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"We did alright today," Head Coach Dorsey Tierney said. "We have a few swimmers with the flu right now, so I am proud of the effort they gave. It is nice to see Lauren Torpey back and it is positive to see her moving forward after her arm injury last season. Annica Lofstedt was sick as a dog, but still asked to be in the relays and did a great job in them. Also, Lauren Lubus was struggling through a back injury, but did really well today."
In the opening event of the meet, Indiana opened up an 11-6 lead in the 200-yard medley relay as Vaziri, junior Kristen Bradley, senior Erin Smith and Lofstedt out-touched the Northwestern team of Katie Paglini, Jessie Ballis, Christy Olin and Michelle Oeser with a 1:45.68 clocking against NU's 1:46.41. Northwestern's Carrera Harris, Brielle Bovee, Kristen Kilroy and Ashley Welnhofer claimed third with a 1:48.95.
In the initial individual event of the evening, IU pushed its lead to 23-13 as Torpey picked up the crown in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:13.93, while NU's Amy Muller took second in 10:21.02. Freshman Christie Fuchs placed third for IU in 10:33.75, while NU's Laura Gart (10:37.20) and Michaela Restivo (10:39.21) finished in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Northwestern cut the gap to 30-25 in the 200-yard freestyle as Andrea Hupman won the event in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:50.50 for the Wildcats. Junior Doherty Colgin (1:52.06) and classmate Kristen Bradley (1:52.11) finished in second and third for IU, while NU's Katie Braun (1:52.82) and Welnhofer (1:53.82) wound up in fourth and fifth for Northwestern.
Indiana bounced back in the 100-yard backstroke to move to 41-33 as Vaziri swam to first place in 57.09 just ahead of NU's Paglini (57.53). Northwestern took third and fifth as Harris touched in 58.99 and Michaela Restivo clocked a 1:07.86. Torpey finished in fourth for IU in 1:00.85.
The Wildcats erupted in the 100-yard breaststroke to take a 49-44 lead with a top-three sweep. NU's Bovee (1:04.05) claimed the crown, Ballis (1:05.16) finish in second and Mueller (1:08.49) placed third. IU sophomore Susanna Ernst wound up in fourth in 1:10.56 and freshman Angela Calvert finished in fifth in 1:12.53.
In the 200-yard butterfly, Northwestern extended its lead to 64-48 as Christy Olin notched a B-cut time of 2:01.26 to win the event. Her teammate Katie Braun took second in 2:03.78, while IU junior Sarah Bugden finished in third with a 2:08.19.
The Hoosiers would not go away easily, as they battled back to close the gape to 71-60 in the 50-yard freestyle. Vaziri seized the title with a 23.77, the 10th-fastest time in program history, while Lofstedt took third in 23.92. NU's Andrea Hupman picked up runner-up status in 23.78.
Northwestern pushed its lead to 83-67 in the 100-yard freestyle as Hupman posted an NCAA provisional time of 51.04 to win the event. IU's Smith touched closely behind in 51.93, while her teammate sophomore Clarissa Wentworth took third in 53.10.
The Wildcats stretched their lead to 96-73 in the 200-yard backstroke when Paglini won the event going away in 2:01.88. Vaziri took second for IU in 2:04.46, while Harris finished in third for NU in 2:07.01.
In the 200-yard breaststroke, Bovee cleared the B-cut standard with a 2:17.01 to help Northwestern to a 110-78 lead. Indiana's Bradley finished in second with a 2:21.93, while NU's Ballis took third in 2:23.55.
Indiana responded in the 500-yard freestyle to cut the lead to 115-92 when Torpey captured the crown in 4:58.61. IU's Colgin placed second in 5:00.25, while NU's Mueller took third in 5:02.90.
In the 100-yard butterfly, Northwestern's Olin (56.67) out-touched IU's Smith (56.87) to help NU to a 127-99 lead. Her teammate Welnhofer took third for the Wildcats in 57.74. Also of note, IU freshman Lauren Schrader posted a personal-best time of 1:02.30 to finish in seventh.
NU moved it lead to 140-105 in the 200-yard IM as Paglini notched another provisional time for the Wildcats with a first-place 2:04.21. IU's Bradley finished in second in 2:05.53 in front of NU's Bovee's third-place clocking of 2:08.98.
Indiana closed out the swimming portion of the meet in solid fashion by winning the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:35.93 with Lofstedt, Bugden, Wentworth and Smith provided the victory. Northwestern's Hupman, Katie Welnhofer, Ashley Welnhofer and Surkovic took second in 1:36.33, while Braun, Oeser, Kilroy and Mueller took third in 1:39.10. The team score stood at 146-116 before accounting for diving competition.
Indiana split the three-meter and platform competitions as NU's Leanne Dumais (269.62) out-dove IU freshman Christine Loukas (264.82) for the 3m title. Loukas' effort, however, proved to be a personal best. Lindsay Weigle began an incredible evening with a third-place 249.37 in the event. Also of note, freshman Ashley Greene posted a career-high 230.70. Upon completion of the 3m springboard contest, NU led 156-125.
On the crowd-pleasing platform, Weigle amazed the crowd at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center as she posted a new IU watershed dual-meet mark with a 343.65 to win the event. Sophomore Heather Chapman took second with a 301.28, while Loukas finished in third in 291.38. NU's Dumais took fourth in 275.03. All four marks cleared the NCAA zone qualifying standard. With the performance, Northwestern claimed the victory, 159-141.
"We did O.K. today," Head Diving Coach Dr. Jeff Huber said. "We had a few more qualifiers but have been trying some harder dives. It is reminiscent of some squads we have had in the past where we really prepared for a good championship season. Lindsay Weigle also did well with setting the school-record on the platform."
