Swimming posts “most successful week of the millenium” as NCAA championships wrap up:
IUP swimmers continued their dominant streak at the NCAA swimming/diving championships on Saturday, taking home four All-American honors and setting two new school records.
Luke Mikesell set a new IUP record in the men’s 100 freestyle prelims with a time of 45.08, while the team of Paige Mikesell, Iliana Oikonomou, Claire Mikesell and Rachel Johnson set a new school record in the women’s 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:26.93.
Individually, Claire Mikesell placed second in the women’s 200 breaststroke finals with a time of 2:14.18. Rachel Johnson earned honorable mention after placing 15th in the B final of the same event with a time of 2:18.25, and Paige Mikesell placed 12th in the women’s 100 freestyle.
As a team, IUP finished 13th overall among 29 competing schools and collected 142 total points. According to IUP Athletics, this is IUP’s best since placing 7th in the 2000 championships.
LAX takes down Lock Haven in OT:
Leah Hunter scored the winning goal in overtime to give the Crimson Hawks their second win of the season by beating Lock Haven, 12-11, on Saturday.
Lock Haven led IUP, 6-2, at the half, but IUP rallied for 9 goals in the second to force an extra period. Four of those were from Kayte Zeiler, who scored a career-high six goals in the game, while Katie Hibinger forced three Lock Haven turnovers.
Sitting at 2-2 on the season, IUP will hit the road on Tuesday to face Gannon.
Tennis opens PSAC play with win over Seton Hill:
Nationally-ranked IUP opened up conference play Saturday afternoon after beating Seton Hill on the road, 6-1. The win gives coach Larry Peterson his 200th career victory at the helm of the Crimson Hawks and it cements him as the winningest coach in program history.
The Crimson Hawks swept doubles play, while singles swept the first five games and dropped the sixth via forfeit.
IUP is 1-0 in the PSAC, and they returned to the court on Sunday, however no score is reported at this time.
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