Eastern Michigan Athletics
Saturday, November 11
Ypsilanti, Mich.
1 P.m.
Eastern Michigan University
vs
Oakland
Photo by: Andrew Mascharka
Eastern Prepares for In-State Rival Oakland
11/9/2017 10:05:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
The Eagles own a 7-4-1 dual record over the Golden Grizzlies
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Coming off an exciting win over defending Mid-American Conference champions, the University of Akron, last weekend, the Eastern Michigan University women's swimming and diving team welcomes in-state foe Oakland University, to Jones Natatorium Saturday, Nov. 11.
Saturday's tilt marks the 13th time the two squads have faced each other since the 2005-06 campaign, with the Green and White owning a 7-4-1 record against the Golden Grizzlies. Historically, the series has been in favor of the Eagles as of late, posting a 4-0-1 mark against OU not dropping a meet since Nov. 12, 2011. Most recently, a four event sweep and domination on the springboard lifted EMU to a 193-104 victory over Oakland. Nine different Eagles touched in with a first-place times in the pool, while then-junior Alli Shereda (Fraser, Mich.-Fraser) swept the diving events with finals scores of 288.07 and 293.25 on the 1 and 3-meter, respectively.
The Eagles return to the pool following an exciting win last Saturday, Nov. 4, over the Zips after a first and third-place finishes in the 400 freestyle relay secured the 162-138 victory. Junior Nicole Swartz (Dayton Ohio, Centerville) and sophomore Casey Gavigan (East Setauket, N.Y.-Ward Melville) paced the Eagles with two individual event wins each while junior Delaney Duncan (Galesburg, Ill.-Galesburg), sophomore Brielle Johnston (Ottawa, Ontario-Cathorlique Franco-Quest), and Shereda all picked up a win as well.
The showdown between the Eagles and the Golden Grizzlies is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at Jones Natatorium. Fans can follow along with the action here or on the MeetMobile app.
Saturday's tilt marks the 13th time the two squads have faced each other since the 2005-06 campaign, with the Green and White owning a 7-4-1 record against the Golden Grizzlies. Historically, the series has been in favor of the Eagles as of late, posting a 4-0-1 mark against OU not dropping a meet since Nov. 12, 2011. Most recently, a four event sweep and domination on the springboard lifted EMU to a 193-104 victory over Oakland. Nine different Eagles touched in with a first-place times in the pool, while then-junior Alli Shereda (Fraser, Mich.-Fraser) swept the diving events with finals scores of 288.07 and 293.25 on the 1 and 3-meter, respectively.
The Eagles return to the pool following an exciting win last Saturday, Nov. 4, over the Zips after a first and third-place finishes in the 400 freestyle relay secured the 162-138 victory. Junior Nicole Swartz (Dayton Ohio, Centerville) and sophomore Casey Gavigan (East Setauket, N.Y.-Ward Melville) paced the Eagles with two individual event wins each while junior Delaney Duncan (Galesburg, Ill.-Galesburg), sophomore Brielle Johnston (Ottawa, Ontario-Cathorlique Franco-Quest), and Shereda all picked up a win as well.
The showdown between the Eagles and the Golden Grizzlies is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at Jones Natatorium. Fans can follow along with the action here or on the MeetMobile app.
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