Cal Baptist vs Pacific
- January 11, 2025
- Riverside, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: CBU Athletics
RIVERSIDE – The California Baptist University swim teams participated in back-to-back duals this weekend, first taking on DIII powerhouse Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Claremont on Friday before hosting Pacific at the Lancer Aquatics Center on Saturday. The Lancers evenly split the event wins with both teams, equally splitting 26 event wins with the Stags and Athenas on Friday while divvying up 28 equal wins against Pacific.
AGAINST PACIFIC
The Lancers and Tigers split the relay events on Saturday, with CBU taking the men’s 200 free and women’s 200 medley races. Kovacsics continued his winning ways on Saturday by claiming the 400 freestyle crown. Remi Fabiani saved it all for Saturday, and it paid off in a big way, touching first in the 100 free, 50 free, and as part of the winning 200 free relay squad. Petkovic doubled his winnings on Saturday by winning in the 50 free event while Austin De La O won in the 200 free event. Brendan Man closed out the individual wins by seizing his opportunity in the 50 fly.
Olivia Walton had a good day for the women, touching first in the 50 back, 100 back, and as part of the winning 200 medley relay squad. Emily Drossell took the crown in the 100 fly, and Flanagan took two on Saturday, winning the 400 and 200 free races. Freshman Sara Svorcan stepped up against tough competition, winning the 50 fly comfortably.
Next on the schedule for the swim team is a dual against Western Athletic Conference foe Grand Canyon on January 18 in Phoenix.
Courtesy: Pacific Athletics
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – In the first meet of 2025, the Pacific swimming program secured a split against California Baptist Saturday afternoon at Lancer Aquatic Center.
The Tigers’ men’s team earned their first-ever victory over the Lancers by a score of 143-120 while the women’s team battled race-to-race and narrowly fell, 133-126.
“What an incredible performance for the Tigers today!” head coach Katelyne Herrington said. “CBU has a strong team this year and has been the better team against us all season. Coming in as underdogs, I wanted us to put ourselves in a position for it to be a close meet and we did just that and more! Our men pulled out a huge victory and our women raced a close seven-point meet! I’m so proud of them! They came ready to race, and the results showed just that!”
The men’s squad remains perfect on the season, improving to 4-0. Despite the closely contested loss, the women’s record stands at 4-2.
Junior Mattia Giurgevich played a pivotal role, helping the Tigers accumulate 18 points, which was tied for the most points among all male participants in the meet. Senior Paige Sondgeroth secured the most points of all swimmers, collecting 27 points across three events.
Giurgevich earned first place in the men’s 50 yard and 100 yard breast. Sondgeroth followed suit with three first place finishes in the women’s 50 yard, 100 yard breast and 100 yard IM. Senior Noemi Melendez and senior Kelly Kermoian rounded out the top three in the women’s 100 yard IM.
Freshman Javier Lopez Guillen also turned in another strong performance, notching first place in the men’s 100 yard fly and second place in the men’s 50 yard fly.
In the women’s 50 yard free, freshman Lilliana Noriega earned first place in the event for the second time this season for nine points against CBU.
Graduate student Alex Kurotori guided Pacific by earning 17 points individually, featuring a first-place finish in the men’s 100 yard back as well as a pair of second-place finishes.
The Tigers return home for their next four contests, beginning with a meet against Cal Poly on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
