After a dominating win against the Hawkeyes Saturday, Iowa State will hope for more success from swimmers like Kim Rogers in its bid to win Friday against the Panthers of Northern Iowa.

Last Saturday against Iowa, Rogers pulled off an upset in the 200 butterfly, taking first place with a time of 2:07.15.

Her time was just three-tenths of a second ahead of second-place finisher Andrea Hemphill of Iowa.

“That was an event that could have gone either way,” said head coach Duane Sorenson. “We knew going into the meet that there would be events that we would win and some that Iowa would win.

“Rogers’ event was a toss-up, and it was a huge confidence builder for our team when she won.”

Rogers is no stranger to Iowa State-Iowa matchups, having grown up in Cedar Falls.

“I wasn’t really going out there with a mindset of pulling off an upset,” Rogers said. “I knew I could make it close and just went out there and got the job done. This was a great nonconference win for us.”

In a race that takes more than two minutes and was as close as Saturday’s butterfly, there is yelling and cheering from fans, swimmers and coaches. Even with all the action and noise, Rogers was not affected.

“I could hear the yelling,” Rogers said.

“[Hemphill] was in the next lane, so I could tell I was keeping with her. As the race kept going, I knew it would be close.”

The Cyclones had a swimmer place either first or second in all but one of the swimming events, but Rogers said Iowa State can still find room to improve in practice before taking on Northern Iowa.

“Coach Sorenson is great when it comes to finding little things wrong to improve on,” Rogers said.

After Northern Iowa, the Cyclones have only two more meets against nonconference opponents before Big 12 competition begins.

“When we come back from break, we’ll go up against two tough teams in Kansas and Missouri,” Sorenson said.

“We’ll need more secondary swimmers to step up, and we’ll have a chance to see what we’re made of, as these two meets will be strong tests for us.”

After traveling to Cedar Falls Friday, the Cyclones will take on Lehigh in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jan. 6, and then travel to Northfield, Minn., to take on St. Olaf on Jan. 16.