FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University swimming and diving will open its home schedule Saturday, welcoming Keiser to the FGCU Aquatics Complex for a dual meet at 10 a.m.
The Eagles are coming off a fifth-place finish at last week's TYR Fall Classic, where they scored 984 points at the Doral Aquatic Center and finished ahead of Keiser (854). Jasmin Kroll led FGCU in the pool by scoring in four events. She was runner-up in the 50 free (23.40) and the 200 free (1:51.87) and third in the 100 free (52.04). Izzy Ackley took second in the 100 back (55.55), and Charlotte Driesse won the 200 free B final (1:52.62) and placed fourth in the 500 free (5:08.57). The Eagles' 200 medley relay finished third in 1:44.44, and all four of FGCU's A relays placed in the top five.
Alexandra Andueza is coming off an ASUN Diver of the Week honor after sweeping both diving events at the Fall Classic. She won the 3-meter with an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 289.15 and the 1-meter with 259.65. Kaylin Olson added a second-place finish in the 1-meter B final (212.65) and a third-place finish in the 3-meter B final (210.00).
Keiser, the No. 1-ranked program in the NAIA, also opened its season at the TYR Fall Classic.
Following Saturday's meet, the Eagles travel to Charlotte, N.C., to face Queens and Virginia Tech on Friday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m., and Queens and Wingate on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m.
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