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No. 2 Women's Swimming and Diving overpowers No. 21 North Carolina, remains unbeaten
11.11.2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns win 12 of 16 events and sweep weekend road trip in the Tar Heel State.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 2 Texas (5-0) captured 12 of 16 events and finished off a sweep of its weekend road trip, as the Longhorns defeated No. 21 North Carolina, 172-125 Saturday afternoon at UNC's Koury Natatorium.
North Carolina won the meet's first event, the 200-yard medley relay, before the Longhorns took control of the meet. Freshman Evie Pfeifer registered the first of two individual wins on the day in the 1,000 freestyle, where she was victorious in 9:55.54. Junior Joanna Evans helped solidify a one-two Texas finish in the 200 freestyle with her winning time of 1:47.03. Her classmate Quinn Carrozza followed in 1:49.49.
Sophomore Claire Adams gave Texas its third straight win behind her 53.48 in the 100 backstroke. Junior Olivia Anderson swept the breaststroke events and took home the win at 100 yards in 1:02.09.
Junior Remedy Rule helped deliver the Longhorns a sweep of the butterfly events. She claimed the 200 butterfly in 1:58.74, while sophomore Lauren Case followed in second at 1:59.50. Sophomore Alison Gibson, the 2017 NCAA one-meter diving champion, was victorious in the same event Saturday with 334.28 points.
Adams completed a sweep of the backstroke events with her 1:57.39 at 200 yards. Sophomore Kaitlin Harty followed closely behind in second at 1:57.51 while Pfeifer added three more points for Texas with her third-place mark of 1:59.56.
Anderson stormed home in the final 50 yards of the 200 breaststroke and rallied past UNC's Caroline Hauder at the touch in 2:15.06.
Carrozza won the 500 freestyle with plenty of room to spare at 4:50.64. Freshman Emily Reese led a one-two-three Texas finish in the 100 butterfly at 54.22. Rule placed second at 54.40 while freshman Victoria Edwards took third at 55.80.
The Tar Heels claimed the three-meter diving event, but UT's Meghan O'Brien and Gibson helped to limit UNC's point gain with their second- and third-place finishes. With the team victory well in hand, Texas elected to exhibition the 200 IM, but Pfeifer came away with the top time nonetheless in 2:00.49.
The Longhorns finished off the dual-meet win by edging the Tar Heels in the 400 freestyle relay. Adams, senior Rebecca Millard, Evans and Rule teamed up to finish in 3:19.08, less than two-tenths of a second ahead of the Tar Heels.
The Texas divers host the UT Diving Invitational next week (Nov. 16-18) at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. The swimmers host the Texas Invitational from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2.
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