TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Indiana State Women's Swimming and Diving is set to begin the 2018-19 season this Friday as they take on the Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Flames at the Vigo County Aquatic Center at 5 p.m. Then on Saturday the Sycamores will head to Bourbonnais, Ill. to compete against Olivet Nazarene beginning at 2 p.m.
 

vs. UIC/ @ Olivet Nazarene
Date	Fri., Oct. 5 & Sat., Oct. 6
Location	Terre Haute, Ind. | Vigo County Aquatic Center / Bourbonnais, Ill.
UIC Meet Info	Schedule of Events | 5:00 p.m. ET
ONU Meet Info	Homepage | 2:00 p.m. ET
Records	ISU Records | MVC Performance List | National Performance List
MVC Info	Swimming Home | Records/History
Swimming News	SwimSwam | CollegeSwimming
Social Media	@IndStSwimDive | @IndStSwimDive | @SycamoreSwimDive

Series History
The Flames and the Sycamores met during the 2017-18 season for their first matchup in series history. UIC claimed the victory by a score of 177-121 to lead the series 1-0.  Indiana State and Olivet Nazarene have met once before, also in 2017, when the Sycamores were victorious over the Tigers, 170-108.
 
Coach Christensen's Corner
"We're excited to get going with competition, we had a practice and time trial sort of thing on Friday that went really well," head coach Josh Christensen said. "This is our first step in getting competition practice for conference and Illinois-Chicago is a good team that will test us well. They got the best of us last year, so this will be a good measuring stick for us. With nine freshman, it's always nice to see them compete for the first time. For me personally, this is my first meet at ISU, so I'm seeing everyone compete for the first time. It's also a home meet, so we are really excited about that, we know we're going to have a lot of people show up, so it should be a great environment and a fun first step in our season."
 
Sycamore Segments
- Friday will mark the start of the Sycamore Swimming & Diving program's third season of competition.
- Josh Christensen is now at the helm for the Sycamores after Matt Leach resigned to take the head coaching position at Washington State University in July.
- ISU placed fourth at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships in 2018 with 477 points, after finishing in seventh place in 2017 with 148 points.
- Blanca Saez-Illobre and Marlene Pavlu Lewin both earned First-Team All-MVC, while Cierra Campbell, Kendall Hansen, Vivian Kritikou, Alex Malmborg, Martina Marks and Megan Schade all earned Honorable Mention All-MVC honors.

For the latest information on the Sycamore Swimming and Diving team, make sure to check out GoSycamores.com. You can also find the team on social media including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.