Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving Faces Drury College Saturday
11/14/2002 | 12:00:00 | Swimming & Diving
Nov. 14, 2002
Carbondale, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University women's swimming and diving team will face Division II powerhouse Drury College in a dual meet on Saturday, November 16. The meet will be held at Breech Pool at 2 p.m. in Springfield, Mo.
The SIU women (1-4) beat Drury (2-1) 121-107 in a close dual meet last year. Drury went on to finish second at last year's NCAA Division II Meet. SIU head coach Jeff Goelz expects the meet to be close once again.
"Drury is always a great meet for us and we match up well with them. They're always in the top two or three in the nation in Division II and every time they get a chance to beat a Division I team they step it up a notch. They are a heck of a team so we'll have to go in and race hard or we could be in trouble," said Goelz.
"They are strong in the sprint freestyle and that's one of our weak spots. We'll have the advantage in the longer stroke events and the longer freestyle events. We have to perform at a high level to win this meet."
