FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University swimming and diving splits up this weekend, as the Eagles' swimmers host SMU in a dual meet Saturday at the FGCU Aquatics Complex, while the divers travel to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to compete on the platform at the South Florida Diving Invite. The dual meet with SMU will be swum in two sessions, at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET.
 
The Eagles return home after a two-day trip to Charlotte, N.C., where they went 3-2 in head-to-head scoring. On Friday, FGCU beat No. 9 Tennessee 156-107 and Queens 145-129 before falling to No. 25 Virginia Tech. On Saturday, the Eagles topped Wingate 156-79 and came up just short against host Queens, 119-113.
 
Aislyn Barnett won the 200 breaststroke both days, posting the field's top time of 2:12.90 on Friday, and added a win in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.70) on Saturday. She also swam 16:36.41 in the 1650 freestyle, the third-fastest time in program history and 0.9 seconds off the school record.
 
Izzy Ackley won the 100 backstroke on Friday in 53.02, the fastest time in the field, and Cassie Bauer led a 1-2 Eagle finish with Ackley in the 200 backstroke on Saturday, winning in 1:58.40. Nori Hetyei and Charlotte Driesse went 1-2 in the 200 butterfly on Saturday, while Jasmin Kroll won the 50 freestyle against Tennessee (23.08) and led an FGCU sweep of the top four against the Volunteers in the 100 freestyle (50.67).
 
Ackley, Leah Gentry-Tuney, Hetyei and Kroll opened Saturday's session with a win in the 400 medley relay, swimming 3:41.72 to beat Queens' A relay by 0.59 seconds.
 
In Fort Lauderdale, FGCU's divers move from the 1-meter and 3-meter to the platform. Alexandra Andueza led the Eagles in Charlotte with a second-place finish on the 1-meter (262.65), and Bella Pfeil placed fourth on the 3-meter (232.15). Andueza swept both boards in each of FGCU's first two meets of the season.
 
The 10 a.m. session opens with the 400 medley relay and 500 free and closes with the 400 IM and 200 free relay, with the 200 back, 200 fly, 100 breast and 100 free in between. The 6 p.m. session begins with the 200 medley relay and 1000 free and wraps with the 200 breast and 100 back, with the 50 free, 200 IM, 200 free and 100 fly also on the evening program.
 
Following this weekend, the Eagles return to the FGCU Aquatics Complex to host UNC Asheville in a dual meet on Dec. 16 at 10 a.m.
 
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