Falcons Beat Cardinals

Friday, November 4

Muncie, IN

6:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

170

130

Ball State University

Photo by: Brad Phalin, BGSU Marketing and Communications

November 05, 2016 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Daniela Carrillo

Final Results

Muncie, IN – The Bowling Green State University Falcons beat MAC opponent, the Ball State Cardinals, with a 170-130 final score.

The Falcons won 12 out of 16 events against the Cardinals. Junior, Natalie Criswell, won three individual events, including the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle. The Michigan native stopped the clock at 1:56.73, 5:09.85 and 10:32.90 respectively to take the wins for the Falcons. The orange and brown claimed the win in both relays, touching the wall first in the 200 medley relay (1:45.50) as well as in the 200 freestyle relay (1:36.65).

Freshman diver, Talisa Lemke, claimed the win for the Falcons in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Already qualified for NCAA Zones, Lemke scored a 321.75 and a 282.60 respectively to take the wins. Also an NCAA Zones qualifier for BGSU, is sophomore Claire Stam, who scored a 232.88 and a 251.10 in the 3-meter and 1-meter diving events respectively to help the Falcons win the meet.

Also making an impact were seniors Maya Skorupski and Victoria Griffin, who won two individual events each for the Falcons. Skorupski won both the 100 and 200 backstroke, touching the wall at 56.66 and 2:03.34 respectively to take the wins. Griffin claimed first place for the orange and brown in both the 50 and 100 freestyle. The senior stopped the clock at 24.01 and 51.93 respectively. The 200 individual medley was also won by a Falcon, only this time it was Kristin Filby's turn. The senior the event by over two seconds, touching the wall at 2:08.46 to leave the rest of the competition behind.

The Falcons will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 11 in Cooper Pool, starting at 6 P.M. Come cheer on your Falcons as they host Big Ten Conference team, Michigan State University.