Women's Swimming & Diving moves into first place in OAC with 134-105 victory at Mount Union

By Tim Glon

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern women's swimming & diving team moved into a three-way tie in the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season standings with a 134-105 victory at Mount Union on Saturday.

The Polar Bears improve to 5-4 overall and are 3-1 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders fall to 8-1, 3-1.

ONU and UMU are tied with John Carroll for first place in the OAC with 3-1 marks.

The Polar Bears won 10 of the 12 events on the day.

Junior Lindsey Rayhill and freshman Lindsey Inkrott each won two events and were part of ONU's winning 400 medley relay team.

Rayhill won the 200 I.M. in 2:17.70 and won the 100 fly in 1:00.16, while Inkrott won the 200 free in 2:02.03 and won the 100 back in 1:02.51.

The pair combined with junior Jennifer Hartsel and senior Mackenzie Hoffman to win the 400 medley relay in 4:11.85.

Sophomore Ashley Zoeller swept the distance free events, touching first in the 500 free in 5:38.56 and winning the 1000 free in 11:34.43.

Senior Amy Elmer won the 1-meter diving with a career-best 418 points in the 11-dive format. Her point total also qualifies her for the NCAA III Regionals in the event.

Hoffman won the 100 free in :56.73.

Northern can win a share of its fifth consecutive OAC regular season title with a win on Senior Day next Saturday at home against Baldwin Wallace.