Falcons Close Dual Meet Schedule With YSU

Friday, February 6

Youngstown, Ohio

5:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Youngstown State

February 04, 2015 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Alexx Klein, BGSU Athletic Communications

Bowling Green, Ohio – The Falcon swimming and diving team closes out the dual meet portion of its schedule Friday Feb. 6 at 5 p.m. against Youngstown State University.

FOLLOW THE FALCONS
BGSU fans can follow BGSU Swimming and Diving all year long at BGSUFalcons.com with live stats (as available) and live video (as available) of meets. Follow along on Twitter via the official site of BGSU Athletics @BGAthletics or through the home of BGSU Swimming and Diving @FalconSwimDive. Fans can also download the Meet Mobile app for meet updates throughout the meet.

WHAT THE COACH IS SAYING
Head Coach Petra Martin: " The Friday meet vs. Youngstown will give us our last opportunity to see different people in some different events and help us solidify everyone's events list for the MAC Championships. It is good for the team to do one more meet on the road before the Championships so that we can keep sharpening our racing skills."

THE COMPETITOR
Youngstown State University sits at 4-6 overall this season. Most recently, they defeated St. Francis (Pa.) 158-125, winning nine events. The Penguins visited Cooper Pool earlier this season for the Tom Stubbs Relays hosted by BGSU Oct. 3.

LAST TIME OUT
BGSU won seven events last weekend, including a sweep of the 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke, but was edged out by Buffalo, 154-146. Estela Davis won a meet-high three individual events. Jordan Bullock, Daniela Carrillo and Kristin Filby all won an event of their own as well. With the loss, the Falcons dropped to 8-1 on the season, and the Bulls snapped the Falcons winning streak of 13 straight dual meet victories dating back to last season.

MAC RANKINGS
According to collegeswimming.com, Bowling Green is currently ranked second in the MAC. The site also has four Falcons currently ranked in the top three of the MAC in their respective events. Victoria Griffin is currently second in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle, and third in the 50 freestyle. Maria Galic ranks third in the 100 backstroke. Estela Davis is ranked second in the 200 backstroke as well as in the 400 individual medley. Daniela Carrillo is ranked second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:14.27.

PRESEASON RANKINGS
BGSU was picked to finish third in the Mid-American Conference for the 2014-15 season, according to the preseason coaches' poll. The Falcons are ranked behind defending MAC champion Akron (ranked 2nd) and MAC runner-up Miami (ranked 1st).