Senior Night at Cooper Pool

Friday, January 20

Bowling Green, OH

4:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

113

187

Buffalo

Photo by: Ruben Kappler, BGSU Marketing & Communications

January 20, 2017 | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Daniela Carrillo

Final Results

Bowling Green, Ohio – The BGSU Falcons hosted the Buffalo Bulls for senior night, ending the night with a 187-113 final score in favor of the Bulls.

The orange and brown took a loss against the Bulls with a 187-113 final score. The night was highlighted by the recognition of this year's BGSU seniors. Making their final splashes in Cooper Pol were Hannah Albion, Anna Babinec, Victoria Griffin, Kristin Filby and Maya Skoruspki.

The night started off with the diving events two hours prior to the swimming events. The highest score for the Falcons in the 1-meter board came from sophomore, Ashley White, who is just now returning to the competitive field from an injury. White scored a 220.05 to place fifth in the event. Then came the 3-meter event, in which a score of 239.55 from junior Kylie Bosco, was enough to put the orange and brown in the third position.

Later in the night, the swimming events started with the 200 medley relay, in which the Falcons ended up second in a time of 1:44.87. Then came the 1000 freestyle, in which Natalie Criswell touched the wall in second place, stopping the clock at 10:27.74. later on in the meet, Criswell finished second in the 500 free, touching the wall at 5:09.58.
Seniors Maya Skorupski and Kristin Filby had two individual wins each. Skorupski took first in both the 100 and 200 backstroke events in a time of 56.60 and 2:05.53 respectively. Filby won both the 100 and 200 breaststroke for the Falcons in a time of 1:04.66 and 2:21.28 respectively.

Freshman, Danica Garbett finished second in the 200 butterfly, recording a time of 2:05.79. Later on in the meet, Garbett touched the wall third in the 100 fly with a 57.59 time. Then came the final event of the night, the 200 individual medley, in which the Falcon freshman took the win for the orange and brown in a time of 2:08.15.
The 50 free event saw sophomore, Megan Larson, take touch the wall first for the Falcons with a 23.08 to win the event for over a second. The final event of the night was the 200 free relay, in which the Falcon's A relay recorded a 1:36.80 to finish second.

Second year head coach, Matt Ense commented: "Tonight being senior night, the goal is to always have the seniors win their last meet. We ended up coming out with a lost, but we had some really good swims. We ended up having four individual victories from the senior class. We are 33 days away from the conference meet, so it was awesome to see our four seniors have their last meet in Cooper Pool".

The Falcons have four more dual meets to go before they face the rest of the Mid-American Conference to finalize the 2016-17 season. Next stop for the orange and brown is the Akron Invite, which will take place Jan. 27-28 at the Zips' home pool.