UNLV vs Nevada
- January 19, 2024
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UNLV Athletics
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women’s swimming and diving earned its fourth consecutive rivalry win over UNR by a final score of 149-94 Friday at Jim Reitz Pool.
With the win, the Rebels secured at least a tie of the three points in the Silver State Series presented by America First Credit Union.
Overall, the Scarlet & Gray claimed first-place finishes in eight events against the Wolf Pack.
REBELS OF THE MEET:
*Sophomore Erika Carlson went unbeaten with her first-place finishes in the 200 free and 500 free.
*Freshman Fernanda Mendez Guerra collected 50 free and 100 free victories in her Rebel debut.
*Freshman Ava Olson won the 1000 free, tallying the program’s second-fastest time in the event.
THE RUNDOWN:
*Olson (9:55.91) and sophomore Hannah Jones (10:00.86) provided a 1-2 punch, taking first and second, respectively. Olson became the third Rebel women’s swimmer to drop below the 10-minute mark in the event, while Jones had the program’s fourth-best time.
*A complete Scarlet & Gray 1-2-3 sweep came in the 200 free as sophomore Erika Carlson (1:48.70) tagged the wall first, with her counterparts Marta Klimek (1:49.87) reaching in second place and Gina Miller (1:51.53) following in third.
*Mendez Guerra split a 23.10 in her in 50 free win and a 50.27 in her 100 free victory.
*Senior Ruby Howell (2:00.74) piled on a win in the 200 IM, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of the second-place finisher Sara Mihalic (2:02.54) from UNR .
*Rounding out a Rebel 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 free behind Mendez Guerra were juniors Pilar Cohen (50.58) and Bridget Sullivan (51.25) in second and third, respectively.
*Freshman Dominika Trentkiewicz glided her way to first place in the 200 back with a 1:59.48.
*Carlson tacked on her second win in the 500 free, finishing with a time of 4:52.38.
*Closing out the evening in the 200 free relay, UNLV’s ‘A’ squad of Pilar Cohen (23.21), Mendez Guerra (22.77), Bridget Sullivan (22.97) and Calysta Bartlett (23.07) combined for a winning time of 1:32.02.
*Right behind the winning 200 free relay, the Scarlet & Gray ‘B’ team of Blanka Bokros (24.24), Averi Webb (23.14), Viola Teglassy (22.74) and Malia Fernandez (23.30) swam a second-place time of 1:33.42.
*The Rebel 400 medley relay ‘A’ team of Trentkiewicz (54.34), Bartlett (1:01.77), Bokros (53.15) and Carlson (49.64) set a new season-best, placing second with a two-second improvement (3:38.90).
*Competing in the diving events, senior Vika Yanovska and freshman Chelsey Dorosh each placed inside the top 5 on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards to lead the Scarlet & Gray. The former finished second on the 3-meter (276.60) and fourth on the 1-meter (229.35), while the latter scored a third-place finish on the 1-meter (229.50) and fourth on the 3-meter (260.33)
QUOTABLE: “Rivalries are great. Everyone just races their guts out. We had some heart-driven swimming and diving today, with a lot of performances cracking the top 5 in the Mountain West standings. Our Rebel women should take a lot of confidence away from what they accomplished today. They sounded a warning bell to the conference. We’ve got five weeks to build on this win. We’ve gotta keep getting a little better every day.”-UNLV Head Coach Ben Loorz
UP NEXT: The Rebels will close out the home slate with their Senior Meet next week vs. UC Santa Barbara and Wyoming from Friday-Saturday, Jan. 26-27.
Courtesy: Nevada Athletics
LAS VEGAS – Nevada drops final regular season meet at in-state rival, UNLV, with a final score of 149-94.
Nevada divers had a dominant performance at home against New Mexico and continued that momentum into UNLV as the Pack scored first in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard. In the 1-meter, Lucia Gabino secured the first-place finish, with a score of 287.03. The Madrid, Spain native was followed by Melissa Mirafuentes in second (286.73), Dani Griffin in fifth (202.05), and Madison Simons in eighth (196.5).
In the 3-meter springboard, the Pack was led by Melissa Mirafuentes with a score of 334.13. The Guadalupe, Mexico native was followed by Gabino in third (262.50), Griffin in fifth (253.35), and Simons in seventh (205.8).
Nevada swim started the evening with a win over UNLV in the 400 medley relay. Scarlett Ferris, Sara Mihalic, Yasmin Perry, and Colette Berkenfield finished with a time of 3:37.87, the third best time in Nevada history and the best time this season in the Mountain West Conference. Ferris’ 100 backstroke leadoff split of 52.97 lowers her lifetime best and is only the second Wolf Pack swimmer to do so in sub-53 seconds. Ferris beat her own top time in the conference this season (53.23 at mid-season).
Yasmin Perry secured individual wins for the Pack. Perry in the 200 butterfly went 1:57.10, currently a top-50 time in the nation and third all-time at Nevada in respective event. Sara Mihalic had first-place finishes in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.54 and the 200 breaststroke (2:15.39).
The Pack secured the second and third place finishes in the 50 freestyle with Ferris in second (23.58) and Evie Floate in third (23.94). Anslee Dickerson had two top-5 finishes, coming in fourth in the 200 IM (2:05.96) and fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.29).
In the 200 backstroke, Katelyn Buono finished third (2:01.76) and Molly Von Seggern came in fourth at 2:02.76.
UP NEXT:
The Pack will head to the Mountain West Championships Feb. 21-24 in Houston, Texas.
