Bulldogs finish quad-meet

Saturday, November 12

Fresno, Calif.

12 p.m. PT

Fresno State

UOP/ Santa Cruz/ FPU

Bulldogs finish quad-meet

11/12/2016 6:17:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

By: Taylor Martinez / Communications Intern

FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State women's swim team hosted a quad-meet in the Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon. Fresno Pacific, University of the Pacific and UC Santa Cruz competed in the meet. The meet was scored as a triple-dual meet. Fresno State defeated UOP 149-126 and defeated UCSC 245-39. Fresno State fell to FPU 152-141.

"We competed without our divers today and that hurt us," said head coach Jeanne Fleck. "One of our swimmers stepped up and dove for us even though she's never dove in a meet before. We swam really well today but we just didn't get it done against FPU."

Freshman Claire Brooks was the lone diver for the Bulldogs, she placed third on the 1-Meter.

The Bulldogs were led by underclassmen Manuela Mendolicchio, Ugne Mazutaityte and Natalia Nienaltowska.

Freshman Manuela Mendolicchio remains undefeated in the 100 Breaststroke this season with a time of 1:03.05. She also remains undefeated in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:15.24. Mendolicchio led the Bulldogs in the 100 IM with a fifth place finish (1:00.50).

Sophomore Ugne Mazutaityte remains undefeated this season in the 200 Backstroke (1:59.06). She also took first place in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 56.83. The sophomore finished in first place for the Bulldogs in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:01.25.

Freshman Natalia Nienaltowska continues to be strong in the freestyle for the Bulldogs taking second place in the 1000 Freestyle (10:25.19). Vanessa Dugan (10:36.71) and Emily Niles (10:38.58) followed closely behind in third and fourth place. Nienaltowska led Fresno State in the 500 Freestyle with a fourth place finish (5:07.28).

As for the 200 Butterfly, Freshman Kimberly Harbert took second place with a time of 2:06.66. Nienaltowska finished in third place (2:07.59) and Senior Esme Gullick finished fourth (2:08.56)

In the 100 Butterfly, Gabbie Libang (57.69) finished third followed by Harbert in fourth (58.23).

Senior Hannah Jarvis led the Bulldogs in the 50 Freestyle with a third place finish (24.09).

In the 200 Medley Relay, Fresno State's team of Mazuataityte, Mendolicchio, Gullick and Jarvis took third place (1:46.55).

The relay team of Katelin Britton, Casey Kennemann, Jarvis and Nienaltowska led the Bulldogs in the 400 Freestyle Relay with a third place finish (3:35.77). Samantha Giannetta, Kelly Simmons, Tarryn Rennie and Harbert took fourth place with a time of 3:38.14.

The Bulldogs look forward to competing in the A3 Invitational in Los Angeles Nov. 17-19.

"We're looking to compete against some of the best teams in California next weekend and break some school records," Fleck said. "This is a huge tune-up invitational before the conference championship."

Fresno State will return home on Jan. 21 against California State University, East Bay at 12 p.m. PT in the Aquatics Center.

"Just the Ticket to Build Our Community" - The Bulldog Scholarship Fund gives Bulldog alumni, fans and friends the opportunity to support Fresno State Athletics and the student-athletes who inspire them. For information about how you can support the Bulldog Scholarship Fund, please visit www.bulldogscholarshipfund.com or call 559-278-7160.