GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (Men: 3-0 / Women: 3-0)
at Clarion Golden Eagles (Men: 3-2 / Women: 2-3)
Saturday, December 10, 2016 | 1 p.m.
Tippin Natatorium | Clarion, Pa.


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The Crimson Hawks return to the pool on Saturday when they travel to square off against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference foe Clarion in dual meet action. IUP was last in action November 18-20 when it competed at the fifth annual Magnus Cup, hosted by Cleveland State where the men finished fourth out of nine teams and the women finished 10th out of 14 teams. This also marks the first dual meet for the Crimson Hawks since both teams defeated Saint Vincent on November 11.

STORYLINES
• Last season the IUP men's and women's swimming teams swept their dual meets against Clarion. The men recorded a 136-66 victory while the women came out on top by a score of 132-67.
• Colter Long (Hollidaysburg, Pa. /Hollidaysburg Area) returns to the pool after being named the CollegeSwimming.com PSAC Swimmer of the Week for the week ending Sunday, November 20.
• A number of men's swimmers recorded wins in the dual meet with Clarion last year including Shane Hallett (Boiling Springs, Pa. /Boiling Springs) in the 200 breaststroke (2:11.68), Colter Long (Hollidaysburg, Pa. /Hollidaysburg Area) in the 200 IM (1:57.93), Mace Long (Hollidaysburg, Pa. /Hollidaysburg Area) in the 200 butterfly (1:56.41) while Sterling Tate (York, PA/Dallastown) had a pair of second place finishes in the 200 freestyle (1:48.35) and 200 backstroke (2:03.82).
• Bria Otwell (Sarver, Pa./Freeport), who made her IUP debut at last year's Clarion meet, totaled three PSAC qualifying times and two individual victories. She took home first place in the 500 freestyle (5:17.46) and 1000 freestyle (10:49.72), while also finishing in third in the 200 butterfly (2:14.39).
• Sara Bertram (Alexandria, Va. /West Potomac) and Taylor Cisik (Boyertown, PA/Boyertown) each posted a pair of victories on Friday night. Bertram picked up hers in the 200 freestyle (1:59.76) and 200 butterfly (2:13.99) while Cisik had win in the 50 freestyle (25.25) and 100 freestyle (55.29)

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