Broncos Open Season at Home Against Wyoming and Idaho

Friday, October 11

Boise, Idaho

3:30 p.m. (MT)

Boise State

Wyoming

Photo by: Patrick Sweeney

10/9/2019 3:19:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Courtesy: Boise State Athletics

THIS WEEK

Boise State opens the season this weekend when the Broncos host Wyoming and Idaho at the Boise West YMCA and Boise City Aquatics Center on Friday and Saturday.
Vs. WYOMING: Wyoming (1-0) will be in town for the Broncos' opener on Friday at 3:30 p.m. ... the Cowgirls defeated Northern Colorado 176.5-123.5 in their first meet on Sept. 20 ... last year the Broncos beat Wyoming in Laramie 162-138 ... Boise State is 14-3 versus Wyoming in all competitions.
Vs. IDAHO: The Blue and Orange will close the weekend against instate rival Idaho (0-1) on Saturday ... The U of I lost to San Diego State 76-71 on Sept. 28 in Moscow ... Boise State beat the Vandals 171-118 last year at Moscow ... the Broncos are 15-4 versus Idaho in all competitions.

COACH MABILE

Boise State enters its second season under the direction of head coach Christine Mabile who guided the Blue and Orange to a 16-5 record in all competitions.
Christine Mabile returned to her alma mater during the summer of 2018 to become the third head coach in program history, which is entering its 14th season in 2019-20.
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 fifth season as the Bronco diving coach.

RETURNING SENIORS

Boise State returns five experienced seniors to this year's roster in Emmie Jennings, Jamie Nats, Robin Pinger, Alyssa Schultz and Georgia Zacest.
Three of the seniors, Jennings, Pinger and Schultz, earned All-Mountain West honors as juniors in 2019.
Jennings earned all-conference honors as a member of the 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... she was also among the Boise State contingent that qualified for the 2019 CSCAA National Invitational Championships last March.
Pinger earned six all-conference honors last year in the 100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley, as well as being a member of the three relays the 400 freestyle and both medleys ... She was also among the nine member contingent that competed at the 2019 CSCAA NIC.
Schultz was All-MW in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

RETURNING ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST HONOREES

In addition to the three current seniors who were All-MW, the Broncos return three others who received all-conference accolades in current junior Hayley Hill and current sophomores Marti Erlam and Lauren Vitort.
Hill earned two All-MW honors in the 500-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Lauren Vitort tallied two all-conference honors as well, they were in the 200-yard free and 800 free relay.
Both Hill and Vitort were part of the Boise State contingent to the CSCAA NIC.
Marti Erlam earned All-MW honors on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards at the conference championships ... she reached the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships where her results counted towards Boise State's CSCAA NIC team score.

WHAT'S BACK

Boise State returns 19 veterans from last year's team that placed third out of 10 teams at the Mountain West Championships and fourth out of 44 teams (that scored at the meet) at the 2019 CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, in March.
In addition to the five seniors, there are 10 juniors and four sophomores back from the 2018-19 campaign.
The Junior Class: Cassie Barkhorn, Taylor Clark, Lucia Davis, Madison Frederick, Hayley Hill, Molly Hogg, Lauren Sale, Emma Segneri, Tatum Thompkins and Brittany Wen.
The Sophomore Class: Marti Erlam, Katie McCoy, Madesyn Ronquillio and Lauren Vitort.

WHAT'S NEW

There are seven newcomers made up of one transfer and six freshmen.
Lauren Yon transferred to Boise State over the summer from Oregon State after the school dropped their program. She competed in the individual medleys, breaststroke and mid-range freestyles at OSU.
The Freshmen Class: Tina Andrasek, Emma Brady, Carly Palmer, Delaney Phillips, Anahi Schreuders and Beatriz Zoppei.
This year's freshmen class has an international flare with Andrasek coming from Croatia, Schreuders from Aruba and Zoppei from Brazil.