| Senn, Arnold Win Twice in Victory Over Canisius |
| Saturday, October 29 2005 |
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| Youngstown -- Sophomore Brittany Senn and freshman Olivia Arnold each won two individual events as Youngstown State defeated Canisius 114-90 in the home opener for the Penguins Friday afternoon at the Beeghly Natatorium. Senn won the 50 free (25.02) and the 100 back (1:05.60) while Arnold picked up victories in the 200 free (2:01.90) and the 1,000 free (10:57.19) in her dual meet debut |
| Penguins Open Up Season at Tom Stubbs Relays |
| Wednesday, October 19 2005 |
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| Bowling Green, Ohio -- Two relay teams finished fourth for Youngstown State and individuals posted solid leadoff times as the Penguins competed in the Tom Stubbs Relay on Friday. The 400-yard freestyle relay of Brittany Senn, Becky Bertuzzi, Erin-Michelle Gordon and Jessica Front placed fourth with a time of 3:43.90 while 10 swimmers combined for a fourth-place time of 4:24.17 in the 500-yard free relay. No teams scores were kept at the meet, which also featured Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Akron. "We swam very well, especially for it being a season-opening meet," head coach Matt Anderson said. "The relay meet was a fun and exciting way to see what the freshman are capable of and where the returners are in relation to last season." In regulation events, Bertuzzi, Senn and Front teamed up with Olivia Arnold to record a time of 8:12.90 in the 800 free relay. Arnold, Julia Darling, Amanda Ladd and Erin Sayre clocked in at 4:25.00 in the 400 medley relay, and Senn, Bertuzzi, Gordon and Front posted a 3:43.90 in the 400 free relay. In leadoff times, Senn recorded times of 25.41 in the 50 free, 55.65 in the 100 free and 1:02.48 in the 100 fly. Bertuzzi swam a 2:06.21 in the 200 free while Gordon was close behind with a 2:06.99. Arnold swam a 1:08.79 in the 100 back and Natasha Bray swam a 500 free time of 5:31.01. Darling swam a 1:10.68 in the 100 breast. The Penguins will compete in their first dual meet on Oct. 28 against Canisius at 4 p.m. in Beeghly Natatorium. |
| Penguins Announce 2005-06 Slate, Three Juniors Named Captains |
| Thursday, October 13 2005 |
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| Youngstown -- The Youngstown State swimming and diving team will play host to six home meets before competing in the Horizon League Championship in Cleveland in late February, head coach Matt Anderson announced. Anderson also named junior diver Cortney Harless and junior swimmers Becky Bertuzzi and Kim Hanley team captains for the 2005-06 campaign that begins Friday at Bowling Green's Tom Stubbs Relays. The Penguins will open the home portion of their schedule at the Beeghly Natatorium with duals against Cansius and Marshall on Oct. 28 and Oct. 29. After the divers travel to Clarion for a diving invitational on Oct. 30, the squads will play host to Horizon League rival Cleveland State on Nov. 9. YSU will then travel to Akron twice, Radford, Notre Dame and St. Francis (Pa.) before taking on Denison on Jan. 28 and California (Pa.) on Feb. 3 at home. The full squad will wrap up its regular season with a double-dual against Cleveland State and Illinois-Chicago in Cleveland on Feb. 4, and the divers will compete in the YSU Diving Invitational on Feb. 12. The conference meet will be hosted by Cleveland State from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25. Harless, Bertuzzi and Hanley represent the only upperclassmen remaining from a squad that lost 10 seniors from last year. Harless, a Steubenville native, competed her freshman year and rejoined the team midway through last season to add depth to the diving corps. Hanley was one of the team's top breaststrokers as a freshman and added distance freestyle to her arsenal last season. Bertuzzi, a native of Warren, returns as the squad's top swimmer in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle. |