Women's Swimming | 10/25/2019 2:04:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University men's and women's swimming teams return to the Nelson Field House Pool Saturday as they host Susquehanna University. Action is scheduled to get underway at 11:00 a.m. The Huskies look to bounce back from a pair of losses to West Chester and Lehigh University back on October 18.

On the men's side, the Huskies fell to both West Chester 166-70 and Lehigh 186-44 last Friday night while the team totaled 18 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifiers. Bloomsburg had 14 different swimmers post conference-qualifying times on Friday night with only four - senior Corey Smith (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn), junior Collin Hummel (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg), junior Noah Cancro (Limerick, Pa./Spring-Ford), and sophomore Colton Schnars (Bellefonte, Pa./Bellefonte) - finishing with more than one as they each got under the standard in two different events.

Redshirt senior Kyle Dix (Schwenksville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) was third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.24) and then was the lead leg in the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed second on Friday night in 1:25.38. Freshman Luke Emig (Horsham, PA/Hatboro - Horsham) and sophomore Pat Agnew (Pottstown, Pa./Pottsgrove) joined Hummel as conference qualifiers in the 50-yard freestyle. Emig posted a time of 22.05 while Agnew was right behind in 22.22.

In the 500-yard freestyle, freshmen Ryan Keenan (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley) and Jimmy Greek (Garnet Valley/Garnet Valley) joined Smith as conference qualifiers with Keenan posting a time of 5:02.94 while Greek touched in 5:04.23. Junior Chris Gleason (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) was the Huskies' final qualifier of the night as he posted Bloomsburg's best time in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:17.29.

For the women, the Huskies fell to both West Chester 177-59 and Lehigh 183-39 last Friday night while the team totaled 14 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifiers.
Bloomsburg had 10 different swimmers post conference-qualifying times on Friday night with only four - senior Becca Cubbler (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford), junior Chelsea Ackerson (Hamilton, N.J./Steinert), junior Kelley McHugh (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower), and freshman Jenna Park (Mount Joy, PA/Donegal) - finishing with more than one as they each got under the standard in two different events.

Ackerson and Cubbler did their damage in the distance events while Park made her presence felt in the sprints. McHugh, meanwhile, qualified in both the 200-yard individual medley (2:16.47) and 200-yard backstroke (2:15.87) events. Ackerson completed the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:08.25 and, later in the evening, swam a time of 5:26.50 in the 500-yard freestyle. Cubbler posted the Huskies' best time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.69) and then placed third overall - trailing only a pair of Lehigh swimmers - in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:13.13. Park, swimming in her first collegiate meet, was sixth in the 50-yard freestyle (24.75) and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (54.30) - trailing only a trio of Lehigh swimmers in the event.

Another freshman, Courtney Hubric (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin), was third overall in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.32. That time is the 10th-fastest swim in program history in that event. Fellow freshman - Grace Beierschmitt (Dover, PA/Dover) - also qualified in the 50-yard freestyle after touching the wall in 25.84.

Sophomore Liz Jackson (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) joined Cubbler as a qualifier in the 200-yard freestyle as she posted a time of 2:00.72 to finish eighth overall on Friday night. Junior Lindsay Mooney (Salisbury, Md./Parkside), meanwhile, joined Park as qualifiers in the 100-yard freestyle as Mooney touched the wall in 56.17 for an eighth-place result. In the 200-yard backstroke, senior Kiera Wadsworth (Blakeslee, Pa./Ridley) was the Huskies' top finisher as she placed eighth with a time of 2:13.32 - just ahead of McHugh's ninth-place finish. Freshman Alicia Lehman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks) made it three qualifiers in the event as she finished in 2:16.13 to place 11th overall.

The Huskies' 200-yard freestyle relay team also had a strong swim on Friday night as they took third overall with a time of 1:39.16. The foursome consisted of Park, Mooney, Cubbler, and Hubric.
The River Hawks get into the pool for their first competition this season on Saturday against Bloomsburg.

Following Saturday's meet against Susquehanna, the Huskies will return home on Friday, November 1, to host Edinboro at the Nelson Field House Pool. Start time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m.