'Cats Fall To No. 18 Wisconsin

Saturday, November 14

Evanston, Ill.

10:30 AM

Northwestern

117

183

Wisconsin

11/14/2015 2:09:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern (4-1) was edged by No. 18 Wisconsin (2-1) on Saturday by a score of 183-117.

The scoring was neck-and-neck early in the dual, but the Badgers widened the gap toward the end of the event.

The 'Cats were fierce to start the day on the distance free front as Lauren Abruzzo (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver) and Ellen Anderson (Montgomery Village, Md./Gaithersburg) finished 1-2 in the 1000 free. Sydney Modeas (East Amherst, N.Y./Clarence) took home fifth place.

Northwestern had another 1-2 finish in the 200 back, as Lacey Locke (Carmel, Ind./Carmel) and Melissa Postoll (Acworth, Ga./Kennesaw Mountain) were the top competitors. Locke had a time of 2:00.42 and Postoll touched in at 2:01.79, both of their best times of the season. Earlier, Locke swam the 100 back with a time of 55.60, earning second place.

In what has become nearly a fait accompli, Olivia Rosendahl (Los Angeles, Calif./Immaculate Heart) finished in the top two of both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions. From the higher springboard, she took home first place with a score of 347.85 and she finished in second from one meter with a score of 289.43 — her season-best score. The next-closest Wildcat in the 1-meter event was Eryn Scannell (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) with a fourth-place score of 252.83.

Annika Winsnes (Singapore/United World College) continued her performance as one of the Wildcats' top sprint freestylers, as she swam a second-place time of 1:50.05 in the 200 free.

Ellen Stello (Shorewood, Wis./Shorewood) crushed the competition in the 200 fly, touching in at 2:02.12. Teammate Maddy Sims (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove) swam a third-place time of 2:03.85.

Mary Warren (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) edged the next-closest swimmer in the 50 free by more than three-tenths of a second, taking home first place with her 23.39 time. Winsnes trailed the second-place finisher by one-hundredth of a second, placing third with a time of 23.73.

However, Winsnes got her revenge in the 100 free, as she finished in first place, notching a time of 50.60, her season-best.

Northwestern's 'A' 200 medley relay quartet of Locke, Julianne Kurke (Atlanta, Ga./Parkview), Julia Pratt (Vincennes, Ind./Vincennes Rivet) and Warren finished in third place with a time of 1:43.62. The 'A' squad of Warren, Pratt, Katherine Sensemen (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South Vigo) and Winsnes also finished third in the 200 free relay.

Kurke finished in second place in the 200 breast, recording a time of 2:19.54. Earlier in the meet, she took home third place in the 100 breast (1:04.52).

The Wildcats finished 3-4 in the 500 free, as Anderson (4:59.55) and Abruzzo (5:01.21) were the top NU finishers in the event.

Northwestern is back in action next weekend with the three-day TYR Invitational, hosted at the Norris Aquatics Center in Evanston, Illinois. Events start on Friday, November 20.