Weekend trip a success for team

The women's swimming and diving team opened its Big Ten season at Northwestern Saturday and competed in the Big Ten Relays competition in Evanston, Ill. on Sunday. The Hoosiers and Wildcats swam to a 150-150 tie in their dual meet at the Norris Aquatic Center, the first tie IU has had since the 1990-1991 season.\nIU senior co-captain Susan Woessner won both the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events with times of 56.55 and 2:02.38 respectively. Woessner's time in the 100 placed her third all-time among Hoosiers swimmers in the event and her 200 time was the fourth best in school history.\nHead coach Dorsey Tierney was pleased with Woessner's contributions and has high expectations for her senior leader.\n\"Susan swam well today," Tierney said in a press release. "She has performed well so far this season and we just expect her season to get better."\nFreshman Erin Smith posted a victory in the 100-yard freestyle and finished second in the 200-free. Smith's time of 52.59 in the 100-free is her career best. Tierney noted that Smith's progress is a pleasant sight for the Hoosier team.\n"Erin led the freshmen today," Tierney said in the release. "She really stepped up and gave us a key performance. She gave us a great performance last week by winning the 50-free, but in that time she has gotten better. It is great to see."\nAt the Big Ten Relays on Sunday the Hoosiers brought home third place in the five team competition. IU finished the day with 158 points, just 18 behind second place Illinois. Northwestern won the 11-event meet with a total of 202 points. Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Illinois-Chicago placed fourth and fifth respectively.\n"We still have some stuff to work on," she said in the release. "Some of our relay starts need worked on, but overall it was a solid weekend"