FORT MYERS, Fla. – Coming off a pair of wins against in-state rivals Miami and FAU last weekend, the Eagles are set to host another in-state foe as FIU comes to Fort Myers for a dual meet on Saturday at 11 a.m at the FGCU Aquatics Center. Prior to the meet, the Green and Blue will honor the 2016 graduating class, which includes Lani Cabrera, Rebecca DeRogatis, Sara Hamilton, Samantha Rahael, Hannah Soutar and Ellen Vann. 
 
"We've got some great kids and great senior leaders on this team," said FGCU head coach Neal Studd. "Hopefully they'll swim fast and enjoy their last home meet. It's a fun, fun day. A lot goes into it, and I don't think anyone does senior day like us."
 
The FGCU senior class is responsible for 30 dual-meet wins and have claimed a pair of CCSA Conference Championships in 2013 and 2015. Additionally, a season ago, Hamilton (Stonehaven, Scotland/Mackie Academy) and DeRogatis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Indian River) participated in the 2015 NCAA Championships, where the Green and Blue finished in a mid-major and program-best 26th place.
 
FGCU is now 11-1 in dual meets this season and finished in the top-four at three invitational meets including the All Florida Invite, FGCU Classic and Georgia Tech Invite. Four of the Green and Blue's dual-meet wins have come against nationally-ranked opponents in No. 37 Notre Dame (158-104), then-No. 35 Boise State (159-140), then-No. 44 Utah (165-135) and then-No. 31 FSU (220.5-132.5). After placing third at the Georgia Tech Invite and clocking five school-record times from Nov. 19-21, the team achieved its highest ranking in program history as CollegeSwimming.com tabbed the Eagles No. 19 in the country.
 
SCOUTING FIU
Last season, the Panthers handed the Eagles one of its two dual-meet loses as FIU won in Miami, 167-133. However, the Green and Blue hold an 8-1 all-time record over FIU. This season, the Panthers are currently 7-3 in dual meets and have finished in fourth place at the Purdue Invitational and second place at the FIU Sprint Invite. Most recently, FIU finished first at its own FIU Relays on Jan. 9. All-time results versus the Panthers are as follows:
 
2007-08: W 165-74
2008-09: W 148-84
              W 187-57
2009-10: W 205.5-92.5
2010-11: W 176-112
2011-12: W 198-99
2012-13: W 168-130
2013-14: W 189-109
2014-15: L 133-167
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
200 Medley Relay: 1:38.90 (Haan/Armitage/Wong/Latham)
1000 Free: 9:59.27 (Lani Cabrera)
200 Free: 1:47.25 (Elise Haan)
50 Free: 22.32 (Katie Latham)
200 IM: 2:00.53 (Barbara Caraballo)
100 Fly: 54.65 (Yee Ching Wong)
100 Free: 49.82 (Elise Haan)
100 Back: 52.32 (Elise Haan)
500 Free: 4:47.43 (Lani Cabrera)
100 Breast: 1:01.27 (Katie Armitage)
200 Free Relay: 1:34.23 (Latham/Cabrera/Julien/Burdge)
 
Heading into the final regular-season meet of the 2015-16 season, the Eagles have posted six school-record times while six student-athletes have punched their tickets to a total of nine events at the 2016 NCAA Championships in March. Additionally, with a win over the Panthers, the Green and Blue would match a program record for dual-meet wins in a season (12), previously recorded during the 2009-10 season.
 
FGCU SCHOOL RECORDS THIS SEASON
500 Free: 4:47.43 (Lani Cabrera – Georgia Tech Invite)
1000 Free: 9:59.27 (Lani Cabrera – Georgia Tech Invite)
1650 Free: 16:35.50 (Lani Cabrera – Georgia Tech Invite)
100 IM: 57.42 (Katie Armitage – N.C.State/Liberty/CCSU)
200 IM: 2:00.53 (Barbara Caraballo – Georgia Tech Invite)
800 Free Relay: 7:18.38 (Cabrera, Shaw, Marinheiro, Haan – Georgia Tech Invite)
 
FGCU NCAA 'B' CUT TIMES THIS SEASON
50 Free: 22.32 (Katie Latham – Georgia Tech Invite)
100 Free: 49.82 (Elise Haan – Georgia Tech Invite)
200 Free: 1:47.25 (Elise Haan – Georgia Tech Invite)
500 Free: 4:47.43 (Lani Cabrera – Georgia Tech Invite)
100 Back: 52.32 (Elise Haan – Georgia Tech Invite)
                54.18 (Sandra Wilk – Georgia Tech Invite)
200 Back: 1:56.43 (Elise Haan – Georgia Tech Invite)
100 Breast: 1:01.27 (Katie Armitage – N.C. State/Liberty/CCSU)
200 Breast: 2:14.90 (Katie Armitage – N.C. State/Liberty/CCSU)
200 IM: 2:00.53 (Barbara Caraballo – Georgia Tech Invite)
 
UP NEXT
After this weekend's matchup with FIU, the Eagles will spend the next few weeks preparing for the 2016 CCSA Conference Championships held at the University of Georgia on Feb. 17-20. FGCU will head north in search of its seventh conference crown in an eight-year span.
 
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HEAD COACH NEAL STUDD
Neal Studd has garnered five CCSA Coach of the Year awards, won six CCSA Championships (2009-13, 2015) and guided the Eagles to a 32-1 (.970) CCSA all-time record since FGCU started its program in 2007. In just four years of postseason eligibility, Studd has coached NCAA Championship Meet qualifiers and competitors each of the four years, with 2015 yielding the best results to date as the Eagles finished a mid-major best 26th and produced four CSCAA All-America honorees.
 
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