EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will compete in two meets this weekend, traveling first to Missouri State on Friday before participating in an invitational at Saint Louis on Saturday. The Purple Aces will face off with conference foe Missouri State in a dual meet scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Friday. From there, Evansville will make a stop in Saint Louis, Mo., to compete in a three-team invitational against the Billikens and Eastern Illinois. Saturday’s meet will begin at 1:00 p.m.
 
Both squads are coming off wins at the last dual meet on January 14. The men took down Lindsay Wilson by a final score of 184-89 while the women pulled out a 162-132 victory over Vanderbilt.
 
Freshman Caroline Lee led the women’s team, earning Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Week after her perfect 3-for-3 performance against the Commodores. Freshman Michelle Tipton continued to be a strong force for Evansville, posting a pair of first place finishes on the day, winning both the 200- and 500-freestyle. Junior diver Sadie Wells grabbed her third MVC Diver of the Week title of the year after winning both diving events for UE.
 
For the men, junior Alex Seward paced the Aces, taking first place in both the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard IM. Evansville turned out solid performances in the freestyle events, with senior Will Spradley, junior Kyle Tiemann and freshman Matthew Newland all notching top times in the 50-, 100- and 1000-freestyle, respectively.  Sophomore Carder LaBrake also grabbed a first place time, winning the 200-backstroke with a time of 2:03.03