Swim & Dive earns 185-115 home win over Fresno Pacific

Saturday, November 4

Fresno, CA

12:00 PM

Fresno State

185

115

Fresno Pacific

Swim & Dive earns 185-115 home win over Fresno Pacific

11/4/2017 4:16:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

Complete Results (PDF)

FRESNO, Calif. – Competing for the second time in as many days, the Fresno State divers took the top-three spots on both 1-meter and 3-meter and the swimmers claimed eight race wins to defeat local rival Fresno Pacific, 185-115, on Saturday at the Fresno State Aquatics Center.

The Bulldogs improved to 2-2 in dual meets this season after going 1-1 against UC Davis and Cal State East Bay on Friday. Fresno Pacific, which finished ahead of BYU and San Jose State at the Pacific Invitational last week and is ranked No. 13 in the CSCAA Div. II poll, lost in its first dual meet of the season.

Diving Highlights

The Bulldogs dominated both diving events for the second consecutive day after having the top-three scorers on 3-meter and the top-two on 1-meter against UC Davis on Friday.
Serena Sedillo put up another huge score to win the 3-meter competition tallying 319.45. Irina Nikolaeva was a close second with a career-best 312.30 score and Kelli Funk took third scoring 289.50
For the second straight day Nikolaeva won the 1-meter competition, scoring 288.05 after a career-best 290.62 on Friday. Sedillo finished less than one point behind her teammate with a 287.35 and Funk took third tallying 253.20.

Swimming Highlights

Junior Osianna McReed dominated the sprints, winning both the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Free. In the 50 Free she touched first in 23.97 seconds and in the 100 Free she had a winning time of 52.56 seconds. Katelin Britton placed second in the 100 Free, led the 'Dogs with a second-place finish in the 200 Free, and was third in the 50.
McReed also helped the Bulldogs win both relay events. She swam the final leg in both, teaming with Ugne Mazutaityte, Manuela Mendolicchio, and Zofia Niemczak to open the meet with a win in the 200 Medley Relay in 1:45.38. The 'Dogs ended the meet with a win in the 400 Free Relay with Britton, Kimberly Harbert, Casey Kennemann, and McReed posting a winning time of 3:31.08.
Mazutaityte continued her winning ways taking both backstroke events on Saturday. She touched in 56.93 to win the 100 Back and was nearly two seconds better than the second-place finisher in the 200 Back with a time of 2:04.34. Mazutaityte also took third in the 500 Freestyle while Emily Niles placed second in the event in 5:04.69. Niles also led the team with a second-place finish in the 1000 Free and was third in the 200 Free.
After winning two individual events on Friday Mendolicchio picked up another victory on Saturday, taking the 200 Breaststroke in 2:19.31. She also placed third in the 100 Breast and fourth in the 200 IM just behind Lucy Davies and Niemczak, who placed second and third, respectively.
Harbert picked up a victory in the 200 Butterfly in 2:04.94, finishing just ahead of Niemczak. Harbert was third in the 100 Fly with Niemczak placing second.

Quotable
Head Coach Jeanne Fleck

On the weekend: "Last night (at UC Davis) was really disappointing as we thought we could go in there and win but we've had some injuries. The other girls stepped up. My fliers are amazing. Manuela and the breaststrokers were really great last night and today and our divers carried us in both meets; we wouldn't be here without them."
On the team: "Today was a whole team effort. I was really pleased with how it went. Everyone was really good. Osianna had a great meet and that was huge as she hasn't done that before. Our 400 Free Relay was great and our 200 Medley Relay was great so I'm just really pleased with everyone."

Diving Coach Taryn Patrick

On the meet: "The divers did exceptionally well breaking lifetime scores and season-best scores. They held it together yesterday when it was raining and cold and then came back today with minimal sleep and went 1-2-3 on both boards so I'm really proud of them."
On next week at the USC Diving Invite: "It's always good competition. It'll be nice to see how they perform on platform as well, so hopefully they can keep up the consistency they showed this weekend."

What's Next

The divers compete in the three-day USC Diving Invitational next Friday through Sunday in Los Angeles. The swimmers are back in action at the Northwestern Invitational Nov. 17-19 in Illinois.

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