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Don Stoner

Auggies score dual-meet win at Saint Mary's

MEET RESULTS

WINONA, Minn. -- For the second straight day, Augsburg College divers set two new school records, as the Auggies won 11 events in a women's swimming and diving dual-meet victory at Saint Mary's University on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Augsburg 148, Saint Mary's 79
LOCATION: Jul Gernes Pool, Winona, Minn.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Maddie Moser (FY, St. Paul, Minn./Highland Park HS) improved upon her school record in the three-meter diving (six dives) competition, scoring 210.60 points, while also setting a new mark in the one-meter diving (six dives) competition with 222.35 points. Teammate Cassie Lehman (FY, Blaine, Minn./Centennial HS) finished second in both events, with the third-best score in school history in one-meter diving (207.50) and seventh-best score in three-meter diving (171.40).
• Kelsey Knollmueller (SR, Oakdale, Calif.) claimed wins in four events while finishing second in another. She won the 200-yard individual medle with the 10th-fastest time in school history (2:24.56), while also winning the 1,650-yard freestyle (20:43.66), 400-yard individual medley (5:08.20) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.84). She placed second in the 100-yard butterfly (1:08.20).
• Carli Kirchoff (FY, Cokato, Minn./Dassel-Cokato HS) also recorded four victories, placing first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:09.92), 50-yard freestyle (27.24 seconds), 100-yard freestyle (58.92 seconds) and 100-yard backstroke (1:08.65).
• Jordyn Robarge (FY, Big Lake, Minn.) scored a victory in the 500-yard freestyle (5:50.13), while finishing second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:13.33).
• Jessica Carwin (SR, Oakdale, Calif.) recorded three second-place finishes, in the 50-yard freestyle (27.28 seconds), 100-yard freestyle (1:00.66) and 100-yard backstroke (1:12.57).
• The dual-meet win is the fifth for Augsburg in program history and the first since the 2010-11 season.

QUOTE FROM AUGSBURG HEAD COACH STEVE WEBB
• "I was very happy with how our team came out and competed today, and it is always nice in getting a win along the way. We had a ton of great swims, and our divers continue breaking the school records each meet. We are very happy with where our team is at headed into the conference championships, as we already have a record number of athletes qualified to compete individually at the meet."

UP NEXT
• Augsburg will compete at the St. Thomas Pre-MIAC Invitational next Friday and Saturday (2/5-6).
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