BLOOMSBURG-- The Bloomsburg University women's swim team will swim against West Chester on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Nelson Field House pool beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the season opener for the Huskies.

Bloomsburg - Women:
 
Last season the Huskies went 8-2 and took second at the PSAC Championships.
 
The team graduated six seniors and will be without senior Nikki Young (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton) due to a season-ending injury. The senior class was the core of the relays for Bloomsburg, so the Huskies are looking to five freshmen and one sophomore to help fill the gap.
 
Captains will be Young, Alison Turzanski (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia), Karly Hursey (Hampstead, Md./North Carroll). Along with the captains, Brooke Gilson (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall), Courtney Middleton (Vineland, N.J./Vineland) and Colleen Finias (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) will look to step up and help lead the team this season. Kaci Mcllmoyle returns as a fifth senior after not competing last season.
 
The Huskies leading in freestyle will be Rebecca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford), Kaitlyn Floyd (Mertztown, Pa./Kutztown Area), Shannon Ball (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff) and Kiara Wadsworth. Caroline Hodgine holds the team record in distance events. In the backstroke, Mary Kate Boylan (Edgemont, Pa./Penncrest), Sam Campbell, Meg Carey, and freshman Deanna Shuster (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) and Kiara Wadsworth will look to take the reins.
 
West Chester – Women:
 
Last season West Chester finished their season with a 4-6 record and won the PSAC Championship for the 10th straight year.

The Golden Rams lost to Lehigh on Oct. 21 by a score of 200.5 to 98.5. Taylor Hoover and Emelie Johansson each picked up wins. Hoover won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:37:54, and Johansson won the 200 breaststroke in 2:28:01.

Earlier in the month West Chester fell to New York University, 181.5 to 118.5  Georgia Wright won the 1000-yard freestyle in 10 minutes, 36.15 seconds while also picking up wins in the 200-backstroke and the 500-free. Her three wins were part of six first-place showings for the Golden Rams. Taylor Hoover was fifth behind Wright in the 1000-free.