MILLERSVILLE, Pa. – The Millersville women's swimming team is set to host the Lock Haven Bald Eagles on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Anttonen Natatorium.
This will be the second competition this season for both the Marauders and the Bald Eagles. Millersville is coming off a fourth-place finish with two event wins at the Millersville Relay Carnival on Oct. 5th. Lock Haven competed at the carnival finishing just ahead of the Marauders in third place.
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Millersville roster hosts seven swimmers with a single newcomer this season.
• The Marauders took first in both the 300-yard butterfly and 400-yard medley relays at the Millersville Relay Carnival (Oct. 5).
• The trio of Maddie Stoner,
Jessica Berry and Maddie Cartmill touched the wall in a time of 3:10.45 in the 300-yard butterfly relay.
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Alexis Shollenberger joined Stoner, Berry and Cartmill in the 400-yard medley relay. The squad earned a first-place finish with a final time of 4:03.64.
• Cartmill earned her first PSAC cut of the season in the 100 back portion of the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 59.16.
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SERIES AT A GLANCE
• Series vs. Lock Haven: 6-3
• Series Streak: Millersville, 6
• First Meeting: 2009 (L, 87-113)
• Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 108-72)
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SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• The Lock Haven roster hosts 13 swimmers with nine total newcomers.
• The Bald Eagles finished among the top three in eight of the 10 events and in third-place overall at the Millersville Relay Carnival.
• They placed second in both the 500-yard freestyle and the 1500-yard freestyle relays.
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COACH ERIC USBECK QUOTES
• "I'm looking forward to a lot more individual swims based on the format of the meet and to continue the high energy we had at the relay carnival, which was very exciting. I'm excited for some more fast and fun swimming."
• "The veteran aspect of the team will be nice to have. We've all been there before. We've had these home meets before. Just based off size, even though we're just about half the size of them, we still have a chance because we have a little bit higher end speed."
• "This weekend we have the opportunity to get a couple more PSAC cuts. As the season progresses we'll start getting more and more as the meets go on. The athletes are just getting back into the swing of things, getting back into the training. I expect a lot more to come in midseason. We're just looking for quality races and to win as many events as we can to place as high as we can."
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