Huskers to Swim in Back-to-Back Road Meets

Meet: Nebraska-Omaha

Date: Friday, Jan. 30
Location: Omaha, Neb.
Time: 3 p.m.

NU All-Time vs. UNO: 1-0
Last Year: NU 205, UNO 31

Meet: IowaState

Date: Saturday, Jan. 31
Location: Ames, Iowa
Time: 1 p.m.

NU All-Time vs. Iowa State: 27-4
Last Year: NU 190, ISU 108

 

Huskers To Swim in Back-to-Back Road Meets
The Nebraska swimming and diving team will swim in its last road duals of the season this weekend with a pair of matches, at Nebraska-Omaha on Jan. 30 and at IowaState the next day on Jan. 31. The Huskers have a chance to get to .500 on dual meets on the year, as they are currently 1-3 after losing a close meet against Kansas last week.

Nebraska returns home next week with a home dual against Big 12 opponent Missouri on Feb. 7, the team’s final dual of the year before traveling to Missouri’s home pool for the Big 12 Championships from Feb. 25-28. The dual against Missouri will be Senior Day for five Huskers. C.J. Bray, Courtney Jolly, Jenna Stroud, Jenny Toler and Christina Yemm will all be honored before the meet starts as they complete their careers as a Husker.

 

Scouting the Mavericks

The Mavericks are currently 4-4 on the season, including a 3-1 record at home. UNO hasn’t been in action since a Dec. 12 dual win against South Dakota. The Mavericks swam at the Husker Invitational on Nov. 20-23 in Lincoln, earning eighth place out of the nine teams in the meet.

 

Scouting the Cyclones

The Cyclones have a 6-3 record this season, being especially tough at home, where they have won five of their six duals in Ames. The Cyclones also swam at the Husker Invitational on Nov. 20-23, earning fourth place, one spot above Nebraska’s fourth-place finish. IowaState has dropped two of its last three after starting the year 5-1.

 

Review: Huskers Fall to Kansas

The Nebraska swimming and diving team fell to the Kansas Jayhawks 161-139 on Jan. 17 at the Devaney Natatorium. With the loss, the Huskers moved to 1-3 on the season in dual play and 0-1 in the Big 12.

 

The Huskers started off the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:47.01. The Huskers also took third place in the event to give them an early lead.

 

Brandie Kavalec and Caroline Shea continued the Huskers’ fast start, winning the next two events, with Kavalec taking first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:21.52 and Shea winning the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:53.79.

 

The Huskers took a 68-63 lead into the first diving break, as the Huskers picked up another event win with Mariah Hutchinson taking first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.53.

 

Kansas stormed back after the diving break, winning the next four events and taking the lead. Nebraska came back with a win in the 500-yard freestyle (Hutchinson ? 5:03.67) and the 100-yard butterfly (Kelsey Grushecky ? 56.76) to narrow the Jayhawk lead.

 

The Jayhawks closed the meet strong, however, winning two of the final three events to secure the victory. KU finished the meet with nine victories out of the 16 events.

 

20 Huskers Set Career-Best Times at Texas Invite

Twenty different Huskers set career-best times at the Texas Invitational on Dec. 4-6, 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.

 

 

Jolly Named Big 12 Diver of the Week

Nebraska diver Courtney Jolly named the Big 12 Diver of the Week on Wednesday for competition through Nov. 24, the league office announced. The senior from Plantation, Fla., secured the award after earning an outstanding showing at both the Minnesota Diving Invitational and the Husker Invitational.

 

Jolly competed in a total of six diving events in the Minnesota Diving Invitational and the Husker Invitational, taking first place four times and second place twice in those six events. Jolly also set career bests in the three meter (319.42 at Minnesota Invite) and platform (250.25 at Husker Invite) during the time.

 

Jolly won the one and three meter dives at the Minnesota Invite, with scores of 283.50 and 319.42, respectively, while taking second on the platform with a score of 221.47. The following weekend, Jolly won the one meter (274.45) and platform (250.25) and finished second on the three meter (307.80) at the nine-team Husker Invitational.

 

The honor marks Jolly’s second career Big 12 Diver of the Week award, as she also won it almost exactly a year ago on Nov. 22, 2007.