Falcons Lose To Eagles, 167-122, In MAC Dual Meet

Saturday, January 26

Ypsilanti, Mich.

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

122

167

Eastern Michigan

The 2018 NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships hosted at the Ohio State University March 14-17, 2018.

Photo by: Walt Middleton Photography 2018

January 26, 2019 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: by Kyle Edmond, BGSU Athletics

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving program came up just shy to Eastern Michigan after a strong closing effort, losing 167-122. The Falcons were led by Talisa Lemke who captured 18 points in the dive events with two first place finishes. The loss brings Bowling Green's record to 7-3, with a 1-1 record in the Mid-American Conference.

First Place Falcons

The Falcons found themselves at the top of the results for the first time on the day following the first diving portion of the meet. Lemke earned nine points with a first place dive in the 3-meter event after being awarded a score of 322.2.
Bowling Green captured another first place finish in the 100 Butterfly. Sarah Hennings landed a first place finish with a time of :56.93, earning nine points for the Falcons.
Lemke continued her successful day, taking first place in the 1-meter dive event. She was received a score of 295.5, earning an addition nine points for BGSU, giving her a total of 18 on the day.

Other Top Performances

Early in the meet, Franziska Wohlert performed well in the 200 Freestyle, concluding in 1:53.94 for a second place finish.
Hennings held of Ali Staver of Eastern Michigan in the 200 Butterfly, beating her for second place by just :00.06.
In the 50 Freestyle, Anna Eriksson came up just short of a second place finish, ending just .16 seconds shy. In addition, she was less than a second off of first. For her third place finish, she earned three points for the Falcons.
For the 100 Freestyle, the Falcons were unable to snag first, but took second, third, fourth, and fifth with Wohlert, Ashleigh Franks, Eriksson, and Noelle Lavigne, respectively.
Similarly in the 200 Backstroke, BGSU had Daisy Platts, Elodie Schreiber, and Sarah Fergus come away with second, third, and fourth.
It was more of the same in the 200 Breaststroke. This time, Emily Verbrugge, Nikki Borgerding, and Kristen Puthoff captured second, third, and fourth for the Orange and Brown.
Once again in the 500 Freestyle, Bowling Green saw their swimmers capture four of the top five, being led by Kellie House, Maddy Andrews, Mary Edwards, and Shaunna Jones.
Not only did Hennings win the 100 Butterfly, but she was followed by Michaela Ruddock and Meghan Burnard who came up with second and third, respectively.
In the 1-meter dive, BGSU took the top six spots. Behind Lemke was Kylie Mosset (253.65), Claire Stam (253.5), Ashley White (247.05), Lindsey Fox (207.9), and Rebekah Perry (187.36).
In the 200 IM, the Falcons again took second, third, and fourth with Verbrugge, Borgerding and Schreiber finishing respectively.

FULL RESULTS

Coach Perkins' Take
"We were a little flat at the beginning, but we had a lot better second half of the meet. We have been doing a lot of hard training and it shows. However, I truly believe we are well on our way to a great finish to the season."

Up Next
The Falcons will return to the water on Thursday, Jan. 31 when they travel to face Akron. The meet has a schedule start time of 5 p.m. The Zips are 4-1 on the season, 2-0 in the MAC, with wins coming against Ball State and Buffalo. Akron and Bowling Green both participated in Akron's Zippy Invitational from Nov. 30 - Dec. 2. In the invitational, the Falcons finished fourth.

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