Huskers Dive Into Regular Season

Nebraska at South Dakota State
Date: Friday, Oct. 26  
Location: Stanley J. Marshall Center Pool, Brookings, South Dakota 
Time: 4 p.m.

Nebraska at Northern Iowa
Date: Saturday, Oct. 12  
Location: Glen F. Henry Swimming & Diving Pool, Cedar Falls, Iowa 
Time: 12 p.m.

The Nebraska swimming and diving team will travel to Brookings for their first dual of the season on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Beyer Pool to face the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. The dual is set for 4 p.m. The following day the team will head to Cedar Falls, Iowa, to take on the Northern Iowa Panthers at 12 p.m.

Nebraska holds a 14-0 all-time series lead over South Dakota State. The last dual-meet between the two programs came last season, when Nebraska defeated the Jackrabbits 156-63.

Junior captain Autumn Haebig dominated the dual last year, winning the 100-yard freestyle in 52.74. Fellow captain Izzie Murray won the 100-yard butterfly (56.89).

Taylor Acheson secured a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:12.63) and Gwen Worlton followed suit with her first-place time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.97).

Nebraska holds a 10-0 all-time series lead over Northern Iowa. The last dual-meet between the two programs came last season, when Nebraska defeated the Panthers 166-77.

At last year's dual, sophomore Audrey Coffey took first in the 1000-yard freestyle (10:29.14), followed by Katelyn Kilpatrick for second (10:37.82).

Worlton followed suit with her first-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.30). 

The Huskers will return to the Devaney Center to host the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 12 p.m.

Last Time Out- Cream Edge Scarlet in Intrasquad

The Nebraska swimming and diving team opened its 2019-20 season with the annual Scarlet and Cream Intrasquadmeet at the Devaney Natatorium on Friday afternoon. The Cream defeated the Scarlet, 103-90.

The Cream squad won the 200-meter medley relay with Berkeley Livingston, Gwen Worlton, Maggie Berning and Kimberly Lanaghen racing to victory.

In the 200-meter freestyle, junior Rachel Powers took first for the Cream followed by sophomore Audrey Coffey for the Scarlet. Coffey returned the favor with a win for the Scarlet over Power's and the Cream in the 400-meter free.

Senior Tori Beeler took first in the 200-meter IM for the Scarlet, just ahead of freshman Berkeley Livingston for the Cream. Livingston, a Lincoln Southwest High School graduate, later claimed a victory in the 100-meter free, ahead of Scarlet sophomore Taylor Acheson.

Junior captain Izzie Murray gave the Scarlet a victory in the 50-meter freestyle, while junior Sutton Marvin finished second for the Cream. Freshman Kaitlyn Barthadded a third-place finish for the Scarlet.

In the 100-meter butterfly, freshman Kimberly Lanaghen captured a win for Cream in front of junior Madison Coughlen for the Scarlet.

In the 100-meter backstroke, senior Lindsey Stalheim took the title for the Cream ahead of the Scarlet's Allison Kopas. 

Worlton swam to victory in the 100-meter breaststroke ahead of Beeler, before the Scarlet closed the meet with a win in the 200-meter freestyle relay (Carla Gonzalez-Garcia, Coffey, Barth, and Coughlen) ahead of the Cream team (Kopas, Marvin, Powers and Lanaghen).

On the diving front, sophomore Hallie Roman won the one-meter diving competition for the Cream ahead of fellow sophomore Sara Troyer. 

The Huskers will be back in action to open the regular season when they travel to Brookings to take on South Dakota State on Friday, Oct. 11. Last season, the Huskers defeated the Jackrabbits, 156-63, and hold a 14-0 record all-time against the Jacks.