Falcons Host Arch-Rival Toledo, Celebrate Senior Day This Weekend

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Five Falcon student-athletes will be recognized in their final career home meet when the BGSU swimming and diving team hosts the University of Toledo on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning (Feb. 2-3). Bowling Green will honor the careers of Kylie Bosco, Natalie Criswell, Maria Galic, Emily Ridge, Elodie Schreiber, and Amanda Washko as part of the two-day, 19-event dual meet. The recognitions will take place on Friday following the fourth event, and the meet will be held at Cooper Pool, which is located within BGSU's Student Recreation Center. The Falcons arrive at the final dual of the 2017-18 season with a 3-4 record. They are 0-3 against Mid-American Conference schools.

COACH SAYS...
BGSU Swimming and Diving head coach Matt Ense said, "This weekend will create a great environment for our seniors to have a special weekend competing against our rival. This will be our seniors last time to compete for the Falcons in a dual meet setting, and it will be their last time to race at Cooper Pool. The meet will be contested over two days and will be our last chance to make adjustments before we head to MAC's in three weeks."

LAST TIME OUT
On Saturday, Jan. 27 in Athens, Ohio, four Falcons combined to win five of 14 individual events, as BGSU fell to Ohio. The Bobcats won the dual meet 169.5-130.5. BGSU swimmers won three races while taking second place in six. Meanwhile, Talisa Lemke swept the two diving events, and second place in both was split between Claire Stam and Ashley White. Individual Falcons set four new personal records, as well as a separate season-best time, while the team ended the meet with 20 individual top-three finishes.

Lemke earned the sixth diving sweep of her sophomore season. She captured the one-meter title with a 299.63, outpacing the closest Ohio diver by 67 points. In the three-meter competition, she tallied a 320.63, which was 70 points better than the nearest Bobcat. In the 200 butterfly, Sarah Hennings finished in 2:04.27 and won by 1.91 seconds. Later, the Falcons secured the top three spots in the 200 backstroke. Franziska Wohlert touched after 2:05.04 for her third win of the season. Freshman Jordan Andrusak captured BGSU's final win of the day when she took first in the 200 IM (2:06.95). Andrusak led the Falcons with three top-three finishes.

SCOUTING TOLEDO
Toledo is led by head coach Jonas Persson, who is in his second season with the Rockets. Toledo is currently 4-6 overall and 1-2 against MAC teams in dual meets. The Rockets have wins over Ball State, Findlay, Tiffin, and IUPUI. They have also competed against Buffalo and Akron in the MAC, and they participated in a double-dual against Ohio State and Kentucky. Most recently, they lost on their Senior Day 158-85 against Akron before rebounding with a 166-128 win at IUPUI. UT competed directly against BGSU at both the Zippy Invitational and Buffalo Diving Invitational. In Akron, the Falcons finished third and the Rockets fifth. Bowling Green won the Buffalo meet, while Toledo placed last among the six teams.

In the two meets against Akron and IUPUI, Toledo swimmers combined for 12 event victories, including ten in Indianapolis. Senior Allison Dicke led the way with two wins and two second-place finishes. Both wins were in the 50 free. Sophomores Bec Welke and Izzy Jones each won twice against the Jaguars; Welke swept the breaststroke events, while Jones won the 200 free and 200 back. Ohio head coach Rachel Komisarz-Baugh is in her fourth season.

RECENT SUCCESS AGAINST THE ROCKETS
Bowling Green has defeated Toledo in dual-meet action during each of the last four seasons. The streak began with a 151-143 squeaker on Jan. 24, 2014 in Toledo. The Falcons have scored at least 182 in each of the succeeding three. Head coach Matt Ense is 2-0 against the Rockets, winning 182-118 at Toledo in his first season, then defeating them last season at Cooper Pool 196-95. In total, BGSU has outscored Toledo 714-471 during the streak and has won twice as many individual events (40-20) in that time.

MEET PARKING
Parking will not be available at the Slater Family Ice Arena on Friday or Saturday. Fans who would like to attend the meet against Toledo should park at either the Student Recreation Center or at Perry Fieldhouse..

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY, FEB. 2 (4:00 P.M.)
#1. 400 Freestyle Relay
#2. 1000 Freestyle
#3. 100 Backstroke
#4. 50 Freestyle
** SENIOR DAY RECOGNITIONS **
#5. 200 Butterfly
#6. 200 Freestyle
#7. 200 Backstroke
#8. 1-Meter Diving
#9. 200 Individual Medley
#10. 200 Medley Relay

SATURDAY, FEB. 3 (11:00 A.M.)
#11. 200 Freestyle Relay
#12. 500 Freestyle
#13. 100 Freestyle
#14. 200 Backstroke
#15. 100 Breaststroke
#16. 100 Butterfly
#17. 3-Meter Diving
#18. 400 Individual Medley
#19. 400 Medley Relay

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