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No. 3 Women's Swimming and Diving knocks off No. 10 Indiana and No. 18 Florida in season opener
10.21.2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns hold on to opening-day leads and sweep Hoosiers and Gators in Gainesville.
Complete Results & Team Scores
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 3 Texas picked up where it left off Friday evening and finished off dual-meet victories over No. 10 Indiana and No. 18 Florida Saturday at Florida's O'Connell Center Natatorium.
The Longhorns held off the Hoosiers by a 226.5-200.5 count and defeated the host Gators by a 290.5-136.5 margin. Indiana defeated Florida, 251-178.
Texas opened day two of its double dual with a close second in the 400-yard medley relay (3:36.72) and a second-place swim from Joanna Evans in the 200 freestyle (1:49.55). Junior Anelise Diener took second in the 50 freestyle (23.45), and freshman Evie Pfeifer notched her first victory as a Longhorn. Pfeifer claimed the 400 individual medley at 4:13.90.
The 200 butterfly featured a tight finish down the stretch, as UT junior Remedy Rule took second at 1:59.11. Sophomore Lauren Case added a third-place mark of 2:01.85. Senior Rebecca Millard posted her third win of the meet and claimed the 100 freestyle in 49.61. Junior Brooke Hansen solidified a one-two Texas finish in 50.21.
Sophomore Claire Adams and junior Quinn Carrozza finished atop the final standings in the 200 backstroke. Adams edged out Carrozza for the win at 1:56.04 while Carrozza finished in 1:56.08. Evans added another win for the Longhorns in the 500 freestyle at 4:47.27. Last season, Evans rewrote UT's 30-year-old school record in the event.
Texas junior Olivia Anderson put up a strong swim on her way to second place in the 200 breaststroke. It took an Olympic champion to defeat Anderson, as Indiana's Lilly King was victorious in 2:12.51. Anderson finished closely behind in 2:14.29.
With the team victories in hand, Texas declined any points awarded to them in the 200 freestyle relay. The Longhorns were victorious anyway, as Hansen, Adams, Millard and Diener finished in 1:31.30.
Texas resumes dual-meet competition on Nov. 3 at Texas A&M.
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