Aberdeen, S.D. — Northern State swimming dives into the 2021 season at home from the Aberdeen YMCA as they welcome Sioux Falls in a 16-event dual. The match-up is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Saturday.
 
GAME & FAN INFORMATION

• Northern State and the Aberdeen Family YMCA will not be permitting fans into the facility, however the contest will be live streamed
• The new NSIC Network is now live; search "NSIC Network" on your favorite device to download the app and watch the Wolves all season long
• The Live video link is available above or on the full schedule on nsuwolves.com

 
ABOUT THE WOLVES

• Northern State is coming off a 1-13 record last year
• Head coach Nicole Monanian returns 16 and welcomes four new swimmers in 2020-21
• The Northern Sun Preseason Coaches' Poll which was released a few weeks ago, ranked the Wolves seventh
• The Wolves lone win last year came against Minnesota Morris with a score of 166-64
• Lauren Forsyth is the NSIC swimmer to watch this season after recording personal bests in eight events during her freshman campaign

ABOUTH THE COUGARS

• Sioux Falls is coming off a perfect 8-0 record and a third place in the Northern Sun Championship meet a season ago
• The Cougars also earned a No. 15 national ranking and had four student-athletes earn All-American honors
• USF is projected to finish third in the NSIC receiving one first-place vote in the coaches' poll
• Chantal Kasch is the Cougars swimmer to watch this year; she recorded individual victories in the 100 breast (1:02.30), 200 breast (2:16.43), and the 50 breast during the 2018-19 season
• Sioux Falls is led by Chris Hamstra in his third season

LAST MEETING

• The first time these two programs met in the pool was back in 2016, when USF took the dual 109-95
• The Wolves are 0-4 all-time against the Cougars, including a 128-73 road loss in 2019-20
• Northern notched 13 top-3 finishes and seven top-2 finishes against the Cougars in the dual
• NSU and USF will meet in the pool for the fifth time in program history

 
DUAL FORMAT
200 Medley Relay
1000 free
200 free
100 back
100 breast
200 fly
50 free
Break
100 free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 free
100 fly
Break
200IM
200 Free Relay