Hoosier squads top Arizona State Saturday in home meets

The IU men's and women's swimming and diving teams hosted Northwestern on Friday and Arizona State University on Saturday at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The No. 12-ranked men's team was unable to defeat No. 8 Northwestern, falling 163.5-136.5. The Hoosiers rebounded with a victory over No. 19 Arizona State, 156-132. \nThe No. 17 women's team beat Northwestern 174-120 and Arizona State 155-134. \nThough the men's team struggled for first place finishes against a strong Northwestern squad, it was able to bounce back with a strong overall team performance against Arizona State. \n"Northwestern is a very good team. They were able to put out very good guys in every competition," IU coach Ray Looze said. "We won more events and swam much better against Arizona State. We knew they were going to be tough, but we thought we could come away with a victory." \nJuniors Ben Hesen and Pat Penoyar led the men's team this weekend with strong performances in both meets. Hesen, an All-American, tied for first in the 100-yard backstroke and won the 200-yard backstroke against Northwestern. He also won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke and the 100-yard butterfly against Arizona State. Penoyar won the 100-yard breaststroke against Northwestern and the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke against Arizona State. \nOn the diving side, junior captain Taylor Roberts paced the Hoosiers, earning a first place in the one-meter and three-meter diving events against Northwestern and in the one-meter diving event against Arizona State. \nThe women's team continued their dominance, moving to 3-0 on the season. The diving duo of Big Ten Diver of the Week junior Christina Loukas and senior captain Lindsay Weigle led the women's team to victory. Loukas and Weigle finished first and second respectively in the one meter and three meter diving events against both Northwestern and Arizona State. \nOn the swimming side, sophomore Sarah Stockwell won the 100-yard breaststroke in both meets and won the 200-yard breaststroke against Northwestern. Sophomore Allison Kay won the 200-yard individual medley against Northwestern and won the 400-yard individual medley and 500-yard freestyle against Arizona State. \nAlthough both Hoosier squads performed well this weekend, they'll need to be on top of their games this upcoming weekend when both teams head to Texas. The men will face No. 4 University of Texas and No. 6 University of California. The women will face No. 11 Texas. \n"The experience this weekend will help us a great deal," Looze said. "We are going to face very tough competition"