(HOUSTON, TEXAS, October 11, 2007) The University of Houston swimming team opens its 2007-08 season at 5 p.m., Friday when it faces Southwestern at the Robertson Center Natatorium in Georgetown.
The Cougars return 11 letterwinners from last season¹s squad, which finished among the Top 25 team leaders at the NCAA Championships for the seventh consecutive season. The program also welcomes seven award-winning newcomers in 2007-08.
UH enters the meet after competing in its annual Red and White Meet on Wednesday at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium. The Red Team, under the leadership of team captain Doreen Polotzek, captured a 125-89 win to break a streak of four straight ties in the intrasquad scrimmage.
Junior Sasha Schwendenwein won three individual events, while Polotzek captured top honors in two events to lead the Red Team.
White Team member Jessica Shamburger, the 2007 Conference USA Freshman Swimmer of the Year, led her squad with a pair of first-place finishes.
Following Friday's meet, the Cougars will take two weeks off before returning to action. The entire team will compete together Oct. 26-27 as it plays host to BYU, Florida International, New Orleans and Conference USA rival Rice during the second Phill Hansel Duals Weekend. That two-day meet begins at 5 p.m., Oct. 26 and wraps up at 11 a.m., Oct. 27.
The meet is named after longtime Swimming and Diving head coach Phill Hansel, who led the program from 1975 to 1996, earning 70 dual-meet victories and three Southwest Conference Coach of the Year honors.
This marks the second straight season that the Cougars have faced the Pirates. A year ago, the Cougars enjoyed a 105-63 win to extend their season-opening winning streak to five straight meets.
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