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Women's S&D Earns 195-103 Win Over Evansville
October 09, 2010 | Women's Swimming and Diving
MUNCIE, Ind. - - The Ball State women's swimming & diving team opened its 2010-11 campaign with a 195-103 victory over Evansville Friday evening at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.
The Cardinals scored victories in 12 of the 16 events, with four different BSU swimmers collecting a pair of individual event victories.
Senior Maria Gramelspacher (Jasper, Ind./Jasper H.S.) tallied wins in the 100 and 200 butterfly, posting times of 57.97 and 2:07.14, respectively. She also swam the third leg for the first-place 200 medley relay which clocked in at 1:47.94.
Fellow senior Katie Bylsma (Westfield, Ind./Pinckney H.S.) scored wins in the two spring freestyle events, clocking a 24.72 in the 50 and 53.84 in the 100. She also swam the anchor for the first-place 200 medley relay.
In her first collegiate meet, freshman Bridgett Ruehl (Lowell, Ind./Lowell H.S.) added first-place efforts in the 100 (1:06.21) and 200 (2:23.18) breaststroke, while swimming the second leg for the first-place 200 medley relay. Junior Nicole Saulters (Highland, Ind./Highland H.S.) swam the first leg for the winning relay.
Also collecting a pair of wins in her first meet with the Cardinals was freshman Emily Wisolek (Middlebury, Ind./Northridge H.S.), who took home top billing in the 200 freestyle (1:56.01) and 200 backstroke (2:08.75).
Other individuals scoring even wins for the Cardinals were junior diver Christina Riordan (Homewood, Ill./Homewood Flossmoor H.S.) on the one-meter board (238.72), freshman Mallory Miles (Holland, Ind./Southridge H.S.) in the 100 backstroke (59.02) and freshman Haley Richter (Roanoke, Ind./Columbia City H.S.) in the 200 individual medley (2:11.11).
The Ball State women's swimming and diving team will have little time to rest this evening, at they compete in the Ball State Relay Invitational Saturday morning starting at 9 a.m. The event will be held at the Lewellen Aquatic Center and admission is FREE.
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