behind in 2:08.98 to give the
Bulls a 1-2 finish in the event. The 100 butterfly event was dominated
by Buffalo, as the Bulls took the top three spots with Jessie
Koltz taking the top spot in 57.03, followed by Palma (58.08) and
Eckert (58.64), taking second and third, respectively. Schirmers
wrapped up the individual events with a win in the 200 IM (2:20.26) to
secure the women’s first MAC win of the season.
On the men’s side, Jared
Heine earned the top spot in the 200 freestyle, touching out the
Eastern Michigan competition by just three-hundreths of a second,
winning the event in 1:43.87. The Bulls got another first-place finish
from freshman Matt
Schwippert in the 100 butterfly (51.67). Schwippert also picked up
points in the 200 butterfly, finishing second in a time of 1:56.31. The
men wrapped up the meet with a win in the 400 freestyle relay as the
team of Simon
Proudfoot, Matt
Hogan, Heine and Chad
Miller finished in a time of 3:07.97, but it was not enough to get
by the Eagles as the team suffered its first loss of the season.
Matt Schwippert
Buffalo diving had a successful night on the boards, with Meili
Carpenter sweeping the one- and three-meter events, finishing with
scores of 288.14 and 341.25, respectively. Newcomer Kenny
Rhoades earned 280.87 points on the one-meter board to earn
first-place points for the men, as well.
The Bulls will be back in the pool tomorrow with a dual meet
against Ball State. The meet is set to begin at 1 pm at UB’s
Alumni Arena Natatorium.
