Swimmers and Divers Open Home Slate Saturday with Tri-Meet

WEST CHESTER vs BLOOMSBURG / LEHIGH
Meet Details: 1:00 p.m. | Saturday, Oct. 19
Location: West Chester, Pa. | Graham Natatorium
Game Links: Watch Swim Events | Watch Dive Events

SWIMMERS AND DIVERS OPEN HOME SLATE SATURDAY WITH TRI-MEET
• West Chester returns home on Saturday afternoon with a tri-meet as the Golden Rams welcome Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival Bloomsburg to South Campus along with Division I counterpart Lehigh.
• West Chester is coming off a pair of convincing wins for both the men's and women's teams last weekend at the PSAC Sprint Frenzy and the PSAC Invitational. The Golden Rams took first among five men's teams and nine women's teams at the two meets run separately with the scoring.
• The Golden Rams' divers will also be in action up at the North Campus Pool inside Hollinger Field House at 1 p.m. The divers last competed against Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in the first meet of the season.
• West Chester's men have topped Lehigh each of the last two years in a rivalry that dates back to 2007. The two sides have collided each year for the exception of 2012 and 2020 (Covid-19). The Golden Rams' men are 8-7 against the Mountain Hawks over that span.
• On the women's side, West Chester and Lehigh have split decisions each of the last two years. Overall, since 2007, the Mountain Hawks show a 9-7 advantage head-to-head, including winning nine of the last 11 encounters.
• Bloomsburg and West Chester go way back as rivals in the PSAC. Each winter, the PSAC Championship seems to come down to these two fighting for position at the top of the standings on the men's side. As far as dual meets go, the Huskies' men have not beaten the Golden Rams since October of 2016 while the women have not beaten West Chester since 2017. Bloomsburg's men's win in 2016 is the only head-to-head triumph in the overall series between the two schools. The Huskies' women have beaten the Golden Rams just twice in the all-time series.
 
SUSANA UNGO QUERO NAMED PSAC WOMEN'S SWIM ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
• West Chester West Chester University senior Susana Ungo Quero was named the Athlete of the Week for women's swimming in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) it was announced Tuesday afternoon. Ungo Quero helped West Chester's women's swimming team to three victories so far this season. Two of those triumphs came last Friday afternoon at the PSAC Sprint Frenzy and the PSAC Invitational in York, Pa., while the other was two weeks ago on the road at Southern Connecticut State University. This is the first weekly award for Ungo Quero in the PSAC.
 
The transfer from Emmanuel University registered four first-place wins individually while logging another four first-place efforts on relays with a second-place showing mixed in during West Chester's first three events of the season.
 
THE MEN – LAST TIME OUT
• West Chester University's men's swimming squad took first place out of five schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in both the PSAC Fall Sprint Frenzy and the PSAC Invitational last Friday afternoon at the York YMCA Graham Aquatic Center.
 
West Chester collected three first-place ribbons out of eight events during the Fall Sprint Frenzy, accumulating 471 points, and registered another five wins in the PSAC Invitational to post 497 points. The 200-yard free relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay were all winners for the Golden Rams. Devin Metzger won the 100 freestyle in the Sprint Frenzy while Dalton Fink won the 50 back. Danny Dunigan. The 200 free relay consisting of Metzger, Joel Dunnigan, Fink and Nolan Benner took first place. The Golden Rams' "B" team took fourth place. Finishing off the Fall Sprint Frenzy, the 200 medley relay saw the Golden Rams' "A" and "B" squads finish second and third, respectively.
 
THE WOMEN – LAST TIME OUT
• West Chester University's women's swimming squad took first place out of nine schools from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in both the PSAC Fall Sprint Frenzy and the PSAC Invitational last Friday afternoon at the York YMCA Graham Aquatic Center.
 
West Chester collected five first-place ribbons out of eight events during both meets, accumulating 437 points in the PSAC Sprint Fall Frenzy and another 473 points in the PSAC Invitational. The 200-yard medley relay, 400 medley relay and 400 free relay were all winners for the Golden Rams. Madelyn Koehle, Bella Kil and Ungo Quero were all winners in each meet. Koehle won the 50 breaststroke in the Fall Frenzy and the 100 breast in the Invitational that followed. Kil won the 100 individual medley in the Frenzy and the 200 IM in the Invitational. Quero won the 50 butterfly and the 100 fly. Sam Trumble won the 100 freestyle in the Fall Frenzy. Koehle, Kil and Quero made up three of the four that helped the 200 medley relay to a win in the first event of the day. Bella's younger sister, Sam Kil swam the leadoff leg of that relay.