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SWIMMERS CLOSE HAWAII TRIP WITH VICTORIES BY BRANDAN ALFORD BrandanAlford@gmail.com T he men's and women's swimming teams capped their winter trips to Hawaii with a pair of dual meet wins over the Rainbow Warriors last week. The men's team outscored Hawaii 134-103 while the 20thranked women rolled to a 14691 victory. Purdue dominated the diving events with Casey Matthews and Layne Rogers sweeping both events. The men posted four of the top five scores in the 1-meter springboard competition. The Boilermakers also had the top four finishers in the 200 breaststroke, paced by Lyam Dias' winning time. Guillermo Blanco notched a pair of wins for Purdue, touching first in the 200 backstroke and 200 individual medley while adding a second-place finish as 14 teams that appeared in last year's NCAA Tournament, including five that were ranked among the final top 25 poll. The schedule, which opens at the Louisiana Classic on Feb. 8, is highlighted by matchups with No. 3 Texas, No. 6 Michigan and No. 10 Alabama. when they travel to Michigan on Friday before heading to State College to face Penn State. SOCCER EARNS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Purdue was repart of the 400 freecently honored with WRESTLERS style relay. FALL Allie Davis led Braden Atwood the women with scored an upset a pair of victories, over No. 11 Nathan winning the 200 Burak and, with it, freestyle and 500 Purdue's lone victory free events, both as Iowa won nine of of which saw Boil10 weight classes in ermakers sweep a dual matchup last the top three posiweek. tions. Carly Mercer Casey Matthews The Hawkeyes won the 50 freestyle won the dual 30-3 on the backs event with a time of 23.46 as Purdue swept the top six spots. of several one-sided matches. Both squads return to West It's the second loss to a top-three Lafayette with a pair of Big Ten team for Purdue (3-2 overall, 0-2 duals this week. Purdue hosts Big Ten), which opened Big Ten Michigan and Michigan State play against No. 2 Minnesota. The Hawkeyes, who feature on Friday and Saturday. seven wrestlers ranked among SOFTBALL ANNOUNCES the nation's top 20 in their re2014 SCHEDULE spective weight classes, scored Purdue announced the a technical fall by No. 5 Nick complete schedule for its up- Moore at 165 pounds to go with coming season this spring, and eight decisions. it includes plenty of tests. The 21st-ranked Boilers reThe Boilermakers will face turn to action this weekend Braden Atwood the Silver Sportsmanship Award by the NSCAA, which recognizes fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game. The Boilermakers garnered a Silver Award after having no red cards and few- GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 24, EXPRESS 15 • 24