WOMEN vs LEHIGH WEB STREAM - FRIDAY
MEN and WOMEN vs. SALISBURY WEB STREAM - SATURDAY
WEST CHESTER, PA – West Chester University hosts Division I rival Lehigh University in a dual meet Friday night that features just the women's team against the Mountain Hawks, but will also include diving, while both the men's and women's swim teams will take on Division III power Salisbury University on Senior Day inside Graham Natatorium on Saturday afternoon. Friday's women's meet will begin at 5 p.m. while the Senior Day meet on Saturday will begin at 12 p.m.
- West Chester's men's team enters Senior Day with an unblemished 4-0 record in dual competitions, including a win over last year's Division III runner-up New York University. Saturday, the Golden Rams welcome another Division III powerhouse in Salisbury University to the Graham Natatorium.
- West Chester's women's team will suit up against Lehigh on Friday night in 13 events, including two diving competitions, which will take place on North Campus.
- Kacey Lenz (Swarthmore, Pa./Ridley) finished second on the 3m diving board against defending DIII national champ, NYU, in the diver's last time out on Oct. 10. She scored a season-best 230.10. The women are eager to get back to competition this weekend. There will not be any diving in the Salisbury meet.
- On the men's side, freshman, Will Rees (York, Pa./Home Schooled), won two individual events and helped the 200 medley relay to another first-place showing during the Golden Rams' dual meet win over Bloomsburg last Saturday. Rees posted a time of 56.91 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke and a 1 minute, 53.89 seconds in the 200 individual medley. Both were season bests for the freshman. Those times are also the best in the PSAC in those events so far this season.
- Against Bloomsburg last time out, Marti Rosell Diez (L'Albiol, Spain) captured the 200 freestyle and the 500 free, then joined the winning 400 free relay team. Kai Boyer (Reading, Pa./Wilson) won the 100 butterfly, placed second in the 50 free and contributed to the winning 200 medley relay. Til Schroeder (Wiesbaden, Germany) won the 50 free, finished second in the 100 free and swam on the first-place 400 freestyle relay.
West Chester's men's and women's swimmers will be back in action in their mid-season meet Nov. 19-21 which will be held at Graham Natatorium with morning sessions and then evening finals each of the three days.
