"On the women's side, we are a small group, but we have quality up and down our roster. "On the men's side, I know that we lost some key performers, but I have a feeling that we will be even better this year, with our experience coming back and the newcomers that we have added," said Wilson. Overall, four of the ten returning female swimmers for UE also competed in the CSCAA National Invitational Championships a year ago. On the women's side, the Purple Aces return 10 swimmers from a year ago, led by first-team all-MVC performer Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) and honorable mention all-Valley swimmers Sveva Brugnoli (Rome, Italy), Sarah Jahns (Lilburn, Ga./Parkview), Sage Moore (Lexington, Ohio/Lexington), and Iryna Tsesiul (Minsk, Belarus). On the men's side, UE returns 13 letterwinners from a year ago, including second-team all-Mid-American Conference performers Alon Baer (Gesher HaZiv, Israel) and Patrik Vilbergsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) and nine men who competed in the 2022 CSCAA National Invitational Championships. Swimming-wise, the Purple Aces welcome back a veteran squad on both the men's and women's side this year. Hopefully, there will be a good crowd on hand as well." "It should be a lot of fun, especially with competing against a crosstown school like USI. "Our divers are really excited to get started," said UE diving coach Dustin Bredemeier. Rollett is coming off a season in which she earned honorable mention all-Valley honors after placing sixth in the one-meter competition. Both UE female divers Valorie Marx and Madison Rollett attended Reitz High School in Evansville, while the two male divers in the competition – UE's Levi McKinney and USI's Lane Pollock – were high school teammates at nearby Boonville High School. "Both teams have been putting in a lot of work in practice, and it will be good to get out and compete against someone else on Friday, and see where we are at to start the year."įriday's diving meet will have a very local flavor, as four of the five competing divers have southern Indiana ties. "We are excited to get started," said UE head swimming coach Stuart Wilson. The divers will host crosstown University of Southern Indiana inside of Roy & Mary Wyttenbach Pool on the UE campus at 3 p.m., while the swimmers will travel to Valparaiso, Indiana to battle Missouri Valley Conference rival Valparaiso at 5 p.m. EVANSVILLE, Ind.-The 2022-23 season will get underway on Friday for the University of Evansville swimming and diving programs, as both groups will be in action.
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