Aberdeen, S.D. – The Northern State swim team will open the 2022-23 season with a pair of home meets this weekend at the Aberdeen YMCA. The Wolves will host Concordia-St. Paul and Southwest Minnesota State for a relay meet starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The Golden Bears will then stay in town for regular dual meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon to close out the weekend competition.

GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• A link to watch the meets is listed above

NORTHERN STATE STORYLINES

• Northern State was picked to finish eighth in the NSIC Women's Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches' Poll tallying 22 points, just three points shy of MSU Moorhead and Southwest Minnesota State who were tied for sixth
• Last season the Wolves swam to a 4-4 dual meet record and a sixth place finish at the 2022 NSIC Championships; Maddie Gonzales (200 Backstroke), Lauren Forsyth (200 Butterfly), and Haley Osborne (200 Freestyle) earned all-conference honors
• Northern's three all-conference swimmers were the most since 2017 for the program
• Osborne set the NSU freshman record in the 500 Freestyle (5:08.14) and recorded an NCAA B-Cut time in the 200 Freestyle (1:52.45) at the conference championships
• Freshman Lilly Grebner was tabbed as the NSU Swimmer to Watch in the conference preseason release
• Grebner was the South Dakota high school state champion in the 100 Breaststroke, 200 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly, and the 200 IM this past summer
• Since 2018 Grebner was a South Dakota state champion in at least three events every year
• Kaden Huntrods enters his second season as the head coach of the Wolves

CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL STORYLINES

• Concordia-St. Paul was picked to finish ninth in the 2022-23 NSIC Women's Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches' Poll tallying eight points
• Last season the Golden Bears swam to a 0-11 dual meet record and a ninth place finish at the 2022 NSIC Championships
• Farida Maher was selected as CSP's Swimmer to Watch this upcoming season, following a 2021-22 season where she was named the NSIC Freshman of the Year
• Maher was All-NSIC in the 200 and 500 Freestyle, and earned NCAA B-Cut times in the 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 Freestyle
• Rachel Busch enters her second season as the head coach of the Golden Bears

LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State and Concordia-St. Paul competed against each other twice in duals last season with the Wolves defeating the Golden Bears both times
• NSU defeated CSP 132-64 on October 1, 2021, and earned their second victory over the Golden Bears 150-42 on January 28, 2022
• Northern leads the all-time series 2-0 with both meetings happening last season

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE STORYLINES

• Southwest Minnesota State was picked to finish tied for sixth with MSU Moorhead in the 2022-23 NSIC Women's Swimming & Diving Preseason Coaches' Poll tallying 25 points
• Last season the Mustangs swam to a 9-2 dual meet record and an eighth place finish at the 2022 NSIC Championships
• Natalie Bohnert was selected as SMSU's Swimmer to Watch and Sarah McDonald was tabbed as the Mustangs Diver to Watch
• Bohnert earned All-NSIC honors in the 100 and 200 Backstroke last season, marking the fourth and fifth all-conference honors of her collegiate career
• McDonald competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events last season, placing 11^th in both events at last year's conference championships
• Marty Wahle enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Mustangs

LAST MATCH-UP

• Northern State and Southwest Minnesota State competed against each other in one dual meet last season, with the Wolves earning a 128-92 victory over the Mustangs on January 28, 2022
• The all-time series between NSU and SMSU is tied 1-1

 
MEET SCHEDULES
SEPTEMBER 23 @ 5:30 PM – CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL & SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE
3x100 Fly Relay
3x100 Back Relay
3x100 Breast Relay
800 Free Relay
One Meter Diving Relay
500 Free Relay (50, 100, 150, 200)
400 Med Relay
200 Free Relay
1500 Free Relay (3x500)
15 minute break
400 IM Relay (4x100)
400 Free Relay
 
SEPTEMBER 24 @ 1 PM – CONCORDIA-ST. PAUL
200 Med Relay
1,000 Free
200 Free
50 Free
200 IM
15 minute break
100 Fly
100 Free
100 Back
500 Free
Break
100 Breast
200 Free Relay