Cyclones Fall to Nebraska in Season Opener

AMES, Iowa - Grace Swoboda and Matilde Geromin swept the breaststroke events for the Iowa State swimming and diving team on Saturday in its first regular season dual against Nebraska. The Cyclones fell to the Huskers by a final score of 197-103 at Beyer Pool.

"I thought with today being our first step in our long journey, we've been training fairly well," said head coach Matt Leach. "We've been swimming better than we were a year ago. Overall, we had really good energy, and I really enjoyed the fight we had even though we didn't put our hand on the wall first in some events. There were some pretty good events for us. I thought people that stood out today, obviously, Carlotta, she had a really good race in the 1000."

How It Happened

Carlotta Gazzola contributed to the score jump from last season against Nebraska when she swam a 10:25.12 for a second-place spot in the 1000 free, finishing just three seconds behind Riley Miklos of Nebraska. Gazzola later returned to the pool where she finished as the runner-up in the 500 free.

The Cyclones had a strong showing in the 100 back where Emma Kuhn, Lili Neisser and Piper Hagen combined to finish 2-4 for nine points.

Grace Swoboda made a statement for the Cyclones in the 100 breast, earning first place with a time of 1:04.01 to pick up the first win of the day for Iowa State. Matilde Geromin and Abbi Crum finished second and third to sweep the top three spots in the event. It was a personal best time for Geromin in 1:05.01.

In the 200 fly, Kendall Mallers and Landrey Gold both earned personal bests. Mallers finished third and Gold finished sixth in the event.

Iowa State continued to be dominant in the breaststroke, again taking the top three spots in the 200 breast. Geromin won the event with a personal best of 2:20.77, while Anja Peck delivered the runner-up performance in 2:20.98 and Grace Swoboda was third in 2:22.95, overall scoring 16 points for the Cyclones.

In diving, Kate Mitchell finished fourth in the 3 meter event with a score of 290.35, while Iona Moffat was fifth in her Cyclone debut, with a score of 275.70. In 1 meter diving, Maggie Bendell finished fourth with a score of 268.00, and Jade Hazes was fifth, scoring a point with her score of 259.40.

Event Winners

200 Medley Relay: Nebraska (Consiglio, Riggott, Tanko, Dunaway), 1:44.73

1000 Free: Riley Miklos, Nebraska, 10:22.53

200 Free: Gena Jorgenson, Nebraska, 1:51.47

100 Back: Virginia Consiglio, Nebraska, 57.07

100 Breast: Grace Swoboda, Iowa State, 1:04.01

200 Fly: Aurora Zanin, Nebraska, 2:04.98

50 Free: Beatrix Tanko, Nebraska, 24.03

3M Diving: Abigail Baxter, Nebraska, 346.10

100 Free: Giulia Marchi, Nebraska, 53.07

200 Back: Virginia Consiglio, Nebraska, 2:04.57

200 Breast: Matilde Geromin, Iowa State, 2:20.77

500 Free: Gena Jorgenson, Nebraska, 4:57.14

100 Fly: Beatrix Tanko, Nebraska, 56.87

1M Diving: Abigail Baxter, Nebraska, 318.95

400 IM: Gena Jorgenson, Nebraska, 4:26.95

400 Free Relay: Nebraska (Tanko, Marchi, Miklos, Jorgenson), 3:30.49

On Deck

The Cyclones return to the pool next weekend, facing Illinois for the first time in eight years. Dual meet action begins Friday, October 17 at 5 p.m. with Saturday events beginning at 11 a.m. in Ames.

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Players Mentioned

Maggie Bendell

Abbi Crum

Carlotta Gazzola

Matilde Geromin

Landrey Gold

Piper Hagen

Jade Hazes

Emma Kuhn

Kendall Mallers

Kate Mitchell

Iona Moffat

Lili Neisser

Anja Peck

Grace Swoboda

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