Huskers Take on South Dakota State

Meet: South DakotaState

Location: Brookings, S.D.

Time: 6 p.m.

NU all-time vs. SDSU: 4-0

Last Year: NU 167, SDSU 108

 

Huskers Take on South DakotaState

The Nebraska swimming and diving team is set to return to the pool for its first dual meet in over a month this weekend, as it takes on the South Dakota State Jackrabbits on Dec. 12 in Brookings, S.D. The Huskers haven’t had a dual meet since Nov. 1 against Iowa, as they’ve had three Invitational tournaments since then. NU has nothing but dual meets from now until the Big 12 Championships on Feb. 25, including three against Big 12 Conference foes.

 

The Huskers finished eighth at last week’s competitive Texas Invitational, which featured six of the top 25 teams in the country. Twenty Huskers set career-best times in the pool as Nebraska had one of its best outings of the year.

 

Nebraska is looking for its first dual victory of the season after beginning they year 0-2, losing at Illinois and at Iowa. The meet against the Jackrabbits will mark the Huskers’ last competition of the 2008 calendar year, as they won’t be in action again until Jan. 17 against Kansas.

 

Scouting the Jackrabbits

The Huskers have an all-time record of 4-0 against South DakotaState, including a 167-108 win last season at the Devaney Natatorium. Nebraska and SDSU have already competed once this year, as both teams were in the nine-team Husker Invitational on Nov. 20-23. The Huskers finished with 867 team points (5th place) to the Jackrabbits’ 218 team points (6th).

 

Leading the way for the Jackrabbits is senior Mallory Onisk, who competes in the butterfly and individual medley events. Onisk finished 13th in the 100 Butterfly and 16th in the 200 Butterfly at the 2008 Husker Invite. Junior Katie Budahl also had a strong showing at the Husker Invite, finishing 8th in the 100 Breaststroke and 4th in the 200 Breaststroke.

 

20 Huskers Set Career-Best Times at Texas Invite

Twenty different Huskers set career-best times at the Texas Invitational last weekend, and a total of 24 set season-best times. Nebraska finished eighth out of 15 teams in the competitive Invitational which featured six top-25 teams. Jess Andrews (50, 100 & 200 Freestyle), Hailey Dean (50 Freestyle, 100 & 200 Breaststroke) and Meredith Matthies (50 Freestyle, 100 & 200 Butterfly) each set three career-best times , while Katlin Arntz (100 & 200 Breaststroke), C.J. Bray (50 & 100 Freestyle), Claire Desormey (100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly), Mariah Hutchinson (100 Freestyle, 100 Butterfly) and Rachell McClain (200 Backstroke, 200 IM) each set two career-best times. All five Husker relay teams also set season-best marks.

 

Review: Huskers Finish Eighth at Texas Invitational

The Nebraska swimming and diving team took eighth place at the Texas Invitational over the weekend. The Huskers finished with 137 team points, while No. 4 Arizona took first with 1,153.5 points.

 

The three-day tournament had a total of 15 teams. The Huskers finished ahead of Washington State, Wyoming, Hawaii, California, New Mexico, SMU, Longhorn Aquatics and Sun Devil Aquatics. The competition in Austin featured some of the best teams in the country, including No. 4 Arizona (1st place), No. 17 Texas (2nd), No. 20 Wisconsin (3rd), No. 15 UCLA (4th), No. 16 Arizona State (5th) and No. 14 SMU (14th).

 

The Huskers had a fantastic showing in the relays, setting season-best times on all five relay events during the weekend. The Huskers had a ninth place finish (400 Medley Relay) and three 10th-place finishes (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay).

 

Other top finishers for the Huskers on the weekend were Courtney Jolly (11th in both One and Three Meter, 10th in Platform), Hailey Dean (11th in 100 Breaststroke), Brandie Kavalec (18th in 1,650 Freestyle), Kaitlin Arntz (13th in 100 Breaststroke, 15th in 200 Breaststroke) and Mariah Hutchinson (19th in 200 Butterfly).