Broncos Host Northern Arizona for Home Finale and Senior Day

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

WHAT IS HAPPENING

The Boise State swimming and diving team returns to Boise for the regular season home finale against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.
This weekend is the battle of champions featuring the two-time defending Mountain West champion Boise State Broncos who are looking to extend their 24-meet home win streak when they host the five-time defending Western Athletic Conference champion NAU Lumberjacks.
The weekend will consist of two days of competition starting on Friday at 4:30 p.m. and wrapping up on Saturday with a 10 a.m. start time.
This meet will include both the swim and dive teams from both schools.
This will be the 12th meeting in the series with Boise State holding a slim 6-5 (4-2 in duals, 2-3 in invites) advantage ... these two programs are former rivals in the Western Athletic Conference where NAU holds a 2-3 lead at the WAC Championships.
Last year Boise State defeated NAU 187-113 in Flagstaff, Ariz.

TIME CHANGE

The Boise State versus NAU start time for Friday has been change to a 4:30 p.m. start from a 4 p.m. start.

SENIOR DAY CEREMONY

The Boise State swimming and diving team will hold their annual Senior Day ceremony Saturday morning at 9:40 a.m. before the Broncos and Lumberjacks finish the final 12 events of the meet.
This year's seniors include: Mandy Barnes, Anne Boodt, Cassidy Bose, Cody Evans, Ally Kleinsorgen, Abbey Sorensen and Laura Williams.

UP NEXT

The meet versus NAU concludes the regular season for the swimmers.
The divers will have one more competition remaining as they close their regular season at the Air Force Diving Invitational Feb. 1-2.
Both the swimmers and divers will then head to the conference championship meet at Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 20-23 where they will defend their back-to-back Mountain West Championships.

LAST TIME OUT, BRONCOS ROLL PAST WYOMING

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Jan. 19) - Boise State swimming and diving overcame adversity from Friday morning to hold off the Wyoming Cowgirls for a 162-138 road victory.
Several members of the team were held out of competition following a car accident in Boise on Friday (Jan. 18) morning, but the Broncos did not allow that to impact their performance as they collected the Mountain West win.
Cody Evans and Abbey Sorensen led the Broncos with two individual victories apiece, while Sorensen was also a member of both relay wins and Evans was apart of the 200 free relay victory.
Sorensen brought home victories in the 50 freestyle (23.68) and 200 backstroke (2:02.55).
Evans record victory in the 200 free (1:52.12) and 100 free (52.07).
Overall the Broncos won 12 of the 16 events in the meet as the Broncos improved to 7-3 overall on the season.

THE MABILE ERA BEGINS

Christine Mabile returned to her alma mater over the summer and became the third head coach in the program's history, which is entering its 13th season in 2018-19.
Mabile is a 2010 alum of Boise State.
She did not swim for the Broncos as an undergraduate, instead she spent the four years as a volunteer assistant coach working with the team from the deck.
Mabile returned to Boise State after two years as an assistant at Missouri, preceded by five years as head coach at the College of Idaho.
Joining Mabile on her first coaching staff are Jordan Lieberman who was an assistant at Cornell, as well as Brandon Blaisdell who returns for his fourth season as the Bronco diving coach.

CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION

Boise State's swimming and diving program has built a championship tradition in its 12-year existence.
Since its founding for the 2006-07 school year the Broncos have won six conference championships, including back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018.
The first two titles came in 2010 and 2011 as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
Boise State's longest streak of consecutive conference championships has been three, capped off by the 2012 Mountain West title in the Broncos first year of membership.
Since joining the MW for the 2011-12 campaign, Boise State has won four of seven titles bringing home the hardware in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018.
In all, the Broncos have won a conference championship six times in the last nine years.

WIN STREAK

Boise State has not lost a home dual in nine-plus years dating back to Feb. 7, 2009 when they lost at the hands of Oregon State in the program's third season.
The Broncos victory over Nevada in December extended their home win streak in team duals to 24 straight, 1-0 in 2018-19 and 2-0 in the 2017-18 season.

BRONCOS RECORD TOP-10 TIMES/SCORES

To date five Broncos have recorded school top-10 times/scores this season.
Freshman Marti Erlam has tallied the sixth-ranked 1-meter springboard score (302.10), as well as the third-ranked 3-meter springboard score (324.67), both accomplished in the Idaho dual meet on Oct. 13.
Laura Williams has turned in the fifth (2:12.92) and sixth (2:13.09) ranked times for the 200 breaststroke with both coming at the Art Adamson Invitational Nov. 14-16.
Ally Kleinsorgen has recorded top-10 times in two races clocking the fifth-best (52.88) time in the 100 backstroke, while recording the fifth (1:54.99) and sixth (1:55.33) best times in the 200 backstroke, all coming at the Art Adamson Invitational.
Abbey Sorensen swam the seventh-best (1:55.40) time in the 200 backstroke all-time during the Art Adamson Invitational.
Hayley Hill turned in the ninth-ranked time for the 1,650 freestyle at the Art Adamson Invitational with a 16:38.75.

Broncos Host Northern Arizona for Home Finale and Senior Day

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

WHAT IS HAPPENING

TIME CHANGE

SENIOR DAY CEREMONY

UP NEXT

LAST TIME OUT, BRONCOS ROLL PAST WYOMING

THE MABILE ERA BEGINS

CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION

WIN STREAK

BRONCOS RECORD TOP-10 TIMES/SCORES

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Mandy Barnes

Anne Boodt

Cassidy Bose

Marti Erlam

Cody Evans

Hayley Hill

Ally Kleinsorgen

Abbey Sorensen

Laura Williams

Broncos Host Northern Arizona for Home Finale and Senior Day

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE

WHAT IS HAPPENING

TIME CHANGE

SENIOR DAY CEREMONY

UP NEXT

LAST TIME OUT, BRONCOS ROLL PAST WYOMING

THE MABILE ERA BEGINS

CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION

WIN STREAK

BRONCOS RECORD TOP-10 TIMES/SCORES

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Mandy Barnes

Anne Boodt

Cassidy Bose

Marti Erlam

Cody Evans

Hayley Hill

Ally Kleinsorgen

Abbey Sorensen

Laura Williams

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