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Media Relations Contact: Brandon Gries • Office Phone: (402) 472-0694 • Cell Phone: (308) 289-2286 • Fax Number: (402) 472-2005 • E-Mail: [email protected] 2006-07 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result This Week in Husker Swimming and Diving October 6 Missouri State W-156-87 12 ^ L-144-81 Date: Saturday, Oct. 28 Time: 10 a.m. 13 BIG 12 RELAYS^ t5th/6 (41) 14 TEXAS A&M^ L-178-117 vs. Site: Devaney Center Natatorium 28 10 a.m. Series Record: Nebraska leads, 5-4 November Last Meeting: Nebraska 184, Arkansas 115 4 ALUMNI MEET TBA Nebraska Arkansas 17-19 Minnesota Invitational TBA Oct. 15, 2005 in Fayetteville, Ark. Nov. 30- Texas Invitational (Divers Only) TBA (1-2, 0-2) (0-1, 0-1) Dec. 2 December 2 South Dakota State 11 a.m. Nebraska Takes on Arkansas at Devaney January The will make the return trip in a two-year agreement this Saturday morning at 10 13 KANSAS^ 2 p.m. a.m., when the Huskers and Razorbacks square off at the Devaney Center Natatorium. 19 Northern Iowa 5 p.m. Nebraska (1-2) and Arkansas (0-1) met last season in Fayetteville, a 184-115 NU win that was the Huskers’ 20 Iowa State^ 1 p.m. first victory of the season. Nebraska leads the all-time series, 5-4. 26 Nebraska-Omaha 5:30 p.m. The Huskers are hoping to get back on track after an off-week following three meets in three days from Oct. 27 MISSOURI^ 1 p.m. 12-14. Nebraska’s lone win of the season came on Oct. 6 at Missouri State (156-87) before two home losses February to Big 12 leaders Texas and Texas A&M, meets that were sandwiched around a fifth-place finish in the Big 12 14-17 Big 12 Championships^ TBA (College Station, Texas) Relays. Arkansas (0-1) has not competed for two weeks as well after opening the season with a 149-89 loss March at South Carolina on Oct. 13. 2-4 NCAA Zone Diving Championships TBA Senior Lauren Bailey picked up where she left off last season as she has already attained a team-high 8-10 NCAA Championships TBA six wins in 2006-07. For her efforts, she was named the Big 12 women’s swimmer of the week, announced (Minneapolis, Minn.) Wednesday by the league office. Against Texas on Oct. 12, Bailey set an NCAA provisional-qualifying time All times listed are Central. of 16:48.46 in the 1,650-freestyle. In the first meet of the season at Missouri State, Bailey won three races ^- Denotes Big 12 Conference matches. (200-free, 500-free and 200-IM). Most recently, she won the 1,000-free (10:10.15) against Texas A&M on Oct. Home meets are in all caps and bold. 14 and also finished runner-up in the 500-free (4:59.28), just eight one-hundredths of a second behind senior teammate Kate Wheeler. On the previous day at the Big 12 Relays, Bailey was a member of the fourth-place 2006-07 Nebraska Cornhuskers finishing 1,500-free relay team. Name Yr Hometown The Huskers will have a break from regular season action next weekend when they host the Alumni Meet Kaitlin Arntz Fr. Omaha, Neb. on Saturday, Nov. 4. The time has not yet been determined. Lauren Bailey Sr. San Mateo, Calif. C.J. Bray So. Omaha, Neb. Katie Bowden Jr. Plant City, Fla. Review: Wheeler Wins Two Titles Against Aggies Sarah Broker Fr. Downers Grove, Ill. Lincoln - The Huskers wrapped a busy weekend on Saturday, Oct. 14 by swimming in their third and final Colleen Criss Fr. Omaha, Neb. meet of a three-day stretch, falling to Texas A&M at the Devaney Natatorium, 178-117. Michelle Criss Sr. Omaha, Neb. Senior Kate Wheeler won her fourth and fifth races of the season as she broke the five-minute mark in the Emilee Crawford Sr. Overland Park, Kan. 500-yard freestyle in 4:59.20. Wheeler also won the 200-free in 1:52.15 and was one of two Huskers to win Hailey Dean Fr. San Diego, Calif. a pair of events as sophomore Courtney Jolly was first on both the one- (227.50) and three-meter (265.15) Adrienne Goodman Jr. Ballwin, Mo. dives. Kelsey Ida Fr. Highlands Ranch, Colo. The loss drops the Huskers to 1-2 on the young season and 0-2 in the Big 12 after facing two of the nation’s Mariah Hutchinson Fr. Topeka, Kan. top teams in the Aggies and . Bailey Ingles Sr. Omaha, Neb. Nebraska looked to stay competitive early when senior Lauren Bailey took the meet’s longest event, the Courtney Jolly So. Plantation, Fla. 1,000-free, in 10:10.15, four seconds faster than Missouri’s Jill Granger (10:14.61). The Tigers won two events Dani Millis Jr. Frisco, Texas as a team and were defeated by the Aggies, 187-101. Nebraska and Missouri were not scored in the dual Kaci Ressler Jr. Tampa, Fla. format. Casey Schnack Sr. Quincy, Ill. The Huskers also saw a continuous sign of improvement from an underclassman, as freshman Kaitlin Arntz Lynn Siemert Jr. Sterling, Ill. was runner-up in the 200-breaststroke, third in the 200-IM (2:10.80) and fourth in the 100-breaststroke (1:06.51). Danielle Stansbury Sr. Lincoln, Neb. Freshman teammate Mariah Hutchinson was fifth in the 200-fly in 2:09.37. Jenna Stroud So. Lincoln, Neb. Jenny Toler So. Elk Grove Village, Ill. Scouting the : Kate Wheeler Sr. Issaquah, Wash. The Razorbacks were 1-9 in the dual season last year and finished ninth with 141 points at the SEC Christina Yemm So. Sterling, Ill. Championships. They return 12 letterwinners from that team and welcome five newcomers to a 2006-07 squad Sarah Ziegelmann Fr. Fargo, N.D. that has just two seniors. In the loss to South Carolina, sophomore Summer Jackson and senior Mariann Fulop won two races each. Head Coach: Pablo Morales Jackson took first in the 100- (52.81) and 200-free (1:55.03) and Fulop won the 200-back in 2:05.81 and the Assistant Coach: Doug Humphrey 200-IM in 2:08.09. Diving Coach: Natasha Chikina Head coach Jeff Poppell is in his first year at Arkansas. He is a 1993 graduate of the University of Graduate Assistant: Barrett Brandon Georgia. Volunteer Assistant: Patrick Rowan