Women’s Swimming & Diving: Ohio Northern (5-4 Overall, 3-0 OAC) at Baldwin Wallace (9-3 Overall, 1-2 OAC)
Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, 6 p.m. - BW Natatorium, Berea, Ohio
Friday's Meet: The Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team is looking to close out an unbeaten Ohio Athletic Conference schedule as it faces Baldwin Wallace on the road on Friday at 6 p.m. … This marks the Polar Bears' final regular-season meet ... No fans will be allowed to attend, per BWU guidelines … The OAC Championships are scheduled for Feb. 17-19 in Akron … Senior Megan Lubinski, the defending OAC champion in the 100 and 200 free, has the top time in the OAC in the 100 free this season and ranks second and fifth in the conference in the 50 free and 200 free, respectively … Junior Abby Schauer, the defending OAC champion the 200 back, leads the OAC with her best time in the 400 I.M. and ranks third in the conference in the 200 back … Sophomore Shelby Starkey tops the OAC in the 50, 100 and 200 back and was All-OAC in the 200 back last season … Freshman Mara Brown has the fastest times in the OAC in the 100 and 200 fly and the 200 I.M., ranks second in the 50 breast, fourth in the 100 breast and 50 fly and fifth in the 400 I.M. … Sophomore Katie Bend was All-OAC in the 1,650 free last season and ranks third in the conference in that event this season while ranking second in the 1,000 free … Senior Sydney Augspurger ranks fifth in the OAC with her top score in 1-meter diving … Freshman Hayley Solomon ranks fourth in the OAC with her top score in 3-meter diving … The Polar Bears are coming off last Saturday's 248-48 loss to No. 1 Kenyon and 238-58 loss to No. 20 Case Western Reserve in a tri-meet at Kenyon … Lubinski led ONU with a third-place finish in the 50 free in :25.09 … Brown was fourth in the 200 fly and sixth in the 100 fly, and Starkey was fifth in the 200 back … Bend and senior Karli Katterle finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 100 free … Baldwin Wallace opened the season with seven straight dual victories and is 9-3 overall … The Yellow Jackets are coming off last Saturday's 185-108 loss at John Carroll … BWU is led by Isabella Ratino, Mallory Dondorfer, Letia Reed, Kayla McClintock and Julia Newbould … Ratino boasts the top times in the OAC in the 200 free, 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free … Dondorfer leads the conference in the 100 I.M. and ranks second in the 200 and 500 free, 100 and 200 back and 200 I.M. and third in the 50 back … Reed leads the OAC in the 100 breast, ranks second in the 200 breast and fourth in the 50 breast and 100 I.M. … McClintock ranks fourth in the conference in the 1,650 free and fifth in the 1,000 free … Newbould ranks fourth in the OAC in the 100 fly.
Schedule of Events
ONU head coach Austin Veltman: Veltman is in his fourth season at Ohio Northern with an overall record of 15-15, a winning percentage of .500.