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Indiana Set to Battle No. 11 Texas
11/2/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 2, 2006
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MEET DETAILS
Date: Nov. 4, 2006
Opponent: No. 11 Texas
Location: Austin, Texas
Facility: Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center
HOOSIER NOTES
The 17th-ranked Hoosiers (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) will square off with No. 11 Texas on Saturday, Nov. 4, in Austin, Texas. The Longhorns will be the second ranked opponent Indiana has faced this season.
ABOUT TEXAS
Texas faces Texas A&M on Friday, Nov. 3, before hosting the Hoosiers on Saturday, Nov. 4. The 11th-ranked Longhorns opened the season with a 144-81 win over Nebraska, then took second place in the Big 12 Relays. Texas fell to No. 6 Stanford on Oct. 27-28, 195-150. Texas returns eight All-Americans from a squad that finished eighth at the NCAA meet last year.
LAST TIME OUT
Indiana picked up wins over Northwestern and Arizona State last weekend, topping the Wildcats on Friday, Oct. 27, 174-120, and the Sun Devils on Saturday, Oct. 28, 155-134.
Against Northwestern on Oct. 27, the Hoosiers got a pair of individual wins from Christina Loukas, Sarah Stockwell and Ashley Jones, and single wins from Brittany Barwegen, Allison Kay, Annica Lofstedt and Leila Vaziri. Vaziri, Stockwell, Presley Bard and Lofstedt also combined to win the 200-yard medley relay, as IU won 11 of the 16 events on the day.
The next day against ASU, Indiana opened the meet with a thrilling win in the 200-yard medley relay. Vaziri, Stockwell, Kay and Lofstedt teamed to post a time of 1:42.62, with Lofstedt touching out the Sun Devils' Jen Beckberger to give the Hoosiers the win. Kay would go on to win three individual events, as well, while Vaziri, and Loukas took two each.
BIG TEN SWEEP
Senior Leila Vaziri and junior Christina Loukas were named the Big Ten's Swimmer of the Week and Diver of the Week, respectively, on Oct. 31. Vaziri and Loukas helped the Hoosiers to a pair of wins on the week, as Indiana opened Big Ten action with a win over Northwestern on Oct. 27, then followed that with a win over Arizona State on Oct. 28. Vaziri posted five NCAA B cuts over the two meets, while Loukas remained unbeated on the season, taking both springboard events in both meets. The award was the first of the season for Vaziri and second for Loukas.
BIG TEN HONORS LOUKAS
Christina Loukas was named the Big Ten Diver of the Week on Oct. 24, the league office announced. The Riverwoods, Ill., native earned the award following a week in which she swept both springboards and set a new school record in helping the Hoosiers top Kentucky. Loukas won the one-meter with a score of 301.05, and broke the school record in the three-meter with a score of 373.95. The award was the fourth of Loukas' career, and first since Jan. 31, 2006.
INDIANA IN THE CSCAA POLL
The Hoosiers are ranked 17th in the first Collegiate Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Top 25 Poll of the 2006-07 season. Indiana finished last season ranked 16th in the poll. Fellow Big Ten members Michigan (10), Wisconsin (13), Minnesota (16) and Purdue (25) join IU in the poll.
EARLY START
The Hoosiers started their assault on the record book early this season, as diver Christina Loukas broke the school record in the three-meter springboard with a 373.95 effort in Indiana's first meet of the season. Loukas' mark was 2.55 points better than her previous school record in three-meter, and 16.20 points higher than Lindsay Weigle's previous three-meter dual-meet mark. In addition, freshmen Presley Bard, Brittany Barwegen, Emma Berry, Ashley Jones, Cassie Luhrsen, Emily Porteous and Amilee Smith all entered Indiana's all-time top 20 list in various events.
DIAPER DANDIES
Several freshmen made immediate impacts in their first career meet on Oct. 21. Emma Berry won a pair of events in the win over Kentucky, taking the 500 free and the 1,000 free, while Presley Bard won the 100 back and 200 back and swam a leg on the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay. Amilee Smith won the 200 breast, while Emily Lanteigne joined Bard on the 400 free relay unit. In all, seven rookie Hoosiers posted top 20 marks in school history in their inaugural meet.
BIG GUNS
Indiana returns all seven of its All-Americans from a successful 2006 campaign. Swimmers Annica Lofstedt, Clarissa Wentworth, Leila Vaziri and Allison Kay, as well as divers Christina Loukas, Lindsay Weigle and Heather Chapman all earned All-America distinction. Loukas narrowly missed a national championship, coming in second in the three-meter by less than two points. Loukas also finished fifth on the one-meter and sixth on the platform to earn three first-team certificates. Weigle earned first-team status on the platform with her third-place finish, and was honorable mention on both the one- and three-meter. Chapman earned honorable mention on the platform, while Lofstedt, Wentworth, Vaziri and Kay earned honorable mention in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
NCAA SUCCESS
Indiana's 14th-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Championships marked its sixth straight top-20 finish. The Hoosiers' best-ever finish was a ninth-place NCAA showing in 2005.
HOOSIERS IN THE FINAL RANKINGS
Indiana finished the 2006 season ranked No. 16 in the CSCAA Top 25 Poll. Big Ten teams Wisconsin (12), Penn State (14), Purdue (17), Michigan (22) and Minnesota (23) also appeared in the poll. The Big Ten led all conferences with six teams in the final poll.
THE CHAMP IS HERE
Indiana senior Leila Vaziri won the national title in the 100-meter backstroke on Aug. 2 at the ConocoPhillips National Championships in Irvine, Calif. Vaziri posted a time of 1:01.69 for the win, which also qualified her for the Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, B.C., later in August.
FROM CANADA TO AUSTRALIA
Vaziri turned in a solid showing at the Pan Pacs to earn a spot in the FINA World Championships in Australia in March, 2007. Vaziri was the third American finisher in the prelims of the 100-meter back, which put her in the consolation finals and on the outside looking in for the World Championship team. But she blazed to a 1:01.53 to win her final and post the second-best American time of the year - securing her berth in the World Championships.
BIG TEN HARDWARE
Loukas was named the 2006 Big Ten Co-Diver of the Year and Co-Diver of the Championships, marking the second season in a row in which she had won both awards. Loukas won the one-meter and was second on the platform at the 2006 Big Ten Championships.
ROSTER EXPANSION
The Hoosiers welcome 18 newcomers to the women's roster this season, 19 of which are freshmen. Only University of Washington transfer Brittany Epperson is not. Epperson, a senior, will redshirt the 2006-07 season.
THE SCHEDULE
Indiana will return home to host its annual IU Open Invitational on Nov. 17-19 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington.
