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Swimming and Diving Falls to Bowling Green, 167-132
January 23 | Women's Swimming & Diving
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The University of Akron swimming and diving team suffered a 167-132 setback to undefeated Bowling Green in the final road dual meet of the 2014-15 campaign on Friday night at Cooper Pool.
The meet wrapped up Mid-American Conference dual meet action as the Zips fell to 3-3 overall in dual meets this season.
The Zips placed a swimmer in the top three in 15-of-16 events and won six events overall.
The one-meter dive highlighted the evening's events as junior Alice Hottensmith broke into the top-five in program history with a score of 295.88. Akron swept the event with sophomore Paige Kelkenberg coming in second with a score of 274.50 and sophomore Rachel Aepelbacher taking third at 267.38. Each diver eclipsed the one-meter NCAA Zone Diving standard of 265.
Aepelbacher also went on to win the three-meter event at 271.43 while Kelkenberg claimed second.
Bowling Green started off the meet strong, winning the first three events.
Sophomore Luka Szynal thwarted the Falcons by posting a time of 55.86 in the 100-yard backstroke to notch first place. The finish would be the first of two individual victories for Szynal as she has not lost an individual backstroke event in a dual meet this season. Sophomore Laura Savariau touched third in the 100 back at 57.10.
Also with two individual victories on the evening was junior Erin Seiler. Her first win came in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:04.01 to bring the score to 81-50 in Bowling Green's favor before Akron's three divers closed the gap to 84-66 following their strong performances in the one-meter dive.
After BGSU took the 100-yard freestyle, Szynal posted Akron's fourth win with a time of 2:01.38 in the 200-yard backstroke.
Seiler took home the 100-yard butterfly for her second victory of the night with senior Meghan Pearson coming in third at 58.71, edging teammate Ashley Niznik by .01 second.
Akron was down 135-110 headed into the final three events after Kaulius and junior Ashley Drazkowski finished in second and third, respectively, in the 500-yard freestyle.
A one-two finish in the three-meter dive and a pair of second place finishes in the final two events was not enough for the Zips as Bowling Green pulled away with the victory.
The Zips return to action for their final home meet when they host Xavier and Mount Union at the Ocasek Natatorium on Friday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m. The meet will serve as Senior Night as Akron's seven seniors will be recognized before the contest.
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