Ball State University Athletics
Women?s S&D Hosts a Pair of Meets This Weekend
October 27, 2011 | Women's Swimming and Diving
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State women's swimming & diving team opens its 2011-12 home schedule Friday at Lewellen Aquatic Center when it hosts Wisconsin-Milwaukee in a meet starting at 6 p.m.
Ball State returns to action Saturday afternoon as the squad hosts Mid-American Conference foe Bowling Green at 1 p.m.
Ball State owns a 1-0 record on the young season after defeating Evansville, 162-138, Saturday afternoon at Roy and Mary Wyttenbach Pool. The Cardinals scored victories in eight of the 16 events, with two different BSU swimmers collecting a pair of individual event victories.
Sophomore swimmer Bridgette Ruehl (Lowell, Ind./Lowell) tallied wins in the 100 breast (1:05.89) and 200 breast (2:22.56) and also swam the second leg for the first-place 200 medley relay which clocked in at 1:48.26. For her efforts, Ruehl earned MAC Co-Swimmer of the Week honors for the first time in her career.
In her first collegiate meet, freshman Carlena Magley (Waterloo, Ind./DeKalb) tallied a win in the 50 free (24.62) and the 100 free (53.63) and also swam the anchor for the first-place 400 freestyle relay which clocked in at 3:35.44.
Senior diver Whitney Adams (Danville, Ind./Danville) had a standout showing on the one-meter board (235.70), while sophomore swimmer Haley Richter (Roanoke, Ind./Columbia City) scored a win in the 100 fly, clocking in at 56.89. Richter also swam the first leg for the 400 freestyle relay.
Wisconsin-Milwaukee fell to Wisconsin, 175-116, Friday, Oct. 7 and defeated Grand Valley State, 144-99, Saturday, Oct. 15 for a 1-1 record on the season.
The meet Friday marks the first time the Cardinals and the Panthers will meet, however both head coach Kyle Clements and assistant coach Brittany Sayler swam under the direction of head coaches Bob Thomas and Laura Seibold-Caudill at Ball State.
Under the guidance of second-year head coach Petra Martin, Bowling Green enters the 2011-12 season with a 2-0 record after defeating John Carroll and Oakland in Fremont, Ohio. The Falcons host the Ohio Bobcats Friday afternoon in Bowling Green, Ohio before facing the Cardinals Saturday.
Friday Event Lineup - Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1. 200
Medley Relay - Women 2. 200
Medley Relay - Men * 1-2
rounds of diving (Women's 1 Meter, Men's 3 Meter) 3. 1000
Free - Women 4. 1000
Free - Men 5. 200
Free - Women 6. 200
Free - Men 7. 50
Free - Women 8. 50
Free - Men 9. 200
IM - Women 10. 200
IM - Men * 3
Meter Diving - Women 11. 100
Butterfly - Women 12. 100
Butterfly - Men 13. 100
Free - Women 14. 100
Free - Men 15. 100
Backstroke - Women 16. 100
Backstroke - Men 17. 500
Free - Women 18. 500
Free - Men * 1
Meter Diving - Men 19. 100
Breast - Women 20. 100
Breast - Men 21. 400
Free Relay - Women 22. 400
Free Relay - Men
Saturday Event Lineup - Bowling Green 1. 200
Medley Relay 2. 1000
Free 3. 200
Free 4. 100
Backstroke 5. 100
Breast 6. 200
Butterfly 7. 50
Free 8. 1
Meter Diving 9. 100
Free 10. 200
Backstroke 11. 200
Breast 12. 500
Free 13. 100
Fly 14. 3
Meter Diving * Possible
Exhibition Events 15. 200
IM 16. 200
Free Relay
