Women's Swimming's Dual with Bowling Green Goes Down to Final Event

Friday, November 2

Cincinnati, Ohio

5 PM

Xavier University

Bowling Green (Women Only)

Women's Swimming's Dual with Bowling Green Goes Down to Final Event

11.02.18 | Swimming

Results (PDF)

Men's and women's team are back in action tomorrow at Denison

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier women's swimming's dual meet with Bowling Green came down to final event at O'Connor Sports Center on Friday evening. Trailing narrowly going into the final relay, Xavier needed to claim the top two spots to finish in a tie for second straight meet. Xavier was just .09 second shy of pulling off the draw with the Falcons.

NOTABLE

Xavier led off the event with a win in the 400 medley relay for Caroline Gaertner, Lydia Schaeffer, Taylor Hogan and Emily Conners, touching the wall first with a time of 3:50.95, the fastest time by the Musketeers this season.
In the 1000 free, three Musketeers scored, led by Tilly Baldwin in second place, finishing in 10:37.78, her season-best time. Emma Kauffeld and Maggie Kauffeld finished fourth and fifth respectively. Maggie Kauffeld's time of 10:55.78 is her season-best mark.
Emily Saugstad led the Musketeers in the 200 free, placing second with a time of 1:56.27. Abigail Garner and Katie Kerr also score, placing third and fifth. Kerr's time of 1:57.97 is her season-best.
Ali Fort's third place finish led Xavier in the 50 back. Laura Dicus touched just behind her in fourth.
Lydia Schaeffer took the top spot in the 50 breast, finishing in 30.31. Samantha White also scored, in fifth.
Caroline Gaertner a first place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 56.71, her top time this season and the best time by a Musketeer so far in 2018-19. Taylor Hogan finished second with a time of 57.00, a season-best mark, and Annie Cummins scored for Xavier in fourth place with her own season-best mark of 58.85.
Emily Conners and Tianna Vozar led the Musketeers in the freestyle spints, finishing first and second, respectively in both the 50 free and 100 free. Conners' time of 51.45 in the 100 free was her top time so far this season, and the best time by a Musketeer so far in 2018-19.
Taylor Hogan led Xavier with a third-place finish in the 100 back with a time of 58.15, her best time in the event this season. Ali Fort and Anne Locker touched in fourth and fifth.
Schaeffer led the Musketeers again in a breaststroke event, this time the 100, finishing second with a time of 1:08.01. Kelly Harris also scored for Xavier, in fifth.
Emma Kauffeld led a trio of Musketeers in the top-four of the 500 free, placing second. Tilly Baldwin (5:14.79) finished third and Katie Kerr (5:15.07) finished fourth, both setting season-best times in the process.
Caroline Gaertner led Xavier in the 50 fly, touching the wall in 26.08 to place second. Lorelei Gaertner placed third, just .32 behind her sister.
Alison Herman led Xavier with a third-place finish in the 200 IM, touching the wall in 2:09.94
Going into the final event, Xavier trailed narrowly, needing to claim the top two spots in the 200 free relay to finish in a tie for a second-straight meet. Xavier's A team of Tianna Vozar, Maureen Cummins, Caroline Gaertner and Laura Dicus took the top spot by posting the fastest time by a Musketeers squad so far this season, 1:36.27.
Xavier's B-Team of Emily Conners, Lorelei Gaertner, Emily Saugstad and Annie Cummins touched less than a second behind the top-finish A team, with a time of 1:36.99 but were just .09 behind BGSU's A-squad to take third.
Xavier collected six event wins on the night, but fell narrowly, 133-129.

WOMEN'S TOP TIMES

400 Medley Relay	C. Gaertner, Schaeffer, Hogan, Conners	3:50.95	1st
1000 Free	Tilly Baldwin	10:37.78	2nd
200 Free	Emily Saugstad	1:56.27	2nd
50 Back	Ali Fort	27.28	3rd
50 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	30.31	1st
100 Fly	Caroline Gaertner	56.71	1st
50 Free	Emily Conners	23.69	1st
100 Free	Emily Conners	51.45	1st
100 Back	Taylor Hogan	58.15	3rd
100 Breast	Lydia Schaeffer	1:08.01	2nd
500 Free	Emma Kauffeld	5:13.26	2nd
50 Fly	Caroline Gaertner	26.08	2nd
200 IM	Alison Herman	2:09.94	3rd
200 Free Relay	Vozar, Cummins, C. Gaertner, Dicus	1:36.27	1st