Bulldogs win three individual events in dual at Nevada

Saturday, October 28

Reno, NV

12:00 PM

Fresno State

109

174

Nevada

Bulldogs win three individual events in dual at Nevada

10/28/2017 5:03:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

Complete Results (PDF)

RENO, Nev. – Fresno State won three individual events – all 200 Yard races - in the team's first dual meet of the season at Nevada on Saturday.

The Wolf Pack, competing on their senior day, took the other swimming events and claimed wins on both diving boards to earn a 174-109 victory over the 'Dogs in a battle of Mountain West foes.

Swimming Highlights
•   Sophomore Manuela Mendolicchio led a strong Bulldog performance in the 200 Breaststroke, winning the event in 2:19.92. The 'Dogs had three of the top four finishers in the event as Lucy Davies placed third and Emileigh Stock was just behind in fourth place. Mendolicchio also placed third in the 100 Breast.
•   Junior Ugne Mazutaityte picked up a win in the 200 Backstroke in 2:02.14 and was a close second in the 100 Back. She was fourth in the 500 Freestyle as Katelin Britton placed third.
•   Freshman Zofia Niemczak was the first event winner for the Bulldogs, taking the top spot in the 200 Butterfly with a career-best time of 2:05.60. Kimberly Harbert placed third in the race, touching in 2:09.20. Niemczak also took second in the 100 Fly at 57.39.
•   Emily Niles placed second in both the 500 and 1000 Freestyle races. Vanessa Dugan placed third in the 1000 Free and fourth in the 500. Davies was the 'Dogs top finisher in the 200 Individual Medley, placing third.
•   The Bulldog quartet of Emily Cutler, Casey Kennemann, Osianna McReed, and Britton was the top Fresno State finisher in the 400 Freestyle Relay in 3:38.62.

Diving Highlights
•   Sophomore Serena Sedillo led the Bulldogs on both boards on Saturday as she did in the season-opening Chick-Fil-A Invitational.
•   Sedillo placed fourth in the 1-meter competition, scoring a career-best 268.13 and tallying an NCAA Zone qualifying score. She also finished fourth on 3-meter scoring 269.48
•   Redshirt sophomore Irina Nikolaeva took fifth on 1-meter and sixth on 3-meter while junior Kelli Funk was fifth on 3-meter and sixth on 1-meter.

Quotable
Head Coach Jeanne Fleck

•   On the meet: "It's always hard for us to go up to altitude but we had some really bright stars. Our 200 strokes were great and we came back and really fought over the second half of the meet, so that was really good to see. Zofia probably had the best meet on our team; her 200 Fly was her best of the season. All of our 200's will get 1.2 seconds faster as well with the altitude adjustment. Manuela, Emileigh, and Ugne were also highlights for us. I was a little disappointed on how we started but we got better the second half."

What's Next

•   The Bulldogs compete twice next week, facing UC Davis and Cal State East Bay in Davis on Friday before hosing Fresno Pacific at noon next Saturday at the Fresno State Aquatics Center.

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