University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Liberty University
Liberty Outlasts Asheville in CCSA Dual Meet
01.17.2016 | Women's Swimming & Diving
THE RUNDOWN
Score: Liberty 166, Asheville 132
Records: Asheville (3-3, 2-3 CCSA)
Liberty University (3-1, 3-0 CCSA)
Location: Lynchburg, VA.
Time: 12:00 a.m.
ASHEVILLE– The UNC Asheville Women's Swimming team fell to Liberty on the road in their first two-day dual meet with the Flames in program history.
NOTABLES
-Asheville's Morgan Rulevich picked up two first place finishes in the 100 Yard Breaststroke and 50 Yard Freestyle to up her overall season total to a team-high 12 wins. Rulevich posted times of 1:06.58 (100 Breast) and 24.77 (50 Free).
-Sophomore, Emily Werth picked up a third place finish in the 100 Yard Backstroke with a time of 1:00.42. Werth came up third in a close race won by Rachel Hoeve of Liberty with a time of 59.25.
-The Bulldogs also picked up a third place finish in the 200 Yard Butterfly. Alejandra Sanchez swam a 2:14.78 to earn Asheville a place in the top three. Sanchez's season-best time this season in the 200 Yard Butterfly is 2:07.11.
-The Lady Flames chose to swim the last six events of the contest as exhibitions. While the 100 Yard Breaststroke and the 50 yard Freestyle fell in the final six events, Rulevich did capture both events outright, posting the fastest time in the pool for both events.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH ELIZABETH LYKINS
On the Meet: “Overall, I'm pleased with the successes that we had today. I was happy with how we raced and it was good to see that our girls were competing and really supporting each other today.”
On looking ahead: “We have one more hard week of training before we start to taper in preparation for conference. We will be fine tuning our technique and their racing strategies as we move forward. There is only one more dual meet on January 30 to prepare us for our conference championships. On that day, we will honor our seniors and I hope that it will be a great day for them.”
UP NEXT
Following this weekend's dual meet, Asheville returns home to face North Carolina A&T on January 30 at 4:00 p.m. in their last regular season meet before the CCSA Championships. Their dual meet with NC A&T will also be the Bulldog's senior day, where they will honor the program's first two seniors to swim for four years at Asheville, Galen Broido and Alessandra Troncoso.
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