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No. 4 Women's Swimming and Diving overpowers Arizona State, 177-122
01.26.2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
Longhorns remain unbeaten heading into their weekend finale Saturday at Arizona.
TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 4 Texas (7-0) won 13 of 16 events and overpowered host Arizona State, 177-122 Friday evening at ASU's Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
Texas opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, where sophomore Claire Adams, juniors Olivia Anderson and Remedy Rule and senior Rebecca Millard were victorious in 1 minute, 40.30 seconds.
Junior Joanna Evans led from start to finish in the 1,000 freestyle and took the win at 9:53.29. Millard gave Texas its third straight victory with her 1:47.70 in the 200 freestyle before Adams claimed the 100 backstroke in 53.22, good for an NCAA "B" cut.
Sophomore Lauren Case topped the final standings in the 200 butterfly at 1:59.42, and Adams posted her second individual win in as many swims with her 49.58 in the 100 freestyle. Junior Quinn Carrozza won the 200 backstroke with room to spare at 1:56.26, and freshman Evie Pfeifer put one in the win column with her 4:51.21 in the 500 freestyle.
Sophomore Alison Gibson claimed the three-meter diving event with 353.85 points. Redshirt junior Murphy Bromberg led the Longhorns on one-meter with her third-place total of 312.98 points.
Rule tacked on another with for the Longhorns in the 100 butterfly, where Texas claimed the top three spots. Rule was victorious at 54.32 while freshman Emily Reese and Case tied for second at 54.66.
Pfeifer picked up her second win of the meet with her 1:59.93 in the 200 IM. Texas elected to exhibition the final event given that the team win was well in hand. Nonetheless, the Longhorns were victorious at 1:31.43.
Texas heads to Tucson to meet Arizona on Saturday at noon CT.
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