Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern Travels to Face Ranked Iowa Squads
1/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
| Northwestern at Iowa |
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| Date | Saturday, Jan. 24 | 11 a.m. CT |
| Location | Campus Recreation and Wellness Center | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Live Results | Hawkeyesports.com |
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern's men and women travel to Iowa City this weekend to face ranked Iowa squads in a Big Ten dual meet showdown at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, at Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center.
For the NU men, this meet will be a site preview of the 2015 Big Ten Championships, which Iowa will host Feb. 25-28. Live results for this Saturday are available courtesy of Hawkeyesports.com.
Iowa visited Northwestern last year for the Wildcats' Senior Day. The NU men claimed an incredibly exciting 151-149 win over the Hawkeyes in that meet when they swept the top two spots in the final 400 free relay. Just .39 of a second separated first from third, with Northwestern's `B' relay touching four one-hundredths of a second ahead of Iowa's `A' team for the meet victory.
Iowa's women narrowly defeated Northwestern, 155-145, in their dual meet last year before the Wildcats got revenge just one week later with a 186-184 head-to-head victory over the Hawkeyes at Notre Dame's Shamrock Invite.
This year both Iowa teams are ranked entering this meet with the men carrying a No. 20 rating and the women at No. 21 according to the most recent College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) polls, and nothing short of two close scores should be expected once again.
Northwestern has the reigning Big Ten Women's Freshman of the Week after Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) claimed the crown by swimming an NCAA `B' cut of 22.87 in the 50 free to lead off a pool record 200 free relay for NU against Milwaukee Friday at the Norris Aquatics Center.
On the men's side, sophomore diver Andrew Cramer (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) posted some of his best scores of the season on the 1- and 3-meter boards against Milwaukee last Friday while senior Mark Ferguson (Perth, Australia/John XXIII) has continued his resurgent winter following a slow fall portion of the schedule.
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