Pepperdine vs Loyola Marymount (W)
- Saturday, November 6, 2021
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- Results
Courtesy: Pepperdine Athletics
LOS ANGELES, California – The Pepperdine women’s swimming and diving team took care of business on Saturday afternoon, defeating Loyola Marymount in a road dual meet 126-98 at Burns Aquatics Center.
MEET RECAP
The Waves claimed first in six events, book-ending the meet with two relay wins while claiming victory in four individual meets as well. The 200-yard medley relay team of Jasmine Williams (Folsom, Calif./Folsom HS), Olivia Kayye (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill HS), Lexie Deitemeyer (Golden, Colo./Golden HS) and Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley HS) took home the title with a time of 1:50.01, three seconds clear of second place. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Sanchez, Williams, Kayye and Ellie Hendren (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS) earned a narrow victory with a time of 1:40.55.
Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte HS) won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:58.87, while Emily Morton (Golden, Colo./Lakewood HS) dominated the 200-yard IM field with a time of 2:12.47. The final two individual victories of the day for the Waves belonged to Kayye, who won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:17.60 – six seconds ahead of the second-place finisher – and the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.20.
Pepperdine earned second-place finishes in eight events, as Hendren, Sanchez, Deitemeyer and Kara Coughlin (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen HS) were all runners-up. Hendren took second in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle, Sanchez claimed second in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle, Deitemeyer took second in the 200-yard IM and the 100-yard butterfly and Coughlin earned a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Coughlin, Haley Bergthold (Fairfax, Va.), Ellie Mashkovich (Calabasas, Calif./Westlake HS) and Hemming also came in second with a time of 1:53.22.
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Ellie Monobe said: “We had a solid showing at LMU today. We have been working really hard in the pool focusing on details and it’s starting to come together. Standout swims by Olivia Kayye winning the 500 and 100 breast. Freshman Lindsay Hemming set the tone in the 200 free. The staff is excited that things are coming together, and we are looking forward to our mid-season meet in St. George, Utah, in two weeks.”
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will enjoy two weeks off before heading to Utah for the Trailblazer Invite hosted by Dixie State University from November 18-20.
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