LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) – UNLV women's swimming and diving earned its fourth consecutive rivalry win over UNR by a final score of 149-94 Friday at Jim Reitz Pool.
With the win, the Rebels secured at least a tie of the three points in the Silver State Series presented by America First Credit Union.
Overall, the Scarlet & Gray claimed first-place finishes in eight events against the Wolf Pack.
REBELS OF THE MEET:
*Sophomore Erika Carlson went unbeaten with her first-place finishes in the 200 free and 500 free.
*Freshman Fernanda Mendez Guerra collected 50 free and 100 free victories in her Rebel debut.
*Freshman Ava Olson won the 1000 free, tallying the program's second-fastest time in the event.
THE RUNDOWN:
*Olson (9:55.91) and sophomore Hannah Jones (10:00.86) provided a 1-2 punch, taking first and second, respectively. Olson became the third Rebel women's swimmer to drop below the 10-minute mark in the event, while Jones had the program's fourth-best time.
*A complete Scarlet & Gray 1-2-3 sweep came in the 200 free as sophomore Erika Carlson (1:48.70) tagged the wall first, with her counterparts Marta Klimek (1:49.87) reaching in second place and Gina Miller (1:51.53) following in third.
*Mendez Guerra split a 23.10 in her in 50 free win and a 50.27 in her 100 free victory.
*Senior Ruby Howell (2:00.74) piled on a win in the 200 IM, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of the second-place finisher Sara Mihalic (2:02.54) from UNR .
*Rounding out a Rebel 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 free behind Mendez Guerra were juniors Pilar Cohen (50.58) and Bridget Sullivan (51.25) in second and third, respectively.
*Freshman Dominika Trentkiewicz glided her way to first place in the 200 back with a 1:59.48.
*Carlson tacked on her second win in the 500 free, finishing with a time of 4:52.38.
*Closing out the evening in the 200 free relay, UNLV's 'A' squad of Pilar Cohen (23.21), Mendez Guerra (22.77), Bridget Sullivan (22.97) and Calysta Bartlett (23.07) combined for a winning time of 1:32.02.
*Right behind the winning 200 free relay, the Scarlet & Gray 'B' team of Blanka Bokros (24.24), Averi Webb (23.14), Viola Teglassy (22.74) and Malia Fernandez (23.30) swam a second-place time of 1:33.42.
*The Rebel 400 medley relay 'A' team of Trentkiewicz (54.34), Bartlett (1:01.77), Bokros (53.15) and Carlson (49.64) set a new season-best, placing second with a two-second improvement (3:38.90).
*Competing in the diving events, senior Vika Yanovska and freshman Chelsey Dorosh each placed inside the top 5 on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards to lead the Scarlet & Gray. The former finished second on the 3-meter (276.60) and fourth on the 1-meter (229.35), while the latter scored a third-place finish on the 1-meter (229.50) and fourth on the 3-meter (260.33)
QUOTABLE: "Rivalries are great. Everyone just races their guts out. We had some heart-driven swimming and diving today, with a lot of performances cracking the top 5 in the Mountain West standings. Our Rebel women should take a lot of confidence away from what they accomplished today. They sounded a warning bell to the conference. We've got five weeks to build on this win. We've gotta keep getting a little better every day."
-UNLV Head Coach Ben Loorz
UP NEXT: The Rebels will close out the home slate with their Senior Meet next week vs. UC Santa Barbara and Wyoming from Friday-Saturday, Jan. 26-27.
