No. 3/7 Hoosiers Sweep Purdue on Senior Day

Saturday, January 20

Bloomington, IN

11:00 AM

Indiana University

206

Purdue

1/20/2018 2:21:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The No. 3/7-ranked Indiana University men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed an impressive sweep of Purdue on Senior Day Saturday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, Ind.

The No. 3-ranked Hoosier men extended their dual meet win-streak to 21-straight with a 206-92 win over the Boilermakers, improving to 8-0 on the year. The No. 7-ranked IU women took down PU, 176-123, to move to 4-4 on the season.

With the two victories, Indiana takes the lead over Purdue in the Governor's Cup, 4.5-3.5. The overall winner of the contest will be awarded a trophy at the end of the season. Each sport can earn one point toward the overall championship. A total of 19 or 20 points can be won, depending on the number of meetings between the teams in various sports.

Indiana won the 2016-17 Governor's Cup, 11.0-9.0. IU has a 7-4-2 record against Purdue in the competition over its 13-year history.

Leading the way for the Hoosiers on Saturday was Lilly King, who took home three individual wins against the Boilermakers. The junior won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.36), 200 breaststroke (2:10.61) and 200 IM (2:01.29) with NCAA B cut times.

For the Hoosier men, four swimmers earned two individual wins apiece, all with NCAA B cut marks. Senior Ali Khalafalla won the 50 freestyle (19.68) and 100 freestyle (44.10), while Vini Lanza swept the butterfly events, winning the 100 in 47.34 and the 200 in 1:46.11.

Ian Finnerty took first in both breaststroke events, winning the 100 with a mark of 52.72 and the 200 in 1:57.06. Freshman Gabriel Fantoni continued his great swimming, winning both backstroke events. The Brazilian touched first in the 100 in a season-best time of 46.86 and the 200 in 1:44.91.

For the IU women, senior Ali Rockett won a pair of events – the 100 backstroke in a NCAA B cut of 53.13 and the 50 freestyle in 23.13. In the diving well, Jessica Parratto took first in both events, winning with NCAA Zones qualifying scores. The redshirt junior placed first in the 1-meter with a score of 345.45 and the platform with a season-best total of 350.33.

Michael Hixon had a tremendous showing in the men's 1-meter dive, winning with an Indiana dual-meet record score of 453.90. Also winning events for the IU men were Mohamed Samy in the 200 freestyle (1:36.47, NCAA B cut) and Adam Destrampe in the 500 freestyle (4:26.93).

Senior Rachel Matsumura touched first for the Hoosiers in the women's 200 backstroke with a NCAA B cut time of 1:58.71, while Christine Jensen touched first in the women's 100 butterfly in a NCAA B cut time of 53.07.

In the 200 medley relay, the Hoosiers earned a sweep. On the women's side, the team of Ali Rockett, Lilly King, Christine Jensen and Grace Haskett won with a time of 1:38.57. For the IU men, the team of Gabriel Fantoni, Ian Finnerty, Bruno Blaskovic and Blake Pieroni touched the wall first with a mark of 1:27.54.

In the final event of the afternoon, the Hoosier men's 400 freestyle relay of Nikola Miljenic, Vini Lanza, Oliver Patrouch and Josh Romany won with a time of 2:59.81.

The No. 3/7 Indiana Hoosiers will return to the pool on Friday, Jan. 26, when the team heads south to face the No. 14/8 Louisville Cardinals in Louisville, Ky. The meet is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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