UC Santa Barbara vs Pacific
- January 18, 2025
- Stockton, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UCSB Athletics
STOCKTON, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara Men’s and Women’s Swim bounced back with a completely dominant performance against the University of the Pacific. The Gauchos won 25 of 28 events. The men outscored their opponents 170 to 89, and the women bested the Tigers 195 to 62.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Kyle Brill continues to add his name to UC Santa Barbara’s best. He accomplished the second-best time in program history in the 100-yard breaststroke (53.10). The senior followed that up by setting the fastest time by a Gaucho in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:54.79). Brill also won the 400-yard medley relay alongside Matt Driscoll, Justin Wong, and Austin Sparrow (3:11.19). Sparrow and Wong set records too. Austin swam the fourth-fastest time in the 200-yard freestyle for a Gaucho (1:35.83). Justin won the 100-yard butterfly at 47.66 which is good for tenth all-time.
Ashley Ray had a strong showing. She captured the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.76 and the 100-yard freestyle (51.41). Her third victory of the day was in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Sophia Hook, Gretta Callison, and Hazel Derr. With Ray in the fourth-spot the team raced to a time of 1:33.93. Annie Andres was superb in freestyle events. She won the 200-yard freestyle (1:51.11) and 500-yarder (4:58.66).
UP NEXT
The women’s team heads to Davis tomorrow for a Big West competition against the Aggies. The meet begins at 11 a.m.
Courtesy: Pacific Athletics
STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific swimming program went toe-to-toe with one of its toughest tests of the season, ultimately falling to UC Santa Barbara Saturday afternoon at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
The Tigers’ women (5-3) and men (4-2) settled with its first combined loss of the season with scores of 195-62 and 170-89 respectively.
“We swam against some of the best today,” head coach Katelyne Herrington said. “We had some really good swims today, especially coming off of a big day yesterday. I thought we were most competitive in our freestyle events today and that helped bring us some points, but we gave our best shot today against UC Santa Barbara. It’s hard to see that when you look at the score but looking at where we have raced with our season times, you would know otherwise.”
Freshman Javier Lopez Guillen was the lone Tiger on the men’s side to finish first place in an event this afternoon, securing the gold in the men’s 200 yard butterfly with a time of 1:47.42. Guillen has recorded a first-place finish in that event against all six opponents this season.
Senior Kelly Kermoian put together a strong performance in the women’s 400 yard IM, setting a season best with a time of 4:29.23.
Pacific battled closely in the freestyle events, including the final pair of 200 yard freestyle relays, but UC Santa Barbara found their groove from start to finish in holding on for the victory.
The Tigers look to recover and regroup for next week’s back-to-back home meets, beginning with UC Davis on Saturday at noon at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
