Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving Hosts Western Kentucky Saturday
01/16/2003 | 12:00:00 | Swimming & Diving
Jan. 16, 2003
Carbondale, Ill. - The Southern Illinois University women's swimming and diving team returns to the pool for a dual meet against Western Kentucky on Saturday, January 18 at the Student Rec Center Pool at 12 p.m.
The meet will be the first race action for SIU after a seven week layoff. The Western Kentucky women (15-3) will provide a tough challenge for the Salukis.
"Western also swims well against us. They are a solid team and it's a great meet every year," added Jeff Goelz, SIU women's head coach. "They're good at the short events and we're good at the long events. This is a big dual meet and we have to race hard to beat them."
SIU will be trying to shake the rust off after the long layoff, which included training over the holidays. While Goelz wants to win, that won't be the only important result of Saturday's dual meet.
"This meet will allow me to mix up lineups, place people in different events and try different relay lineups. After the long layoff, it's also important to race after all the training and start getting ready for the MVC meet. We want to win, but improvement is most important," Goelz added.
The meet on Saturday will be the first of two consecutive Saturday home dual meets for SIU. The women (2-4) also host SMS on Jan. 25 before hosting the 2003 MVC Championships Feb. 20-22.
