Falcons Beat Ohio In First Dual Meet Of Season

Saturday, October 24

Bowling Green, Ohio

11:00am ET

Bowling Green State University

157.5

142.5

Ohio University

October 24, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Scott Swegan, BGSU Athletic Communications

Meet Results (.pdf)

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The Bowling Green State University swimming & diving program started the Matt Ense era off with a victory, defeating Ohio University 157.5-142.5 on Saturday at Cooper Pool. The victory came in the Falcons' first dual meet of the season.

"Today was a great team effort throughout the meet," Ense said. "The team started the meet off strong and we finished the day strong as a group. We showed tremendous heart at the end of races to get our hands to the wall first."

In the meet, the Falcons got off to a strong start, winning five of the first six events on the day. In total, the Falcons were victorious in nine of the 16 events in the meet, taking top place in all but five swimming events.

Individually, Victoria Griffin, Daniela Carrillo and Franziska Wohlert each won two events. Both of the Falcons relay teams also finished first in the meet. Griffin, a two-time All-MAC first team performer, won both the 200 and 100 free events. Daniela Carrillo, a senior from Hermosillo, Mexico, won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke races, while Germany native Franziska Wohlert was victorious in the 200 back and 200 IM events. BGSU's strong start in the meet was aided by wins from Maya Skorupski (100 back) and Jordan Bullock (200 fly) as well.

Several freshmen made their first career appearance for the Orange and Brown in a dual meet. Emily Verbrugge (1,000 free, 100 breast, 200 breast), Megan Larson (200 free, 50 free, 100 free), Anna Paccapaniccia (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM), Christin Swanapoel Stevens (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM), Kalinka Mogensen (50 free, 100 fly), Claire Stam (diving), Ashley White (diving), Abby Villenauve (diving), and Mary Edwards (200 back, 100 fly).

Bowling Green will return to the pool next weekend for a dual meet at University of Toledo. The Battle of I75 will begin on Friday (Oct. 30) at 5:00 p.m. Last season, the Falcons defeated the Rockets 185-115 in a tri-meet also involving Marshall. BGSU and UT also swam against each other earlier this season at the Tom Stubbs Relays.