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No. 1 Women's Swimming and Diving Preview: Stanford and California
11.07.2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving
The Longhorns head to California for the first road trip of the season
No. 1 Texas (3-0) at No. 2 Stanford (2-0) | at No. 5 California (2-0)
When: November 9, 2018 | November 10, 2018
Where: Avery Aquatic Center (Stanford, Calif.) | Legends Aquatic Center (Berkeley, Calif.)
Time: 4:00 p.m. CT/2:00 p.m. PT | 2:00 p.m. CT/12:00 p.m. PT
The meet against Stanford will be televised on Pac-12 Plus Live-Stream - hookem.at/Texas_Stanford_WSD
MEET NOTES
A look at the Longhorns – Texas is currently riding a 16-dual meet winning streak after their win over in-state rival Texas A&M last Friday. In her last time out, Joanna Evans set the top time in the 1000 freestyle (9:47.68) for the NCAA this year. Evans also has the fourth-fastest pace in the NCAA this year in the 500 free with a 4:45.58 time. Claire Adams (52.56) and freshman Julia Cook (52.79) have top-10 times in the 100 back while Evie Pfeifer set the sixth-fastest pace in the NCAA this year in the 200 IM (1:59.10) earlier in the season. The Longhorns took both diving events against Texas A&M with Murphy Bromberg picking up the win in the 1-meter diving and Alison Gibson winning the 3-meter event.
A look at the Cardinal – Stanford is the two-time defending NCAA champions and has handled its first two opponents in Utah (191-101) and Washington State (169-86). The Cardinal are boasting their own dual meet winning streak of 25 wins. The last time Texas and Stanford met up was two years ago in Palo Alto with the Cardinal earning a 161-137 win.
A look at the Golden Bears – California is 2-0 on the dual meet season with wins over Utah and Washington State, including a first-place finish in the Chick-fil-A Invite in Fresno, Calif. In their last time out at Washington State, the Bears won 13 of 14 events.
Streak Rolls On – With the win over Texas A&M, the Horns have won 16-straight dual meets dating back to the 2016-17 season.
Texas Sweeps Big 12 Awards – Texas took home both the Big 12 Swimmer and Diver of the Week on Oct. 31 after their top-20 wins over Indiana and Florida. Remedy Rule was tabbed for Big 12 Swimmer of the Week by the Big 12 Conference after her fly wins, while Alison Gibson was selected after picking up wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter events. It's the third honor of her career for Gibson and second for Rule.
Horns on Top – The Longhorns took over the No. 1 spot in the latest CSCAA rankings from two-time defending champion Stanford.
Next Up – The Texas divers will be back at the Texas Swimming Center for the Texas Hall of Fame Diving Invitational from Nov. 14-16 and the swimmers will compete in the Texas Swimming Hall of Fame Invitational two weeks later.
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