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No. 4 Women's Swimming and Diving takes down No. 14 Arizona, 154-146
01.29.2016 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns win nine of 16 events en route to victory in Tucson.
TUCSON, Ariz. – No. 4 Texas (8-2) claimed nine of 16 events, with three wins from All-America junior Madisyn Cox, as the Longhorns posted a 154-146 victory over No. 14 Arizona Friday evening at U of A's Hillenbrand Aquatic Center.
Arizona opened the meet with a narrow win in the 200-yard medley relay before Texas freshman Joanna Evans posted the Horns' first win of the day and claimed the 1000-yard freestyle in 9 minutes, 58.94 seconds.
Texas took the lead for good after its one-two-three showing in the 200 freestyle, where Cox won in 1:48.42. Evans returned for the 200 just minutes after swimming the 1000 and took second at 1:49.05, and freshman Quinn Carrozza took third at 1:49.36.
All-America junior Tasija Karosas gave the Horns their third straight win and pulled away to victory in the 100 backstroke at 53.93. Arizona won the 100 breaststroke, but UT's Olivia Anderson and Jordan Surhoff added second- and third-place points for Texas to limit the Wildcats' gain.
Texas put additional distance between itself and Arizona by way of its one-two finish in the 200 butterfly, where freshman Remedy Rule took the win at 2:02.09. Junior Maggie D'Innocenzo took a close second at 2:02.10.
Freshman Meghan O'Brien led a one-two Texas finish atop the final one-meter diving standings. O'Brien, the younger sister of Texas men's junior diver Sean O'Brien, claimed the one-meter event with 275.48 points while senior Meghan Houston took second at 267.45. O'Brien later led the Horns in the three-meter event with her second place total of 294.15 points.
Karosas completed a sweep of the backstroke events and won at the 200-yard distance in 1:56.82 while Carrozza took second at 1:58.73. Cox notched her second win of the day and pulled away with authority in the final 50 yards to win in 2:12.71.
Evans capped an impressive evening of swimming with her second win and third top-two finish of the day, as she topped Arizona All-American Bonnie Brandon and claimed the 500 freestyle at 4:49.17.
Cox finished off her third win of the evening and handily won the 200 individual medley at 2:01.06.
Texas and Arizona will compete in an unscored exhibition meet Saturday at 10 a.m. MST (11 a.m. CT).
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