{"id":330731,"date":"2018-09-27T06:15:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T13:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=330731"},"modified":"2018-09-26T19:15:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T02:15:48","slug":"two-time-aac-champions-houston-open-2018-19-season-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/two-time-aac-champions-houston-open-2018-19-season-on-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Time AAC Champions Houston Open 2018-19 Season On Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two-time American Athletic Conference Champion Houston Swimming &amp; Diving team will open its 2018-19 season Saturday morning at the Campus Recreation &amp; Wellness Center against Incarnate Word and UT Permian Basin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston is entering its fourth season under Head Coach <strong>Ryan Wochomurka<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cougars are looking to defend their second consecutive American Athletic Conference title.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston returns 13 all-conference honorees from last season\u2019s squad and four individual champions from last season\u2019s conference meet (<strong>Lauren Burrell, Zarena Brown, Peyton Kondis, Eleanna Koutsouveli<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cougars welcomed in a nine-person signing class this season that are primed to make an impact.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston closed out last season receiving five votes in the CSCAA \/ TYR Poll, after sending <strong>Ksenia Yuskova<\/strong>, Brown, and Kondis to the 2018 NCAA Championships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ABOUT THE CARDINALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Incarnate Word is in its 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year under Head Coach <strong>Phillip Davis.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cardinals finished fifth-overall at the CCSA Championships last season with 767.5 points.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, Houston defeated Incarnate Word at UIW in a 182-110 decision.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston posted 38 podium finishes, winning 11 of 16 events.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston leads the all-time series history with UIW 5-1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ABOUT THE FALCONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UTPB opened its 2018-19 season at TCU this past weekend, falling to the Horned Frogs.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Falcons are in their fifth season under Head Coach Cameron Kainer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last season, UTPB finished fifth at the NSISC Championships with 217 points.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cougars have never faced UT Permian Basin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>WHERE TO WATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All home meets will feature live results through the Meet Mobile App available in the Google Play store and the App Store.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>UP NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Houston will continue its season when its travels to New Orleans to matchup with conference foe Tulane in dual meet action on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p><i>The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with Houston Athletics<\/i><i>. 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