conference foes
By NATALIE BAILEY
Sports Writer
The Saint Mary's swimming and diving team hosts Hope and Albion Colleges at the Rolfs Aquatic Center Saturday at 3:30 p.m.. The meet includes the men from Hope and Albion as well.
As the swim season draws to a close, the Belles are hoping to show their hard work and drop their times. Personal records instead of overall points seem to be the buzz of this meet.
"The team is not really concerned with placement as much as getting good times and finishing the season strong," said junior captain Lauren Smith.
The meet provides an early test for the Belles against conference opponents as both Albion and Hope are members of the MIAA. The swimmers are looking forward to the MIAA Conference Championships which will Hope College hosts in Holland, Mich. on Feb. 21, 22 and 23.
"We're concerned about conference and need to build our confidence for it in this meet," Smith said.
Saturday's meet should be a good opportunity to build that confidence.
"Both Hope and Albion are conference teams so it is a big meet for us," sophomore Amy Kleinfehn said."I think we are ready to step up in the conference."
All Sports Stories for Friday, February 1, 2002
