Louisville Men and Women Topple Tennessee and Auburn in Marquee Early Season Double Dual

Louisville v. Tennessee v. Auburn

• October 30, 2025
• Allan Jones Aquatic Center, Knoxville, TN
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Final Scores
  • Women
    • Louisville: 180, Auburn: 119.5
    • Louisville: 154, Tennessee: 144
    • Tennessee: 176, Auburn: 121
  • Men
    • Louisville: 184, Auburn: 99
    • Louisville: 145.5, Tennessee: 136.5
    • Tennessee: 165, Auburn 132

Both Louisville men’s and women’s squads walked away from their double dual with Tennessee and Auburn with wins in Knoxville. It was a meet that featured three teams in SwimSwam’s most recent men’s and women’s power rankings (Louisville- M: 14th, W: 9th, Tennessee- M: 8th, W: 6th, Auburn- W: 24th).

Women’s Recap

Louisville opened the meet with a major relay win in the 200 medley relay. The Cardinals’ squad of Julie Mishler (24.41), Caroline Larsen (26.37), Ella Welch (22.50), and Julia Dennis (20.93) outpaced Tennessee by over a second for the meet-opening win in 1:34.21.

Welch found individual success as well, winning the 100 butterfly in 51.54, dominating the field, taking the win by nearly a second and a half.

Louisville sophomore Daria Golovaty picked up the win in the 1000 free, clocking 9:46.45.

Dennis also logged a win in the 50 free, clocking 21.21, Larsen finished 3rd in 21.70.

Louisville had three top five finishes in the 100 free, led by Larsen in 2nd (47.38), Dennis in 3rd (47.68), and freshman Mishler in 5th (48.57).

Louisville fifth-year Kim Herkle finished just ahead of senior teammate Mia Cheatwood to win the 200 breast in 2:10.28. Cheatwood clocked 2:10.57 for 2nd.

The Cardinals later put a stamp on the meet with Larsen (47.48), Dennis (46.67), Mishler (47.83) and Welch (48.29) claiming the 400 free relay win.

The Tennessee women picked up five event wins in a tough fought meet that saw the Lady Vols go 1-1.

Sophomore Ella Jansen shined for Tennessee, surging to an over a second and a half win in the 200 free, clocking 1:43.33. She later captured the 500 free in 4:38.86, four and a half seconds ahead of the field. Jansen rounded out her day with another win in the 200 IM, finishing as the only swimmer under 1:57 in 1:56.25.

Tennessee redshirt sophomore Emilie Fast lived up to her name in the 100 breast, holding off a pair of charging Cardinals to hold on and win in 59.54.

Sophomore Emily Brown took a dominating win for the Lady Vols in the 200 fly, finishing over two and a half seconds ahead of the competition in 1:55.33.

Vols Junior Camille Spink rebounded after her runner up finish in the 50 free (21.30) to win the 100 free, clocking the only sub-47 second time in 46.54. That swim marks her as the 2nd fastest performer this year behind Anna Moesch of Virginia at 46.53, and only the 2nd perfromer to swim under 47 seconds on the season thus far.

Tennessee junior Sophie Brison narrowly won the 200 back in 1:55.68, outsplitting Louisville’s Xeniya Ignatova (1:55.91) on the last 50 (29.71 to 29.12).

Lady Vols freshman Desharne Bent-Ashmeil earned a victory on the 3-meter board, scoring 341.20.

Auburn sophomore Lora Komoroczy picked up the lone Tiger win in the pool in the 100 back, finishing just 17 one hundredths ahead of Mishler of Louisville in 51.99.

The 1-meter was owned by Auburn; sophomore Emily Hallifax (295.60) and freshman Maria Faoro (285.55) finished 1-2 to earn valuable points. Faoro tied with Sammantha Helmboldt of Louisville for 2nd.

Men’s Recap

The Louisville men mirrored the success of the women, winning the 200 medley relay in 1:23.58. The foursome of Rian Graham (21.51), Finnley Conklin (23.47), Aiden Musso (20.15) and Nikita Sheremet (18.45) combined for the Louisville win.

Fifth-year Tommy Bried nabbed the first individual win for the Cardinals, topping freshman teammate Max Hatcher (9:05.70) with his final time of 9:03.74.

Louisville sophomore Filip Kosinski led the Cardinal’s individual scoring charge with a sweep of the 100 and 200 backstrokes, touching in 46.23 and 1:41.41, respectively.

Cardinals’ sophomore Jake Eccleston took the 200 breast win by just 13 hundredths of a second over Tennessee’s Gabe Nunziata, clocking 1:54.47.

Sophomore Gregg Enoch rounded out the event wins for the Cardinals win in the 200 IM, finishing just six hundredths of a second over Louisville senior Jackson Millard in 1:45.43.

The Volunteer men didn’t notch an event win until senior Martin Espernberger’s dominant 200 fly win, clocking 1:42.01. No other swimmer in the field swam under 1:44.56.

The wins began to pile up in the events following, senior sprint standout Gui Caribe scorched to a 50 free win in 18.77, finishing well ahead of Sheremet of Louisville in 19.13. Caribe and junior Nikoli Blackman later finished 1-2 in the 100 free, finishing 41.61 and 42.29, respectively.

Sophomore Bennett Greene showed out on 1-meter, winning in a landline 400.80, 63.90 points ahead of the next closest score. Greene then went on to win the 3-meter event in 402.40.

Redshirt freshman Koby Bujak-Upton picked up the 500 free win for Tennessee, stopping the clock in 4:19.31, over four seconds faster than Oscar Isberg of Louisville in 4:23.48.

Tennessee junior Kamal Muhammad stormed to the 100 fly win over Aidan Paro of Louisville in 46.10.

The Vols ended on a high note with a 400 free relay victory in 2:48.02.

Auburn still produced a pair of event victories on the men’s side; beginning with freshman Daniel Krichevsky outpacing Guy Brooks of Louisville to capture the 200 free win in 1:32.72.

Tigers sophomore Uros Zivanovic secured the other event win for Auburn in the 100 breast in a narrow win over Nunziata with his final time of 53.01.