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First Meet of 2020 in the Books

| By: WIU Athletic Communications

Senior Miranda Mathus led the way against Northern Iowa.

MACOMB, Ill. —Miranda Mathus shined in the pool for the Western Illinois women's swimming and diving team in a home dual meet against Northern Iowa on Friday (Jan. 17). The Panthers won 178-57 collectively.
 
"I was very happy with our performance," head coach Scott Johannsen said. "We took a lot of positives out of this competition."
 
Mathus won the 200-Free with a time of 2:00.6, three-tenths ahead of the runner-up.
 
Casey Roberts (25.56) and Alison Spielman (25.70) were neck and neck in the 50-Free to round out the top-three finishers. Roberts excelled again in the 100-Free taking second place with a time of 56.30.
 
In 3-meter diving Samantha Kessinger came up in third place (177.83 points). 
 
The Leatherneck women have a quick turnaround to join the men's squad at Valparaiso for a tri-meet with the host Crusaders and Eastern Illinois on Saturday (Jan. 18) at 1 p.m.
 
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