LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV men and women's swimming and diving teams were swept by former MW rival BYU in a dual meet Saturday morning at the Jim Reitz Pool. The Rebel women were neck and neck from the start but lost by less than 10 points, with an overall score of 154.5-145.5. The Rebel men meanwhile fell by a score of 172-127.  Divers from both teams competed Friday night, and the scores were included in the dual meet totals. 

REBELS OF THE DAY: 
Women - Carissa Armijo had an outstanding showing, grabbing two wins and a runner-up finish.  Impressively, her first win in the 200 fly came only 10 minutes after her runner-up showing in the 200 free.

Men - Jesse Cawley was phenomenal on the boards, scoring a lifetime best by 30 points on the 3 meter.  He bested all competitors in both diving events, from both BYU and Utah. 

STATS OF THE DAY: 
Women - The winning 400 freestyle relay team of Filippova, Raftopoulou, Shikler, and Schuette leap-frogged UNR to take over the current leading time in the MW Conference.

Men - Jesse Cawley was within three points of the UNLV school record on the 3m springboard this weekend.  Of note, both male divers (Cawley, and freshman teammate Tazman Abramowicz) earned cuts for the NCAA qualifier meet in March.

THE RUNDOWN - WOMEN: 
*Kicking off the first event, Eva Kim, Skylar Moore,  Kate Afanasyeva, and Zohar Shikler finished 2nd in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:43.42.
*Freshman Filio Raftopoulou swam a 10:14.64 in the 1000 free, earning her first place.
*Raftopoulou touched first in the 200 free with a time of 1:50.81, followed by freshman Carissa Armijo who placed 2nd with a 1:51.51.
*Sophomore Eva Kim finished 2nd in the 100 back with a swim of 56.44, followed by junior Kate Afanasyeva who took 3rd with a 57.10.
*Freshman Skylar Moore finished 3rd in the 100 breast with a swim of 1:07.70.
*Armijo placed first in the 200 fly (2:05.04), followed by freshman Gabby Lizzul who finished 2nd (2:07.92).
*Sophomore Zohar Shikler tied for first in the 50 free with a 23.61, sophomore Caitlyn Schreiber followed closely behind in 3rd with a swim of 23.71.  
*Freshman Julia Filippova takes first in the 100 free with a of 50.54, followed by Shikler who finished 3rd with a 52.51.  

*Freshman Kacey Kiuchi placed 2nd in the 200 back with a time of 2:04.20, followed by senior Claudia Guillory who finished 3rd with a 2:07.53.
*Moore took 2nd in the 200 breast with a swim of 2:24.72.
*Filippova swam a 5:00.14 in the 500 free, earning her first. Raftopoulou followed behind in 3rd with a time of 5:07.51.
*Afanasyeva finished 3rd in the 100 fly with a 57.72.
*Armijo swam a 2:06.66 in the 200 IM, earning her first place.
*Closing out the night, the 400 free relay team of Julia Filippova, Filio Raftopoulou, Zohar Shikler, and Sydney Schuette won with a swim of 3:26.02.

THE RUNDOWN - MEN:
*Sophomore Jesse Cawley finished first on 1M with a total of 298.35. 
*Cawley placed first on 3M with a total score of 350.70.
*The 400 Medley Relay team of Hayden Cornellison, Sam Willstrop, Michal Cukanow, and Casey McEuen placed 3rd with a swim of 3:21.71.
*Freshman Wyatt Marsalek finished first in the 1000 free with a swim of 9:39.06.
*Junior Hayden Hemmens touched first in the 200 free with a swim of 1:40.46, followed by sophomore Richard Szilagyi who placed 3rd with a 1:42.38.
*Freshman Hayden Cornellison finished 2nd in the 100 back with a swim of 49.87.
*Freshman Sam Willstrop touched 2nd in the 100 breast (58.30), sophomore Sean Gage followed close in 3rd (58.33).
*Freshman Michal Cukanow swam a 1:50.57 in the 200 fly, earning him first.
*Hemmens touched 3rd in the 100 free with a time of 46.49.   
*Cornellison finished first in the 200 back with a time of 1:49.16.
*Gage placed 3rd in the 200 breast with a swim of 2:09.09.
*Hemmens took first in the 500 free with a time of 4:41.06, followed by Marsalek who finished 2nd with a 4:43.11.
*Cukanow placed 2nd in the 100 fly with a 50.21.
*Cornellison swam a 1:55.38 in the 200 IM, earning him 3rd.
*Finishing out the meet, Michal Cukanow, Richard Szilagyi, JP Piotrowski, and Hayden Hemmens finished 2nd in the 400 free relay with a swim of 3:03.98. 

QUOTABLE-
"Of course I was disappointed with the loss today.  In general we actually swam well this weekend, but if we had been as sharp today as we were against Utah last night, it would have been a different story.  That's on us as a team - we've got to get better at having great morning swims as we head into the mid-season invite in a few weeks, and we didn't do that today.  BYU was ready, hats off to them."
- HEAD COACH BEN LOORZ

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: UNLV will be hosting the UNLV Invite at the Jim Reitz Pool November 29-December 1.