Women's Swimming | 10/20/2017 11:20:00 PM

COMPLETE RESULTS

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University women's swimming posted 26 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying marks as the Huskies opened the 2017-18 regular season in a tri-meet at West Chester's Graham Natatorium on Friday night. The Huskies fell to West Chester University, 171-66, and suffered a 178-59 setback to Division I Lehigh University in the opening meet of the season.

Redshirt senior Nikki Young (Eagleville, Pa./Methacton), who missed all of last season due to an injury, made a triumphant return to the pool for the Huskies. She earned Bloomsburg's only victory of the night in the 200-yard breaststroke and posted a second-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. Young also was part of the Huskies' 400-yard medley relay team that finished in second place on Friday night.

Young won the 200-yard breaststroke by nearly four seconds as she touched the wall in 2:24.72. Her second-place time in the 200-yard individual medley was clocked at 2:11.22. The redshirt senior opened the night by joining sophomore Kiera Wadsworth (Blakeslee, Pa./Ridley), senior Courtney Middleton (Vineland, N.J./Vineland), and sophomore Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) in posting a time of 3:55.08 in the 400-yard medley relay.

Junior Sydney Mercer (Bloomsburg, Pa./Millville) also had a strong evening for the Huskies as she finished second in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:07.22. Mercer also finished fifth in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:13.23.

Cubbler picked up where she left off as a freshman a year ago after posting a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:55.70 and a fourth-place result in the 100-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 54.15, to go along with her 400-yard medley relay team placing second in the opening race of the night.

Freshman Chelsea Ackerson (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert) opened her collegiate career in fine fashion after strong swims in a pair of distance events on Friday. She finished seventh in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:53.50 and then touched the wall in seventh in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:22.15. Fellow rookie Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside) also started strong with three top ten finishes - sixth in the 50-yard freestyle, ninth in the 100-yard freestyle, and fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Her time in the 50-yard freestyle was tops on the team while her relay team also consisted of sophomore Kaitlyn Floyd (Mertztown, Pa./Kutztown), senior Kate Cossitor (Morgantown, Pa./Twin Valley), and redshirt junior Marykate Boylan (Edgemont, Pa./Penncrest).

The Huskies will return to the pool on Friday, November 3 when they host Edinboro University in the first home meet of the season at the Nelson Field House Pool. Start time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.