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Rebels Split Dual Meet With Cougars
11/5/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - UNLV-BYU results
Competing in its second dual meet in under 24 hours, the UNLV swimming and diving team split its competition against the BYU Cougars, as the Rebel women won their first meet of the year by a 160-140 score, while the UNLV men suffered an 181-115 loss on Saturday from Buchanan Natatorium.
"The women really stepped up today for us," said UNLV head coach Ben Loorz. "What we lacked in depth, we made up for in great finishes from our top-end swimmers. Ida, Kristina, Kyndall, and all the others that really shined in getting the individual wins today. Our divers also performed well this weekend, we got a zone cuts on the boards, and it was just a great team effort.
"Our men swam better then yesterday against Utah, but BYU is a team where its weaknesses are not where we are strong enough to take advantage. Overall we won some events, had a nice sub-three minute 400 free relay. It was a good meet with the energy from the team and the crowd. Coach Reitz always had a saying, to WECR, Win Every Close Race. We really did that today to, was nice to carry on that Rebel tradition."
The women would actually win 11 of the 16 events on the day, with four Rebels all claiming two wins each, Sophia Carnevale, Kyndal Phillips, Mayte Cano and Ida Schutt. Cano was the first Rebel to win a race on Saturday, taking the 1000 free in a time of 10:24.32 while teammate Kelsey Wuoti was second in 10:28.21. That was the first of four straight wins for UNLV, as Schutt followed in the 200 free (1:52.27), Phillips in the 100 back (56.91) and Hendrick in the 100 breast (1:04.10). Carnevale's first win on the day was in the 50 free in 24.06, while Alyssa Arnett took first on the 1-meter event with a score of 270.68. She was followed in second by Myka Fielding (245.93), and the two would reverse positions in the 3-meter event, with Fielding winning in a score of 316.05 and Arnett taking second (279.83).
Phillips posted her second win in the 200 back in 2:03.63, while Carnevale posted her second victory in the 200 breast (2:19.29). Cano took the 500 free (5:04.74), and Schutt won the women's final individual race, the 400 IM, in 4:26.86.
Tom Paco-Pedroni won two events for the second straight day, beginning with the 200 free (1:38.68), while he also placed first in the 100 free in 44.62. Other wins for the Rebels in the men's competition came from Francois Van Wynsberghe in the 100 breast (58.30), Avi Cohen in the 200 fly (1:50.84), and the 400 free relay where the team of Paco-Pedroni, Or Sabatier, Rob GIlchrist and Kasey Foley touched the wall in 2:59.47.
The Rebels will be back in action in two weeks when they take a select squad to the Mizzou Invite in Columbia, Mo., on Nov. 17-19.
