Swimming & Diving | 10/13/2015 5:34:00 PM

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MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's swimming and diving team makes its 2015-16 home debut this week when it hosts a quadrangular that will include St. Cloud State, Northern Michigan and Northern State. Action begins at 3 p.m. Friday at the Nemzek Pool in Moorhead, Minn.

The meet will be scored in a dual-meet format. MSUM will be matched up against St. Cloud State, Northern Michigan and Northern State in three separate duals for the weekend.

"We are really excited for what should be the most exciting and electrifying home swimming and diving meet atmosphere in the history of MSU Moorhead," MSUM head coach Todd Peters said. "We will have four women's team competing in a dual meet format along with the men's teams from St. Cloud and Northern Michigan.  We expect the spectator stands to be jam-packed and along with all the athletes their will likely be over 400 people in the Nemzek Pool.  It is going to be loud and there will be one close race after another.  We swam really well against St. Cloud two weeks ago and actually were ahead of them in the team score for a couple events in the middle of the meet, which has never happened in the 19-year history our team.  We believe we can compete head-to-head with both St. Cloud and Northern Michigan in nearly every event."

The competition will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday with the diving competition.  Swimming competition begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday, diving competition starts at 10 a.m. with swimming competition beginning at 1 p.m.

Last Time Out: Beynon and Sullivan Lead Dragons at UND triangular
Sophomore Erin Sullivan and freshman Taylor Beynon each recorded wins to lead the Minnesota State University Moorhead women's swimming and diving team at the North Dakota triangular, which was completed Saturday in Grand Forks, N.D.

Competing against Division I foe North Dakota and a traditionally-strong St. Cloud State program, the Dragons finished in third with 889 points.

Beynon won the 400 IM in 4:44.55, which was the fourth-fastest time in MSUM history.  Beynon won the event by nearly three seconds. She also finished sixth in the mile in 18:41.26, which is the eighth-fastest time in school history. Beynon added a fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.86) and an eighth-place finish in the 200 IM.

Sullivan won the 100 backstroke in 58.88, edging North Dakota's Maddie Derby by .52 seconds.  She also finished in fourth in the 50 free, with a time of 25.08 and seventh in the 100 butterfly (1:01.43), finishing ahead of all St. Cloud State foes in those events.

Senior Emily Pascavis had a strong showing in the diving events. She was second in the 3-meter diving, trailing only Ari Brace of North Dakota, with a score of 220.55.  She was fourth in the 1-meter diving in 202.10.

Senior Jackie Woods had strong performances in the 200 breaststroke, taking second in 2:29.94 and in the 100 breaststroke, placing fourth in 1:08.78.

NSISC Athletes of the Week
As a result of their performances at the UND triangular, freshman swimmer Taylor Beynon and senior Emily Pascavis were named the NSIC Athletes of the Week on Oct. 6.