DUAL MEET INFORMATION
Purdue Women host Rutgers
Friday, Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. ET
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (PurdueSports.com) – Purdue women's swimming & diving is home for Halloween Weekend, hosting Rutgers for the first traditional head-to-head dual meet between the Big Ten Conference foes.
Action at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center begins at 5 p.m. ET. The dual will feature the default 16-event lineup. Admission is free and fans in attendance can enter raffles to win a pair of nice prizes – (1) two tickets to the Nov. 4 men's basketball game at Mackey Arena and (2) a full set of Purdue Pete bobbleheads.
The Boilermakers are slated to host Rutgers for the second year in a row and third time since RU joined the Big Ten for the 2014-15 school year. A small number of Rutgers student-athletes also visited campus in February for a meet that featured co-ed representation from Indiana and Ohio State as well as Purdue. The Scarlet Knights were also part of the 2017 Big Ten Championships at the Burke Aquatic Center.
An October 2016 quad dual in South Bend that featured Purdue, Rutgers, Miami (Fla.) and Notre Dame marked the only other regular-season meet that featured both the Boilermakers & Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers is also slated to compete against IUPUI on Saturday in Indianapolis, making the most of its road trip to the state of Indiana.
Freshman Maggie Love led the way at Notre Dame with a trio of runner-up finishes. In the process, she posted top-10 times in the Big Ten so far this season in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.82, 6th), 200 IM (2:04.06, 7th) and 200 backstroke (2:01.26, 10th). Masy Folcik (100 and 200 breast), Kate Beavon (1,000 free), Lindsay Turner (200 fly), Madeline Greaves (200 fly), Angelina Rossi (100 breast) and Abby Harter (200 back) have also accounted for top 15 times in the Big Ten over the Boilermakers' first two weekends of action.
Conference-wide diving scores are not tracked as accurately by CollegeSwimming.com, but Purdue's quintet of divers – Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer, Maggie Merriman, Maycey Vieta, Jenna Sonnenberg and Sophie McAfee – remains among the best in the league regardless. Even more so in meets that feature platform diving, which will not be the case Friday.
A notable addition to Rutgers' roster this season includes Big Ten diving champion Abigail Knapton. The graduate transfer from Nebraska won the league's 1-meter and platform titles at the Burke Aquatic Center in February, garnering Diver of the Championships honors in the process. With Pfeiffer claiming the same award in February 2020, Friday's meet will feature the last two Big Ten Divers of the Championships.
The Boilermakers are also slated to host Illinois for a women-only dual meet the final weekend of January.
Purdue Women host Rutgers
Friday, Oct. 29 at 5 p.m. ET
Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center / West Lafayette, Indiana
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (PurdueSports.com) – Purdue women's swimming & diving is home for Halloween Weekend, hosting Rutgers for the first traditional head-to-head dual meet between the Big Ten Conference foes.
Action at the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center begins at 5 p.m. ET. The dual will feature the default 16-event lineup. Admission is free and fans in attendance can enter raffles to win a pair of nice prizes – (1) two tickets to the Nov. 4 men's basketball game at Mackey Arena and (2) a full set of Purdue Pete bobbleheads.
The Boilermakers are slated to host Rutgers for the second year in a row and third time since RU joined the Big Ten for the 2014-15 school year. A small number of Rutgers student-athletes also visited campus in February for a meet that featured co-ed representation from Indiana and Ohio State as well as Purdue. The Scarlet Knights were also part of the 2017 Big Ten Championships at the Burke Aquatic Center.
An October 2016 quad dual in South Bend that featured Purdue, Rutgers, Miami (Fla.) and Notre Dame marked the only other regular-season meet that featured both the Boilermakers & Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers is also slated to compete against IUPUI on Saturday in Indianapolis, making the most of its road trip to the state of Indiana.
Freshman Maggie Love led the way at Notre Dame with a trio of runner-up finishes. In the process, she posted top-10 times in the Big Ten so far this season in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.82, 6th), 200 IM (2:04.06, 7th) and 200 backstroke (2:01.26, 10th). Masy Folcik (100 and 200 breast), Kate Beavon (1,000 free), Lindsay Turner (200 fly), Madeline Greaves (200 fly), Angelina Rossi (100 breast) and Abby Harter (200 back) have also accounted for top 15 times in the Big Ten over the Boilermakers' first two weekends of action.
Conference-wide diving scores are not tracked as accurately by CollegeSwimming.com, but Purdue's quintet of divers – Emily (Bretscher) Pfeiffer, Maggie Merriman, Maycey Vieta, Jenna Sonnenberg and Sophie McAfee – remains among the best in the league regardless. Even more so in meets that feature platform diving, which will not be the case Friday.
A notable addition to Rutgers' roster this season includes Big Ten diving champion Abigail Knapton. The graduate transfer from Nebraska won the league's 1-meter and platform titles at the Burke Aquatic Center in February, garnering Diver of the Championships honors in the process. With Pfeiffer claiming the same award in February 2020, Friday's meet will feature the last two Big Ten Divers of the Championships.
The Boilermakers are also slated to host Illinois for a women-only dual meet the final weekend of January.