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Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Oakland in Season Opener

Rawlings finished first in both diving events.

Elizabeth Rawlings at 2014 NCAA Championships
Senior Elizabeth Rawlings posted two victories on the diving boards.

Women's Swimming & Diving | 10/30/2016 1:58:00 PM

ROCHESTER, Mich. -- The Wayne State University women's swimming and diving team fell, 178-114, to Division I opponent, Oakland to open the 2016-17 campaign on Saturday afternoon at the Oakland University Aquatic Center in Rochester Hills, Mich.
 
RELAY RESULTS
- Wayne State scored two points in the first race after the quartet of senior Emily Maraskine (Midland, Mich. / Dow), redshirt senior Manuela Ferreira (Ibague, Colombia), junior Abi Johns (Holland, Mich.) and sophomore Lezlie Bueno Estrada (Montes Urales, Mexico) placed third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.26.
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
- WSU swept both diving events as senior Elizabeth Rawlings (Armada, Mich. / Romeo) won both the one-meter diving and three-meter diving events with total scores of 246.52 and 276.30, while junior Holly Krill (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Central) placed second (233.32; 232.05) and freshman Morgan Hitchings (Grand Rapids, Mich. / City) finished third (227.55; 219.07).
- Bueno Estrada earned four points and a second-place finish for WSU in the 50 free with time of 24.22, and sophomore Delayni Kornak-Kotarba (Comstock Park, Mich. / Rockford) and freshman Ashlen Michalski (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Eisenhower) posted times of 25.58 and 26.11, respectively.
- Bueno Estrada notched a third-place finish in the 100 free with a time of 53.31, while sophomore Emma Weber (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Central) placed sixth (54.97).
- Sophomore Ellie Dean (Midland, Mich. / Dow) notched a fifth-place finish in the 1000 free with a time of 10:53.41, and redshirt freshman Theresa Riviera (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) and freshman Natalie Krzemecki (Washington, Mich. / Romeo) finished the race with times of 11:14.82 and 11:16.56, respectively. Dean posted another fifth-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 5:21.99, while Krzemecki recorded a time of 5:33.94 for sixth place.
- Junior Meghan Lamb (East China, Mich. / St. Clair) placed fifth (2:00.71) in the 200 free and freshman Aliza Durack (West Bloomfield, Mich.) made her collegiate debut with a sixth-place finish with a time of 2:03.93.
- Senior Brenna Gabrielson (Livonia, Mich. / Stevenson) recorded a fifth-place finish in the 100 back (1:00.49), while Johns placed sixth with a time of 1:01.02.
- Ferreira garnered a fifth-place finish in both the 100 breast (1:08.10) and 200 breast (2:30.73), and freshman Kate Svisco (Shelby Twp., Mich. / Eisenhower) debuted in the pool with times of 1:09.36 (100 breast) and 2:32.23 (200 breast) to earn sixth place in both events.
- Sophomore Hannah Berich (Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester Adams) posted a time of 2:14.83 in the 200 butterfly for fifth-place, while junior Makayla Myers (Hudsonville, Mich.) earned a point for the Warriors with a time of 2:22.70.
- Wayne State tallied three points in the 200 back as Michalski finish fifth with a time of 2:14.48 and redshirt sophomore Rachael Charlow (Grand Ledge, Mich.) place sixth (2:20.30).
 
UP NEXT
- The Warriors host Ashland in a GLIAC showdown on Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. in the Matthaei Natatorium. WSU defeated AU, 164-125, last season.
 
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Players Mentioned

Hannah Berich

Hannah Berich

IM/Free/Fly
5' 2"
Sophomore
Lezlie  Bueno Estrada

Lezlie Bueno Estrada

Free/Fly
5' 10"
Sophomore
Rachael Charlow

Rachael Charlow

Back/IM
5' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Ellie  Dean

Ellie Dean

Free
5' 9"
Sophomore
Aliza Durack

Aliza Durack

Sprint Free
5' 8"
Freshman
Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Ferreira

Breast
5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Brenna Gabrielson

Brenna Gabrielson

Back/Free
5' 9"
Senior
Morgan  Hitchings

Morgan Hitchings

Diving
5' 6"
Freshman
Abi Johns

Abi Johns

Fly/Back
5' 5"
Junior
Delayni Kornak-Kotarba

Delayni Kornak-Kotarba

Fly/Back/Free
5' 8"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Hannah Berich

Hannah Berich

5' 2"
Sophomore
IM/Free/Fly
Lezlie  Bueno Estrada

Lezlie Bueno Estrada

5' 10"
Sophomore
Free/Fly
Rachael Charlow

Rachael Charlow

5' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Back/IM
Ellie  Dean

Ellie Dean

5' 9"
Sophomore
Free
Aliza Durack

Aliza Durack

5' 8"
Freshman
Sprint Free
Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Ferreira

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Breast
Brenna Gabrielson

Brenna Gabrielson

5' 9"
Senior
Back/Free
Morgan  Hitchings

Morgan Hitchings

5' 6"
Freshman
Diving
Abi Johns

Abi Johns

5' 5"
Junior
Fly/Back
Delayni Kornak-Kotarba

Delayni Kornak-Kotarba

5' 8"
Sophomore
Fly/Back/Free