Iowa State Falls To Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – Iowa State fell to Nebraska by a score of 193-102 on Saturday. In the loss, newcomer Anna Andersen and Laura Miksch both won freestyle events. The Cyclones move to 6-37-1 against the Huskers all time.

In the 1000 freestyle, Keely Soellner remained strong for the Cyclones, taking second with a 10:24.91. Also scoring for Iowa State was Jessi Storer (10:49.15), posting a fifth-place finish. The 200 freestyle continued the Cyclones' momentum, as seniors Mary Kate Luddy (1:53.57) and Silqi Luo (1:53.87) took second and third. Roberts (57.44) also took second-place in the 100 backstroke.

Iowa State was able to secure its first victory of the event with Laura Miksch (23.86) winning the 50 freestyle, with Anna Andersen (24.35) close behind in third. That brought the score to 37-94 Huskers at the first diving break.

Nebraska swept the three-meter board, with Dana Liva leading the way for Iowa State placing fourth with a score of 255.07. On the one-meter board, it was a different story for the Cyclones. Dana Liva's score of 246 put her in second, while Sydney Ronald took third with a 229.05.

Following the short intermission, Anna Andersen secured her first victory as a Cyclone with her time of 51.85 in the 100 Free. Silqi Luo (53.17) scored as well for Iowa State, placing fifth.

"I'm pretty happy right now," Andersen said. "A lot of us girls had pretty good performances today. I usually don't go that fast until a midseason meet, so it's reassuring to see how much progress I have made here."

Haas (2:24.74) and Delaquis (2:25.03), who competed very close in the exhibition meet, were both able to finish in the top-five in the 200 breaststroke. Soellner (5:05.30) finished third, three-tenths away from second in the 500 freestyle, and Luddy (56.76) also finished third in the 100 butterfly.

In the final event of the meet, Iowa State's top relay of Andersen, Luo, Soellner and Hundley took second in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:31.26 to end the meet.

"We had some really good performances," head coach Duane Sorenson commented following the meet. "We had some other swims that we have room to improve on."

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The Cyclones have their first regular season home meet against Omaha on Oct. 27. The meet kicks off at 6 p.m. and admission is free.

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Players Mentioned

Anna Andersen

Dana Liva

Mary Kate Luddy

Silqi Luo

Laura Miksch

Sydney Ronald

Keely Soellner

Jessi Storer

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