Swimming & Diving | 10/25/2017 4:13:00 PM
MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead women's swimming and diving team hits the road for a pair of dual meets this weekend in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Dragons will face the University of Sioux Falls at 6 p.m. on Friday and Augustana University at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The Dragons are 4-4 in duals this season.
"We are excited for our first-ever duals in Sioux Falls against the University of Sioux Falls at the newly-built Midco Aquatics Center on Friday and against Augustana on their campus on Saturday," MSUM head coach
Todd Peters said. "Both programs were new to the conference last season and are much improved this year. They will both give us a challenge and we are going into the meets with our best line-ups. USF and Augustana are strong in distance freestyle and they will likely win those events against us. We are stronger in just about all the other events, including relays."
Last time out
The Dragons are coming off a 2-4 weekend at the St. Cloud State Quad. The Dragons went 1-2 on Friday and 1-2 on Saturday. The Dragons were led on Saturday by junior
Taylor Beynon, who recorded a pair of top three finishes after recording three top three finishes on Friday. Junior
Linnea Johnson was fifth in the 100 free, while senior
Molly O'Brien was sixth in the 1,650 free. Sophomore
Leticia Rodovalho was sixth in the 100 butterfly, while sophomore
Erin Fons was sixth in the 100 backstroke.
Senior
Erin Sullivan is second all-time in points scored for MSUM while Beynon has climbed into 10th.
NSIC Swimmer of the Week x2
The Dragons have already had two NSIC Swimmers of the Week. Sophomore
Breah Anderson earned the honor on Oct. 17 while Beynon earned the honor on Oct. 24.
About the Cougars
The Cougars have an 0-1 dual record this season, with their lone meet coming against Northern Iowa, where they lost 166.5-99.5. Their other competition was at the CSCAA Open Water Nationals, where they finished in seventh place.
About the Vikings
The Vikings enter the weekend with a 5-0 record after competing in a triangular meet with the University of Mary and Northern State. On Day 1, they defeated the Marauders 141-64, while beating the Wolves 103-102 and 148-57. They continued their winning ways on day two as they beat Mary 172.5-89.5, and beat Norther State 178-84.
Looking ahead
After the weekend, the Dragons will next compete at the St. Thomas Invite on Nov, 10-11 in St. Paul, Minn. After that they will get some time off before hosting the Dragon-Cobber Invite in West Fargo, N.D., on Dec. 1-2.
