Zips Win 10 Events, Akron 2-0 in Dual Meets

Saturday, November 6

Ypsilanti, MI

2 PM

University of Akron

161

138

Eastern Michigan

November 06 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Zips Win 10 Events, Akron 2-0 in Dual Meets
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Ypsilanti, Mich. – The Akron swimming and diving team recorded its second dual meet win of the season as the Zips defeated Eastern Michigan 161-138 on Saturday.

Akron won 10-of-16 events as the 400-yard medley relay team posted the Zips initial victory by stopping the timer at 3:46.07 – Weronika Gorecka (57.06, backstroke), Andrea Fischer (1:03.82, breaststroke), Sarah Watson (54.95, butterfly) and Rachel Schiffli (50.24, freestyle).

Paulina Nogaj flew to a 55.17 time in the 100-yard backstroke for the Zips second win of the meet, while Fischer (1:04.23) and Paula Garcia (1:04.28) finished first and second in the 100-yard breaststroke, respectively. Fischer and Garcia posted the same result in the 200-yard breaststroke with 2:19.43 and 2:20.56 times.

Sarah Watson added a pair of wins in the 50 and 100 freestyle events with 23.42 and 50.41 times, while Schiffli touched second in the 100 Free (52.03).

Akron swept the top three spots in the 200-yard backstroke event as Nogaj recorded her second individual win with a 2:00.89 time and Gorecka (2:01.03) and Victoria Kaufman (2:05.82) followed.

The Zips closed out the meet with three consecutive wins as Schiffli won the 100-yard butterfly (55.97), and freshman Kendall Craig posted her first individual collegiate win in the 300-yard individual medley with a 3:17.00 time.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Olivia Derodes, Nogaj, Watson and Kaufman posted the final win of the meet to secure the Zips dual meet victory, finishing 2.52-seconds before the runner-up team with a 1:34.00 time.

Akron will be back in action at Oliver J. Ocasek Natatorium as the Zips host Ohio State for a dual meet on Thursday, Nov. 11 at 3:30 p.m.