The BG swim team will be splashing in the pool again after a month layoff when they take on the Eagles from Eastern Michigan University today at 5 p.m. in the University’s Cooper Pool.

The Falcons come into today’s meet with a 2-1 overall record and a mark of 1-1 in the Mid-American Conference.

The last outing the Falcons had was at the Eastern Michigan Invitational over a month ago where they placed fourth overall. In the Invitational, Eastern Michigan placed second behind the winner Michigan. Even though the Eagles come in with a (0-5, 0-3 MAC) record this season, they challenged for the lead in the invitational.

So far, the Falcons have been impressive under new head coach Petra Martin with wins over Akron and Youngstown State. Now they will be looking to continue their momentum heading into the new year and complete their season with success.

This season has seen some records broken and improvement by the whole team. Alexis Kain, who swept all the breaststroke events during the team’s Akron and Ohio meets, set a personal record in the 200 breaststroke against Akron and then eclipsed it against Ohio later on. In the Youngstown State meet, the team set a pool record while dominating the 400 medley relay.

The Falcons and Eagles have a bit of history between them, with the Eagles getting the better of BG with an overall record of 18-14. Last year the Falcons lost the dual meet 154-119. The Falcons will try to avenge last year’s loss and try to beat the Eagles for the first time since the 1996-97 season.

There will be 14 events in today’s dual meet. These include: the 100 and 200 fly, 100 and 200 backstroke, 100 and 200 breaststroke, as well as five freestyle events (50, 100, 200, 500, and 1000). There will also be a 200 individual medley, the 200 medley relay, and the 400 freestyle relay.

Martin said the team has been undergoing a two-week intense training period and is interested in seeing how they will respond in today’s meet.

“We are very sore and tired, interesting to see how we do all broken down, but these couple weeks we have to buckle down,” Martin said. “I want us to race hard and to translate all the technical things we have been working on to the meet on Friday.”