After a week away from the competition pool, the No. 7/12 Indiana men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs are will conclude the 2020-21 regular season in West Lafayette against No. 17/14 Ohio State, Purdue and Rutgers on Saturday morning.

MEET INFO

Saturday, Jan. 6 • 10 a.m. ET (Swimming and Diving)

Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center • West Lafayette, Ind.

Stream: BTN Plus ($)

Opponents: (M) No. 17 Ohio State, Purdue; (W) No. 14 Ohio State, Purdue, Rutgers

Live Results: PurdueSports.com

SCHEDULED EVENTS
Diving: Women’s 1M, 3M (exhibition), Platform, Men’s 1M, 3M (exhibition), Platform

Swimming: 200 Medley Relay, 1,000 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 500 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly, 200 IM, 400 Freestyle Relay

OF NOTE…

RIVALRY WINNING STREAKS ON THE LINE

The IUSD program has had a long stretch of success against in-state rival Purdue, winning 10-straight dual meet competitions against the Boilers on the men’s side dating back to Feb. 6, 2010. The women’s program has reeled off nine-straight against Purdue going back to Jan. 22, 2011.

FIRST TIME OPPONENT

For the first time since Rutgers joined the Big Ten, the Hoosiers will square off with the Scarlet Knights in a dual meet setting.

 

FROM THE DIVING WELL

For the second-straight weekend, both redshirt junior Andrew Capobianco and freshman Anne Fowler took care of business on the boards. Both athletes swept the 1-meter and 3-meter events and earned Big Ten Diver of the Week laurels.

Capobianco compiled season-best, NCAA ‘A’ Standard performances in both the 1-meter (417.00) and 3-meter (473.55) events against the Buckeyes, while Fowler etched her name in the Hoosier record books in both the 1-meter (356.10) and the 3-meter (372.75) events against No. 14 Ohio State. Her 1M score broke the program’s dual meet record, made her the third-ranked IU performer in the history of the event, and ranks as the fifth-best overall score in Indiana women’s diving history. Her 3M score ranks her as the team’s fifth-best performer in the event.

The diving program hit nine NCAA Standard scores on the weekend, including five NCAA ‘A’ Standard marks.

FROM THE POOL DECK

Sophomore Brendan Burns won four events in the pool, including the 100 Butterfly (47.08), 200 Butterfly (1:44.67), 200 Backstroke (1:44.87), and the 400 Medley Relay (3:11.89) against the 17th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. After claiming Big Ten Swimmer of the Week for his dominant performance in the season-opening sweep of Michigan and Northwestern, junior Jack Franzman earned three more victories against the Buckeyes. He won the 100 Freestyle (43.47), 200 Freestyle Relay (1:19.16), and 400 Medley Relay (3:11.89).

On the women’s side, sophomore Ashley Turak took home a trio of victories in the 50 Freestyle (22.86), 100 Freestyle (50.11), and 400 Medley Relay (3:40.58), while sophomore Emily Weiss swept the breaststroke events. She won both the 100 Breaststroke (1:01.15) and the 200 Breaststroke (2:12.09).

HOOSIER AWARDS

B1G Men’s Swimmer of the Week: Jack Franzman (Jan. 20)

B1G Men’s Diver of the Week: Andrew Capobianco (Jan. 20, Jan. 27)

B1G Women’s Diver of the Week: Anne Fowler (Jan. 27)

B1G Women’s Freshman of the Week: Anne Fowler (Jan. 20)

LAST TIME OUT: DUAL MEET VERSUS OHIO STATE

Men’s Team: Indiana moved to 3-0 in the shortened season after defeating No. 17 Ohio State by a score of 185-115.

Women’s Team: IU captured a top-15 win after downing No. 14 Ohio State by a final tally of 166-134.

University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball struggled from the field and on the glass Thursday evening as the No. 23 Screaming Eagles suffered a 70-58 Great Lakes Valley Conference road loss to William Jewell College.

USI (10-4, 10-4 GLVC) went just 6-of-30 (.200) in the second and third quarters combined as William Jewell slowly built a commanding 48-32 lead with less than a minute to play in the third period.

The Eagles had scoring droughts of nearly five minutes in both the second and third periods and the Cardinals took advantage of the dry spells.

William Jewell (7-8, 7-8 GLVC) used the scoreless stretch to turn a two-point advantage into a 27-19 lead late in the opening half and the second to turn a one-point lead into a 10-point third-quarter advantage.

Senior guard Ashley Hunter (Flossmoor, Illinois) hit a three-pointer late in the second quarter to break the first scoreless drought; and USI went into the break facing a 27-22 halftime deficit. Sophomore guard Soffia Rieckers (Evansville, Indiana) and freshman forward Meredith Raley(Haubstadt, Indiana) had quick baskets to open the third period and bring USI to within a point.

The Cardinals, however, answered the Eagles push with a 9-0 run that took up nearly five minutes and left USI facing a 36-26 deficit. Jewell, which drained 11 three-pointers in the game, went on an 8-1 run moments later to push their lead to 16 points with 50 seconds remaining in the third quarter.

Raley, who finished the game with a team-high 16 points, 12 of which came in the second half, connected on a three-pointer as the Eagles closed the period on a 5-1 run to cut Jewell’s advantage to 12 points heading into the final 10 minutes.

The two teams caught fire to begin the fourth quarter and the Eagles were able to cut the Cardinals’ lead to eight points several times in the final 10 minutes. Jewell, however, seemed to have an answer every time the Eagles would cut the lead to eight as USI would get not closer throughout the remainder of the contest.

USI, which shot just 28.1 percent (18-64) from the field, forced the Cardinals into 26 turnovers, but Jewell held USI to just 4-of-26 (.154) from three-point range and out-rebounded the Eagles, 43-24.

In addition to Raley, the Eagles got 14 points and three assists from senior guard Emma DeHart (Indianapolis, Indiana) in addition to seven points and five steals from Rieckers. Sophomore forward Hannah Haithcock (Washington, Missouri) added nine points, while Raley finished with a team-high five rebounds to go along with three assists in her first-career start.

Senior forward Kiara Bradley finished with 19 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Cardinals, who had three players with double-doubles. Senior guard Claire Burch added 15 points and 10 rebounds, while senior guard Sydney Offield finished was just two rebounds shy of a triple-double after finishing with 10 points, 11 assists and eight boards.

USI, which is in the midst of its first three-game regular-season losing streak since the 2015-16 season, returns to action Saturday at 2 p.m. when it takes on Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. The Hawks (7-6, 7-6 GLVC) fell to McKendree University, 62-55, Thursday evening after upsetting No. 1 Drury University, 75-69, Tuesday evening in Springfield, Missouri.