Swimming & Diving | 1/23/2018 8:58:00 PM

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MOORHEAD, Minn. – The Minnesota State University Moorhead swim and dive team will host Minnesota State, Mankato in a dual meet Saturday afternoon at Alex Nemzek Hall. The dual begins at 1 p.m.

The Dragons are 6-4 in duals while the Mavericks are 5-1.

The Dragons are 2-2 in the last four duals with Minnesota State, including a 160-137 win in the 2015-16 season.

"We've really developed a healthy rivalry with Mankato over the past five years and you can trace it back to our first dual meet win against them in the 2012-2013 season," MSUM head coach Todd Peters said. "Mankato came to our pool a heavy favorite to win that year and then freshmen, Jackie Woods, was the catalyst in a come from behind win to shock the Mavericks.  Once our team realized Mankato was beatable, we started going into every meet with the mentality we could beat them.  I think that has helped both of our teams.  This Saturday's meet is no different with visiting Mankato the definite favorite to win."

The meet will also be a good test for the Dragon divers as MSU is one of three NSIC teams to field a diving program.

"Both teams realize the meet will likely be decided on the diving boards with six relatively equal divers from each team vying for the top spots," Peters said. "If one team wins both diving events, they will likely win the meet.  This is going to be an exciting meet and everyone is looking forward to it."

MSUM Notes
—Junior Taylor Beynon leads MSUM with 530.25 points scored and 24 victories
—Senior Erin Sullivan is second on the team in points scored (466.25) and third in wins (14)
—Sophomore Breah Anderson is second on the team in wins (17) and third in points scored (445.25)
—Sophomore Leticia Rodovalho has seven wins
—Sophomore Erin Fons has two wins on the year
—Sullivan is the all-time points leader at MSUM with 2,266.50 points scored; she is third all-time with 72 wins
— Beynon is fifth all-time in points scored at 1,682.95.

Last Time Out
MSUM Rolls to 15th Straight Dragon Invite title
MSUM won 18 events in capturing the Dragon Invite for a 15th straight year.  Junior Taylor Beynon won all six individual events she competed in (50 breaststroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 IM, 100 IM and 400 IM) and was part of two winning relays.  

Senior Erin Sullivan won the 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke and was part of three winning relays and junior Amber Westereng won all four diving events on the weekend. Sophomore Breah Anderson won the 50 free and was part of three winning relays.

This is the final regular season competition for MSUM before they host the NSIC Swimming and Diving championships on Feb. 14-17. They will be hosting the event at the Hulbert Aquatic Center in West Fargo, N.D.