Jan. 21, 2010

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland men's swimming and diving team is poised to take on West Virginia in dual meet action Saturday at Eppley Recreation Natatorium. First race begins 1 p.m.

Maryland ran up against a pair of tough Keystone State squads when it fell against Penn State and Pitt in Pittsburgh last weekend. Andrew Relihan led the way for Maryland with a pair of second-place finishes in the 200 IM (1:53.59) and 200 back (1:50.22) and touched the wall third 400 IM (4:03.57). The sophomore currently ranks among the ACC's best in the 200 back (fourth - 1:47.52), 200 IM (sixth - 1:50.12) and 400 IM (fifth - 3:58.07).

The Terps performed well in the distance events versus the Nittany Lions and Panthers as Chris Rouchard took third in the 1650 free (16:03.77) and freshman Nick Evans was close behind with a fourth-place finish (16:05.95). Evans also took second in the 500 free (4:36.88). Rouchard is ranked among the ACC's top ten in the 500 free with a B-cut 4:26.72, good enough for sixth, and the seventh-best time in the 1650 free (15:39.60).

Maryland owns the top two times in the 200 fly as Sean Stewart is first (1:47.67) and Aleksandar Damjanic is a fraction behind in second (1:47.68). Both swims qualified as B-cut times.

The Terps' 800 free relay is also tops in the league, with a B-cut time of 6:39.14.

West Virginia (3-2) has defeated Cincinnati, Villanova, and Pitt while falling to Penn State and Louisville in dual meet action this season. The Mountaineers also took third in the Ohio State Invitational. In their last outing, WVU topped BIG EAST-rival Pitt Jan. 9. George Farguhar led the way for the Mountaineers with three wins in the 100 breast (57.33), 200 breast (2:05.79) and 200 IM (1:55.43).

Following Saturday's action, Maryland stays in College Park and within the BIG EAST conference with a battle against Georgetown on Saturday, Feb. 6, to wrap up the regular season.