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No. 6 Women's Swimming and Diving tops No. 7 N.C. State, 160-140
11.14.2015 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns show off their depth in sixth victory of the season.
RALEIGH, N.C. – No. 6 Texas (6-1) won seven events and utilized its depth to put away a 160-140 victory over No. 7 North Carolina State Saturday afternoon at the Wolfpack's Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center.
"We had a great two days of racing, and I'm really pleased with the complete team performances on both days," said UT head coach Carol Capitani. "Although we came up short (Friday) against UNC, I'm really proud of the team effort."
N.C. State narrowly won the meet's first event, the 200-yard medley relay, before Texas freshman Joanna Evans won the 1,000 freestyle by over 11 seconds at 9 minutes, 49.80 seconds. The Longhorns assumed the lead after the 200 freestyle, where All-America junior Madisyn Cox was victorious in 1:47.77. Freshman Brooke Hansen added four points with her second-place mark of 1:49.49.
N.C. State tied up the meet at 37 with its first, third and fourth-place showings in the 100 backstroke and took a one-point lead after winning the 100 breaststroke. Texas, however, outscored the Wolfpack 16-3 in the next event, the 200 butterfly, where the Longhorns took the top three spots. Freshman Remedy Rule won in 1:59.59 while native North Carolinian Nora McCullagh took second at 2:00.76. Junior Maggie D'Innocenzo added three points with her third-place mark of 2:02.66.
N.C. State trimmed the Texas lead after winning the 50 freestyle, but All-America sophomore Rebecca Millard helped stretch the Longhorns' cushion to 10 points with her win in the 100 freestyle at 49.54.
N.C. State won the three-meter diving event, but the Longhorns' second, third and fourth-place finishes all but canceled out the Wolfpack win. Senior Meghan Houston led the Horns with her second-place score of 310.05. Houston also paced the Horns with her second-place total of 297.53 points on the one-meter board.
Freshman Quinn Carrozza led a one-two Texas tandem atop the 200 backstroke and edged teammate Tasija Karosas in 1:56.10, good for a NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. Karosas also notched a NCAA "B" cut with her second-place effort of 1:56.36.
The Wolfpack claimed the 200 breaststroke, but as was often the case in the weekend meets, Texas took second, third and fourth to effectively cancel out the opponent's points. Sophomore Bethany Leap took second at 2:16.16 while freshman Olivia Anderson claimed third at 2:16.36. Junior Jordan Surhoff placed fourth at 2:18.62.
Cox registered her second win of the day and won the 500 freestyle handily at 4:48.07. She returned after a short layoff to post a third win in the 200 individual medley at 1:58.95.
"We had a lot of season-best times and a lot of gutsy swims this weekend," Capitani added. "Today, we had even better swims in a tough environment. N.C. State has a real home pool advantage, and it was good for our girls to overcome a different sort of pressure. It was fun to see them stand up and race a second day in a row."
The Texas divers continue fall competition next week when they host the UT Diving Invitational (Nov. 19-21) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center.
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