LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) -  The UNLV men and women's swimming team finished this weekend's action with a dual meet against Denver and UC Santa Barbara Saturday morning at the Jim Reitz Pool. The Rebel women triumphed over Denver 147-133 and UCSB 155-122, this was the first win over UC Santa Barbara since the 2014-15 season. The Rebel men fell to both Denver 190-85 and UCSB 168-103. The Rebel diving squad, which was in Los Angeles, wrapped up day two at the UCLA Dive Invite.

REBELS OF THE DAY: 
Women - Both Julia Filippova and Carissa Armijo had three individual wins, while Kacey Kiuchi won her first event as competing for UNLV.

THE RUNDOWN - WOMEN: 
*Starting off the morning, Eva Kim, Skylar Moore, Kate Afanasteva, and Caitlyn Schreiber finished third in the 200 medley relay with a swim of 1:44.87.
*Freshman Filio Raftopoulou swam a 10:17.73 in the 1000 free, securing her a first place finish. 
*Freshman Julia Filippova touched the wall first in the 200 free with a time of 1:50.19, followed by Raftopoulou who touched third (1:53.25).
*Sophomore Eva Kim swam a 56.15 in the 100 back, securing first place. Junior Kate Afanasyeva finished close behind in second (56.44).
*Freshman Carissa Armijo touched first in the 200 fly with a swim of 2:03.28. 
*Filippova secures another first place finish in the 50 free (23.56), sophomore Caitlyn Schreiber followed in second (23.76).
*Filippova grabs her third win of the day in the 100 free with a time of 51.14.
*Freshman Kacey Kiuchi swam a 2:02.18 in the 200 back, securing her a first place finish.
*Armijo finished first in the 500 free, with a swim of 4:56.97.
*Armijo grabbed her third win of the day in the 400 IM with a time of 4:26.27.
*The 400 free relay team of Raftopoulou, Filippova, Ava Haase, and Sydney Schuette swam a 3:27.35, securing first place.

THE RUNDOWN - MEN:
*Sophomore Jesse Cawley placed 4th on 3M with a score of 314.70.
*Sophomore Richard Szilagyi touched third in the 200 free with a time of 1:41.10.
*Freshman Hayden Cornellison finished second in the 100 back with a swim of 50.43.
*Freshman Ivan Zukov touched second in the 100 breast with a 56.72..
*Freshman Michal Cukanow placed second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:51.87, followed by freshman Michael Klauss who touched third with a swim of 1:52.30.
*Cornellison finished second in the 200 back with a 1:50.44. 
*Zukov swam a 2:03.53 in the 200 breast, securing second place.
*Cukanow touched third in the 100 fly, with a 50.20.
*Zukov placed second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:00.38.
*Hayden Hemmens, Corneliison, Richard Szilagyi, and Sean Gage swam a 3:02.48 in the 400 free relay, securing third place.

QUOTABLE
"It was a fantastic pair of wins for our women today.  We really looked bad up in Reno on Tuesday, so this turnaround is a fantastic testament to the character of this team.  In the end, resiliency is the best predictor of long-term improvement, and the women's team did a fantastic job of being resilient this weekend.  On paper, both Denver and UCSB are better teams, but Rebel Women were just too much for them.  We had a lot of the team step up big, but especially Carissa Armijo - she was unstoppable with a triple win today in the toughest events.  Also, Julia had three wins, and was the fastest split on a very exciting 400 Free Relay to finish the meet.  These two set the tone, and the team really came along for the ride.
The men raced well, against two very strong squads.  We had especially nice top-3 finishes from two freshmen, Michal Cukanow and Hayden Cornellison. We are looking forward to Wyoming next week, one of our biggest rivals on the men's side"
- HEAD COACH BEN LOORZ


NEXT FOR THE REBELS: The Rebels will host Wyoming during their Senior Day at the Jim Reitz Pool Saturday January 26th at 11 am.