Bulldogs outlasted by Nevada in home dual

Saturday, October 27

Fresno, CA

11 A.M. PT

Fresno State

112

182

Nevada

Bulldogs outlasted by Nevada in home dual

10/27/2018 3:43:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

By: Andrew Tomsky / Assistant Director of Communications

Complete Meet Results (PDF)

FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State won four individual events, including wins in both the 100 and 200 Back from senior Ugne Mazutaityte, but the Bulldogs came up short in a 182-112 loss against MW rival Nevada on Saturday at the Fresno State Aquatics Center.

Fresno State junior Manuela Mendolicchio (200 Breast) and freshman Brenda Diaz Martinez (1000 Free) also recorded wins on Saturday.

Swimming Highlights

Mazutaityte picked up her first win in the 100 Back, narrowly beating Nevada's Jamie Reynolds in 56.71. In the 200 Back, Mazutaityte touched first in 2:00.59. Stephanie Bartel finished fourth in both backstroke events.
Diaz Martinez claimed the first individual event as she touched in 10:15.06 to win the 1000 Free by more than seven seconds with Zofia Niemczak placing second. Diaz Martinez also had the 'Dogs top times in the 500 Free (5:00.69) and the 400 IM (4:24.65), placing second in both races.
The 'Dogs had three of the top four finishers in the both the 100 Breast and 200 Breast. Mendolicchio won the 200 Breast by more than three second in 2:15.46 with Lucy Davies placing third and Emileigh Stock taking fourth. In the 100 Breast, Mendolicchio took second, Davies was third, and Jannae Torres placed fourth.
Kimberly Harbert led Fresno State with second place finishes in both the 100 Fly (56.40) and 200 Fly (2:02.61) with Niemczak fourth in both
Osianna McReed led the Bulldogs in the 50 Free, placing third in 24.01, and took third in the 100 Free in 54.04.
In the 200 Medley Relay, the Fresno State 'A' team comprised of Mazutaityte, Mendolicchio, Harbert, and McReed placed second in 1:44.77. The Fresno State 'A' team placed third in the 400 Free Relay to close the meet.

Diving Highlights

With both teams nursing injuries, just three total divers competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter events on Saturday.
Fresno State senior Kelli Funk placed third on both boards, scoring 235.43 on 1-meter and 255.98 on 3-meter. Nevada's two competing divers took the top two spots on both boards.

Quotable

Head Coach Jeanne Fleck

"I don't like to lose but that's the best we've ever swam Nevada. We had some amazing swims and races. Nevada was third last year at conference and we were seventh, so for us to race the way we raced today was great. We have five girls out today that all could have scored and made this a lot closer. I'm really pleased for who we had in the pool and what we did. We made great strides."

What's Next

The 'Dogs host another home meet next Saturday as they will host Fresno Pacific and Pomona-Pitzer in the Aquatics Center at noon.

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