SWIMMING & DIVING NOTEBOOK
The Vermont women's swimming & diving team hosts the Northeastern Huskies on Saturday (Jan. 13) for its Senior Day meet at Forbush Natatorium. The Senior Day ceremony will begin at 11:50 a.m., while the meet is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. Due to weather concerns, the 1-meter dive will be contested at 10 a.m. Live video is available for free at CatamounTV.com. 

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CLASS OF 2018
Nine swimmers in the Class of 2018 will be honored prior to Saturday's dual meet: Katie Arend, Madeline Blumenfeld, Shannon Cowley, Stefi Geiger, Jess Gorham, Kira Hancock, Kelly Lennon, Alexy Novelli, Dani Rocheleau (who is graduating early in the Spring), and manager Hannah Dahlin. The Class of 2018 has combined for a dual meet record of 25-9 in their careers. The group has also led UVM to a program-record point total at two of its three America East Championships and has played a role in seven school records.

LAST TIME OUT
In Baltimore last Saturday, Vermont cruised to a 139-110 victory over Howard, but fell to defending America East Champion UMBC 194-96 in a double dual meet to begin the second half of the season. Cowley claimed Vermont's only victory of the meet, winning the 200 breast (2:27.76) by two-hundredths of a second. Cowley also finished second in the 100 breast (1:07.06). Rookie Emily Murphy registered a pair of second-place finishes in the 1-meter (210.70) and 3-meter (225.70) diving events. 

SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
Northeastern is 3-1 in dual meets this season and 0-1 against Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) competition. The Huskies, whose last meet was a 21-point victory over America East squad New Hampshire on the road on Dec. 2, will compete for the first time since their winter training trip in Ireland. NU also has wins this season over Wagner and Boston University, but fell to conference rival James Madison.

Sophomore Megan Clark had a record-breaking weekend at Rutgers' Frank Elm Invitational in November, setting three school records and collecting two first place finishes. She has earned CAA weekly honors twice this season for the Huskies. Roy Coates is in his 25th season as the head coach at Northeastern, while former UVM standout and two-year captain Lauren Colby '12 is in her fourth year as the team's diving coach. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Two years ago, Vermont fell to Northeastern on Senior Day 155-145 in a tightly contested meet in Burlington. The Huskies set a pool record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:45.46 to begin the competition, and NU's Sara Touchette-McGowan finished the 100 butterfly in 55.47 seconds for another pool mark. The previously undefeated Catamounts lost to the Huskies last season in Boston for their first and only defeat of the season.

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to face Rhode Island next Saturday, Jan. 20 at 12 p.m. for its final meet before the 2017 America East Championships (Feb. 15-18). 

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