The Eastern women are riding a three-meet losing streak after losing to both Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Evansville this past weekend with scores of 68-161 and 72-125. The men are also were also winless with scores of 79-141 and 81-122. The men and women will face the University of Illinois in Chicago at 1 p.m. on Oct 29.

Around the Summit League

Freshman Tony Carroll of IUPUI has been named Athlete of the Week. Carroll won the 400-yard freestyle and the 200-yard Backstroke against Eastern this past Friday. Both the IUPUI men and women will face off against Butler at 5 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Western Illinois’ men and women lost their meets on Oct. 7 against St. Louis 218-77 and 226-62. Western Illinois will meet the Truman State Bulldogs next at home in Macomb on Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. Both teams are 0-2.

South Dakota State’s men won all 14 swimming events in their dual meet against Green Bay with a score of 184-115. The men will face North Dakota at 6 p.m. on Friday at home. The women faced both Green Bay and North Dakota within an hour of the other. They lost both meets, 118-180 to Green Bay and 99-193 to Nebraska. Their next challenge is at 6 p.m. Oct 28 against both North Dakota and Western Illinois.

The Oakland University women’s team lost to Bowling Green 133-129, but also won against John Carroll in the same day with a score of 190-62. . Both the men and women of Oakland University will square off against Wayne State at 1 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 29.

The women of the University of Nebraska have lost three straight meets to Air Force, Northern Colorado and Illinois State.

The South Dakota men lost 137-156 to Cloud State and 135-162 to North Dakota. The women also lost to North Dakota 128-172.The women will meet against Iowa State at home at 6 p.m. on Oct. 28. The men and women will battle with Western Illinois at 1 p.m. at home.

Nick Blankenship can be reached at 581-7942

or nrblankenship@eiu.edu.