In final preparation for the Missouri Valley Conference meet, the Illinois State swimming and diving team hosts Big Ten foe Illinois Friday night at 6 p.m. at Horton Pool.
The Birds are fresh off a 190-81 victory over Bradley on Saturday, while Illinois competed in the Big Ten Quad Duals last weekend, falling to Purdue, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Both teams have next weekend off before heading to their respective conference meets February 21-23.
Were not trying to take away from the importance of this meet, but the MVCs are in the back of our mind, head coach
Steve Paska said. The swimmers and divers have one more opportunity to compete at home and we should have a great crowd honoring our eight seniors that have done great things for this program.
Fridays meet marks the last time Redbird seniors Deb Birrer, Diana Cirstea, Amalia Constantinescu, Mary Cooper, Lindsay Crowder, Brittany Erickson, Jenny McGuire and Jenny Wilson will swim in front of the home crowd.
This class is unique in so many different ways, Paska said. Its amazing that its been four years that have gone by. The parent group of this class have been very supportive of their daughters, Illinois State and the swimming program and I will miss working with them. Their daughters have done great things at ISU and the future looks bright for every one of them.
