EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indiana State swimming and diving defeated conference opponents Evansville and Little Rock along with a win over the Butler Bulldogs today (Nov. 4) in Evansville, Ind.

The Sycamores defeated UE 144 to 99, Little Rock 156 to 83 and Butler 192 to 39.

"We came out today ready to get after it and started out the meet with a great 400 medley relay. We carried that momentum and had solid swims all the way through," said head coach Matt Leach.

Indiana State started the day hot, coming out quick and earning a first place finish in the opening event. The 400 medley relay team of Kendall Hansen, Blanca Saez-Illobre, Jacquie Price and Joelle Borchers finished with a time of 3:58.22.

Numerous Sycamores followed this start with strong finishes in multiple different events.

Cierra Campbell placed second in the 1000 freestyle with a 10:44.91, followed by a huge first place finish from Martina Marks who came up strong with a time of 1:54.74 in the 200 freestyle.

Alex Malmborg and Saez-Illobre rattled off the next high placements for the Sycamores. Malmborg finished second in the 50 freestyle with a 24.66 while Saez-Illobre placed first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.85.

Megan Schade also swam a strong race in the 200 IM finishing in second with 2:11.52. Campbell and Price then went one and two in the 200 butterfly as Campbell finished with a 2:11.92.

Hansen once again finished in first place in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:05.69. Hansen has placed first in this event in every meet so far this season.

Marks and Saez-Illobre added two more first place finishes for the Sycamores as Marks finished the 500 freestyle with a time 5:06.99 and Saez-Illobre added a 2:24.72 in the 200 breaststroke.

"Our distance crew has been working really hard, so it was great to see them perform so well in that 1000 freestyle. Our sprinters are still working on some overall speed, but that will come later in the year."

The Sycamores then finished off the meet with a new school record in the 400 freestyle relay.

Laura Fulton and Mckenzie Plummer added another set of strong performances for the Sycamores in the diving competition.

Fulton finished fourth in the three meter dive scoring a 186.75 and then placed sixth on the one meter diving with 169.2.

Plummer added a sixth place finish on the three meter dive with 119.4 and added a seventh place finish in the three meter dive and 154.45.

"This week we continued challenging ourselves to work on the harder dives and continuing to development new skills. They both did a great job on those new dives in today's meet and have consistently improved in every meet this season. There is still plenty of room for improvement before the conference meet, but we will keep working hard and get ready for the next meet at Purdue," said diving coach Fengting Chen.

Indiana State will be back in action on Nov. 16 through Nov. 18 as they travel to Cincinnati, Ohio to compete in the Bearcat Invitational.

"Today was a huge team win. We talked about moving up in the conference standings and today was a big step for us with getting the wins against strong Evansville and Little Rock teams. All in all it was a great day, and a big step for our program and we look to continue this momentum going into the Bearcat Invite," said Leach.

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