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Vols Lose to Arkansas at Home
November 06, 2015 | Swimming & Diving
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee women's swimming and diving team lost to Arkansas 146.5 to 136.5 on Friday at Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center.
The Vols (4-4, 2-1 SEC) lost to Arkansas for the first time in nine dual meets between the schools. Initially, Tennessee had been declared the winner after taking first in the 400-yard freestyle relay, but that team was later disqualified because it was the fourth event of the day for two UT swimmers on the relay team. In the 15-event format -- unlike the standard 16-event format -- competitors can only participate in three events instead of four.
"Today presented an opportunity for some people to do different events and us to get a look at people in events," Tennessee head coach Matt Kredich said. "We saw some good stuff, but we still need work in areas. I thought Micah Bohon had swam really well in our last couple of meets, and she was a great competitor today. Madeline Tegner took a step forward."
Arkansas is now 4-0, 2-0 this season.
Tennessee won just five of 15 events but kept pace with the Razorbacks with depth. That was on display early when the Vols did not win the opening 100 backstroke but placed second through seventh.
The Razorbacks won the first three events before Maddy Tegner scored the Vols' first victory of the day in the 1,000 freestyle. She finished in 9:54.93, well ahead of the second place time of 10:11.57.
Tegner later finished second in the 500 freestyle (4:53.72).
Once again, the Vols finished 1-2-3 in the 50 freestyle. Amy Lubawy led the way in 23.33, followed by Alex Cleveland and Micah Bohon.
Lauren Driscoll won the 200 IM in 2:02.53, followed closely by senior teammate Amanda Carner in second (2:02.75).
Senior Mary Griffith led the way in the 200 butterfly in 2:00.49.
The Vols picked up more big points in another sprint race, going 1-2 in the 100 freestyle. Faith Johnson won in 50.25, followed by fellow senior Harper Bruens.
In diving, the Vols took second and third in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions. Rachel Rubadue missed the victory on the 3 meter by just two points, scoring 314.48 points. Senior Sarah Chewning was third with 307.73 points. On the 1 meter, Chewning was second with 269.70 and Rubadue was less than a point behind (269.18).
"It was a very solid day for us," Tennessee coach Dave Parrington said. "We would have liked to won each event, but we went second and third in both of the diving events. We have a couple of things we have to work on.
"We went up against an outstanding diver from Arkansas. It was a very good competition, and I am pleased for the most part. I like the progress we are making."
Tennessee is now 9-0 all time against Arkansas. It was the first meeting between the schools since 2010.
"I think overall we were solid, but we lost a couple of close races," Kredich said. "We had a couple of kids not really take a step forward from our last meet, and that's not our way. When were challenged and down, we had some people rise to the occasion, so we got some good out of it."
The Vols' next collegiate competition is the Tennessee Fall Invitational, a championship-style three-day meet that runs Nov. 20-22.
