CLEVELAND, Ohio. – University of Southern Indiana Women's Swimming & Diving fell to Cleveland State University on Friday afternoon, 188.5-91.5. This was the Screaming Eagles first meet of the new year and their first since early November.
 
While USI was not able to claim a victory in an event, they did record eight second place finishes. Freshman Hannah Gardner (Bowling Green, Kentucky) led the was the only swimmer to have two second place finishes. Gardner and freshman Mattilynn Smith (Morgantown, Kentucky) led the Eagles, securing 10 points each. Sophomore Adele Schnautz (Evansville, Indiana) was close behind the two with nine points. Freshmen Kate Hilgarth (Indianapolis, Indiana), Sarah-Catherine Dawson (Prospect, Kentucky), and Emily McIntosh (Huntertown, Indiana) all finished with above five points as well.
 
Freshman Autumn Turley (Hobart, Indiana) brought in eight points for the Eagles in diving. Turley recorded a 144.68 in the 1-meter and a 142.88 in the 3-meter.
 
Other Top Women's Results:
200-Yard Medley Relay: 1:54.12 (2nd) – Hilgarth, Gardner, Dawson, McIntosh
1000-Yard Freestyle: 11:03.79 (3rd) – Smith
200-Yard Freestyle: 2:06.68 (3rd) - Schnautz
100-Yard Backstroke: 1:02.12 (3rd) – Hilgarth
100-Yard Breaststroke: 1:09.07 (2nd) – Gardner
200-Yard Butterfly: 2:13.95 (2nd) – Dawson
50-Yard Freestyle: 26.51 (2nd) - McIntosh
1-Meter Diving: 144.68 (2nd) – Turley
100-Yard Freestyle: 57.03 (2nd) – Hendren
200-Yard Backstroke: 2:16.79 (2nd) – Hilgarth
200-Yard Breaststroke: 2:29.63 (2nd) – Gardner
500-Yard Freestyle: 5:19.01 (2nd) – Smith
3-Meter Diving: 142.88 (2nd) – Turley
400-Yard IM: 4:52.19 (2nd) – Schnautz
200-Yard Freestyle Relay: 1:45.89 (3rd) – Hilgarth, McIntosh, Freshman Emma Ettensohn (Tell City, Indiana), Freshman Joey Testa (North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania)
 
UP NEXT FOR USI:
The Eagles will travel to Charleston, Illinois on January 14 to take on Eastern Illinois Univeristy. This will be USI's final road meet of the season before returning home January 21 to finish the regular season against Southern Illinois University at the USI Aquatics Center.
 
The Panthers currently sit with a 2-3 record in dual meets this season. They were victorious over Bellarmine University and Valparaiso University while losses came from Ball State University, the University of Evansville, and Illinois State University. EIU opened their season at the Butler Invite, falling to all five opponents. Most recently they competed at the A3 Performance Invitational, where they finished third, USI took fifth. The Panthers will take on Lewis University on Saturday before hosting the Eagles a week later.