RIVERSIDE, Calif. (UNLVRebels.com) – The UNLV men's and women's swimming teams combined for 16 event victories Saturday on the way to sweeping their double-dual meet over host California Baptist and Pomona-Pitzer at Lancer Aquatic Center.

The Rebels' women's win came by scores of 159-130 against CBU and 178-105 vs. Pomona-Pitzer, while the men recorded respective scores of 191-101 and 185-109 against the Lancers and Sagehens.

REBELS OF THE MEET:

Women
Men
THE RUNDOWN – WOMEN:
*The 200 free was one of the Rebels' strongest events on the day with a 1-2-3 sweep led by senior Julia Filippova's first-place finish with a time of 1:51.12. Reaching the wall after Filippova, Raftopoulou placed second (1:51.38) and senior Ava Haase finished third (1:54.56).
*Another podium sweep by UNLV came in the 200 fly, which saw Bokros (2:01.16), freshman Cameron Mykkanen (2:04.25) and Ash (2:04.68) finish first, second and third, respectively.
*In their third event sweep, the Rebels were paced by Ash's win in the 1000 free (10:13.87), as well as a second-place finish by senior Carissa Armijo (10:32.77) and senior Camila Quineche (10:35.26) in third.
*Compiling yet another 1-2-3 finish, super Afanasyeva was the top UNLV finisher in first (55.71). Following Afanasyeva were senior Kacey Kiuchi in second (57.47) and Howell in third (58.60).
*Ash added the second of her pair of victories in the 500 free with a time of 4:59.03. Meanwhile, Bokros also earned a second event win on the day with a 100 fly time of 55.64).
*Raftopoulou put forth another podium finish with a win in the 200 back, swimming a time of 2:02.34.
*Completing the wins in the sprints, Schneider logged a time of 52.04 in her 100 free triumph. She was joined among the top-3 finishers by her Scarlet and Gray teammates Filippova (53.13) in second place in the scoring and sophomore Malia Fernandez, who had the second fastest time but exhibitioned the race.
*Bartlett completed her 100 breast victory with a time of 1:03.66 for one of her two top event marks on the afternoon. She also clocked the meet's fastest time in the 200 IM (2:07.04), which she exhibitioned in.
*Officially scoring points for UNLV in the 200 IM, senior Gabby Lizzul clocked a time of 2:08.29 to finish in first place. Lizzul was followed in line by Howell, who exhibitioned the race with the event's third fastest time (2:08.48).
*Capping the Scarlet and Gray's individual wins, Howell notched a first-place finish in the 200 breast came after she swam a time of 2:20.31.
*Another pair of notable top individual times for the Rebels at the meet were provided by Filippova and Lizzul in the 500 free, who each exhibitioned with the second and third fastest marks despite not being part of the official team points tally.
*UNLV swept the relay events with its 'A' teams, as Kate Afanasyeva, Tosia Iwanowska, Gabby Lizzul and Kristina Schneider (1:43.59) won the 200 medley relay and Raftopoulou, Schneider, junior Alexia Taylor-Arredondo and Haase (3:27.46) finished first in the 400 free relay.
*Sophomore Vika Yanovska represented the Rebels in the win column on the diving side, capturing first place on the 3-meter board with a score of 288.95.

THE RUNDOWN – MEN:
*In their two individual event wins apiece, junior Panos Bolanos won the 100 back with a time of 48.76 and 200 back with a mark of 1:49.40 while freshman Dominik Bujak respective winning times in the 200 free and 200 IM were 1:40.00 and 1:51.46.
*On the men's distance side, Castro's (9:27.01) victory in the 1000 free headlined a near sweep by the Rebels. Finishing behind Castro in that event, Navarro (9:32.89) came in second during his collegiate debut and sophomore Cooper Kiel (9:41.28) touched in fourth.
*Mykkanen delivered yet another UNLV first-place finish in the 500 free with a time of 4:31.47 and he was joined atop the scoring in second by Navarro (4:38.50). Clocking the second fastest 500 free mark on the day, Castro finished with an exhibition time of 4:31.71.
*In the 200 breast, Zhukau's first-place finish came on a time of 2:01.31, freshman Adnan Beji's win in the 100 breast followed his time of 55.27 and Navarro's 200 fly time (1:50.78) completed the Rebel sweep in their respective events on both the men's and women's sides.
*Rounding out UNLV's top-3 finishers in the 200 breast, Beji landed in second (2:01.35). Meanwhile senior Jack Binder's exhibition time of 2:02.17 sat third among all competitors to top off another top-time sweep for the Scarlet and Gray on the afternoon.
*Sophomore McKay Mickelson (51.79) and senior Richard Szilagyi (51.82) came close to another Rebel event sweep, as they finished third and fourth, respectively, to join Bolanos inside the top-5 for the 100 back.
*The Rebel men's 'A' units swept their respective relays as well, as the quartets of Bolanos, senior Sam Willstrop, sophomore George Ratiu, and senior Reece Hemmens (1:29.66) and Mykkanen, Szilagyi, junior Steven Butler and Hemmens (2:59.90) won the 200 medley and 400 free relays.

QUOTABLE: "We are grateful for the opportunity to race a conference opponent during the regular season. This was a great opportunity to get a lot of racing in and I thought the team stayed very process-oriented today. We are looking forward to coming home now to compete against BYU and Utah in two weeks."-Head coach Ben Loorz