LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) - The UNLV women's swimming and diving team turned in a handful of great swims during their first dual meet of 2019 Tuesday afternoon at UNR, in a meet won by the Wolf Pack 192-106 at the Lombardi Pool.

REBELS OF THE DAY: 
Women - Filio Raftopoulou had an amazing swim in the 1000 free, earning her a first place finish. Carissa Armijo had a great swim in the 500 free, securing her a first place spot.

THE RUNDOWN - WOMEN: 
*Kicking off the first event, Eva Kim, Annie Sanguansin, Kate Afanasyeva, and Sydney Schuette touched the wall third with a time of 3:56.98 in the 400 medley relay. 
*Freshman Filio Raftopoulou secured a first place finish in the 1000 free with a 10:25.56.
*Freshman Julia Filippova finished second in the 200 free with a swim of 1:50.87.
*Sophomore Eva Kim took third in the 100 back, swimming a 58.03.
*Freshman Annie Sanguansin touched third in the 100 breast, 1:07.19.
*Freshman Carissa Armijo swam a 2:06.49 in the 200 fly, earning her second.
*Sophomore Caitlyn Schreiber placed second in the 50 free with a time of 23.90.
*Filippova took second in the 100 free, with a swim of 51.68.
*Freshman Kacey Kiuchi swam a 2:06.18 in the 200 back, earning her second.
*Sanguansin took third in the 200 breast with a time of 2:27.20.
*Armijo swam a 5:02.10 in the 500 free after touching the wall first.
*Junior Kate Afanasyeva finished second in the 100 fly (58.67), followed by sophomore Tara Wise who placed third (1:00.11).
*Kiuchi touched second in the 200 IM (2:12.96), Sanguansin followed behind in third (2:13.55).
*Finishing off the night, Schreiber, Kim, Afanasyeva, and Filippova placed second in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:37.69. The team of Raftopoulou, Lauren Smith, Claudia Guillory, and Schuette followed in third with a swim of 1:38.65.

QUOTABLE-
"UNR continues to outmatch us at the top end. We just weren't ready for what they had, and hats off to them for swimming really well on their senior day. 
I was pleased with Filio in the 1000 free and Carissa in the 500 free, those were great distance wins at altitude."
- HEAD COACH BEN LOORZ

NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will host UCSB and Denver Friday, Jan. 18 at 5pm at the Jim Reitz Pool for the annual Friday Night Lights meet.