BEREA, OHIO -- Senior freestyler Matt Zych (Des Plaines, Ill./ Maine West) is this week's Ohio Athletic Conference Male Swimmer-of-the-Week.

Zych won the honor for the first time in his career. He won the 50-yard freestyle in 25.35 seconds and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:26.43 as the BW men beat Defiance.

The Yellow Jackets are idle until the new year.  The BW tankers begin the 2013 portion of the schedule on January 1 when the teams travel to Sarasota, Florida for their annual Fall/Winter Break trip from Jan. 1-12. BW will swim against OAC foe Transylvania (Ky.) University on Jan. 5 in Sarasota.

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