Bowling Green State University Athletics
Saturday, January 27
Athens, Ohio
2:00 PM
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Ohio
Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications
Bowling Green Travels to Ohio University for Saturday Dual
January 25, 2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team will compete in its first dual in two months when they travel at Athens, Ohio on Saturday (Jan. 27) for a meet against Ohio University. The meet is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET, and will be the second dual in less than 24 hours for the Bobcats. For BGSU, this will be the first official competition for Falcon swimmers since the team placed third of nine teams at the 2017 Zippy Invitational (Dec. 1-3, 2017), while the diving team has since competed at the Buffalo Diving Invitational (Jan. 12-13). BGSUÂ is 3-3 in dual meets during the 2017-18 season and 0-2 against Mid-American Conference competition. Ohio is currently 2-2 in dual meets and 1-2 against MAC foes.
COACH SAYS...
BGSUÂ Swimming and Diving head coach Matt Ense said, "Ohio University will be a very tough meet for us as we head into the final stretch of the dual meet season. We are four weeks away from the conference championships, so we are fine tuning what we need to so we are our best when we are back in Athens for the MAC Championships. This will be our first time racing since the beginning of December so it will be great for the team to be back in the pool in a competitive environment."
LAST TIME OUT
Falcon divers competed two weeks ago in Buffalo, N.Y. at the 2018 Buffalo Diving Invitational. Sophomore Talisa Lemke won the one-meter event and set a one-meter school record in the preliminary round. Her 302.30 in the prelims is her fourth new school record set in that event this season. Lemke also posted a second-place finish during the three-meter competition. In total, she scored 37 total points to win the meet's individual championship. Claire Stam placed third overall (29 points) with a fourth-place result in the three-meter and a fifth-place in the one-meter. Ashley White (second place, one-meter) and Kylie Bosco also earned points for BGSU. The Falcons tallied a total of 106 points and captured the team championship over five other schools, including three from the MAC. Ohio participated in the meet and placed fifth with 16 points.
MAC SWIMMER/DIVER OF THE WEEK
As a result of her performance in Buffalo, Talisa Lemke was named the MAC Swimmer/Diver of the Week on Jan. 18. It was the second time that she has won the award during her sophomore season. Lemke also earned the honor on Nov. 16 following her performance in a dual meet at Michigan State. In that meet, she swept the diving events for the fourth time in the first five meets of the season and broke her own school records in both diving events. In the one-meter, she became the first Falcon ever to score a 300 by posting a 300.97. She then shattered her three-meter record, improving it from 323.70 to 339.22. Lemke, who was the MAC's 2017 Freshman Diver of the Year, has also earned the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week award this season (Oct. 25).
DUELING IN DUALS
The Falcons have posted two separate three-game streaks while compiling their 3-3 dual meet record. They began the season by routing St. Francis 214.5-77.5 on Sept. 29, then proceeded to sweep a double-dual against Xavier and Tiffin on Oct. 21. BGSU defeated Xavier 166-128 and scored 254 points against Tiffin. On Oct. 28, Bowling Green competed against a MAC opponent for the first time this season and fell to Eastern Michigan 207-93. They subsequently lost road meets at Miami (215-85) and Michigan State (186-114). BGSU's last dual against Ohio was at Cooper Pool on Oct. 24, 2015, when the Falcons won 157.5-142.5. Their last dual meet in Athens was Jan. 31, 2014; Bowling Green won 155-138.
SCOUTING OHIO
Ohio is currently 2-2 in dual meets and 1-2 against MAC competition. The Bobcats began the 2017-18 season with a 202-96 victory over Youngstown State during which they won 13 of 16 events. They followed that by winning 185-114 at Ball State and captured another 12 event titles. In their initial home meet of the season, Ohio fell 161-139 to Buffalo. Last Saturday (Jan. 20), they resumed their season with a 193-106 loss at Akron. Junior Corrin Van Lanen leads Ohio with ten event victories in freestyle sprints and the 100 butterfly. Freshman Samantha Glass is second on the team with six event wins. Ohio head coach Rachel Komisarz-Baugh is in her fourth season.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1 Meter Dive
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
3 Meter Dive
200 IM
400 Free Relay
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COACH SAYS...
BGSUÂ Swimming and Diving head coach Matt Ense said, "Ohio University will be a very tough meet for us as we head into the final stretch of the dual meet season. We are four weeks away from the conference championships, so we are fine tuning what we need to so we are our best when we are back in Athens for the MAC Championships. This will be our first time racing since the beginning of December so it will be great for the team to be back in the pool in a competitive environment."
LAST TIME OUT
Falcon divers competed two weeks ago in Buffalo, N.Y. at the 2018 Buffalo Diving Invitational. Sophomore Talisa Lemke won the one-meter event and set a one-meter school record in the preliminary round. Her 302.30 in the prelims is her fourth new school record set in that event this season. Lemke also posted a second-place finish during the three-meter competition. In total, she scored 37 total points to win the meet's individual championship. Claire Stam placed third overall (29 points) with a fourth-place result in the three-meter and a fifth-place in the one-meter. Ashley White (second place, one-meter) and Kylie Bosco also earned points for BGSU. The Falcons tallied a total of 106 points and captured the team championship over five other schools, including three from the MAC. Ohio participated in the meet and placed fifth with 16 points.
MAC SWIMMER/DIVER OF THE WEEK
As a result of her performance in Buffalo, Talisa Lemke was named the MAC Swimmer/Diver of the Week on Jan. 18. It was the second time that she has won the award during her sophomore season. Lemke also earned the honor on Nov. 16 following her performance in a dual meet at Michigan State. In that meet, she swept the diving events for the fourth time in the first five meets of the season and broke her own school records in both diving events. In the one-meter, she became the first Falcon ever to score a 300 by posting a 300.97. She then shattered her three-meter record, improving it from 323.70 to 339.22. Lemke, who was the MAC's 2017 Freshman Diver of the Year, has also earned the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week award this season (Oct. 25).
DUELING IN DUALS
The Falcons have posted two separate three-game streaks while compiling their 3-3 dual meet record. They began the season by routing St. Francis 214.5-77.5 on Sept. 29, then proceeded to sweep a double-dual against Xavier and Tiffin on Oct. 21. BGSU defeated Xavier 166-128 and scored 254 points against Tiffin. On Oct. 28, Bowling Green competed against a MAC opponent for the first time this season and fell to Eastern Michigan 207-93. They subsequently lost road meets at Miami (215-85) and Michigan State (186-114). BGSU's last dual against Ohio was at Cooper Pool on Oct. 24, 2015, when the Falcons won 157.5-142.5. Their last dual meet in Athens was Jan. 31, 2014; Bowling Green won 155-138.
SCOUTING OHIO
Ohio is currently 2-2 in dual meets and 1-2 against MAC competition. The Bobcats began the 2017-18 season with a 202-96 victory over Youngstown State during which they won 13 of 16 events. They followed that by winning 185-114 at Ball State and captured another 12 event titles. In their initial home meet of the season, Ohio fell 161-139 to Buffalo. Last Saturday (Jan. 20), they resumed their season with a 193-106 loss at Akron. Junior Corrin Van Lanen leads Ohio with ten event victories in freestyle sprints and the 100 butterfly. Freshman Samantha Glass is second on the team with six event wins. Ohio head coach Rachel Komisarz-Baugh is in her fourth season.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
200 Medley Relay
1000 Freestyle
200 Freestyle
100 Backstroke
100 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
50 Freestyle
1 Meter Dive
100 Freestyle
200 Backstroke
200 Breaststroke
500 Freestyle
100 Butterfly
3 Meter Dive
200 IM
400 Free Relay
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Players Mentioned
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