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UT Women Split, Men Lose vs. IU, UK
October 28, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Tennessee swimming and diving women's team defeated Kentucky as the squad faced UK and Indiana in a double dual meet Friday at Lancaster Aquatic Center.
Coming off a home loss to Louisville on Thursday, the No. 11 Tennessee women (1-1, 1-0 SEC) defeated No. 21 Kentucky 155-145 but lost to No. 12 Indiana in a close one, 152-148. The No. 13 UT men (1-2, 0-1) lost to top-ranked Indiana 200-100 and No. 18 Kentucky 167-143.
"We handled the challenge reasonably well, but one thing we did not improve on is winning the close races," Tennessee head coach Matt Kredich said. "We keep getting touched out at the wall, and we will work to improve on that. We put the team to the test with these two meets, and they did well. There was no complaining, no excuses."
Sophomore Madeline Banic recorded her first two-win meet of the season, leading the charge 1-2-3-4 Tennessee finish in the 50-yard freestyle (23.45 seconds) and also scoring a victory in the 100 butterfly (54.26).
Senior Kira Toussaint also scored a pair of individual victories in the 100 backstroke (53.56) and the 100 freestyle (49.44). A day after posting the fastest 100 backstroke in the NCAA, her 100 freestyle ranks ninth fastest in the country this season.
Tennessee won both women's relays, taking first and second in the 400 freestyle relay to end the meet. Senior Heather Lundstrom won the 200 butterfly in 1:59.36, her third swim under two minutes this season. Lundstrom was also second behind Banic in the 100 butterfly.
On the men's side, the Vols won three individual events: junior Sam McHugh in the 200 IM (1:49.20), junior Peter John Stevens in the 100 breaststroke (55.01) and Matthew Dunphy in the 200 breaststroke (2:02.12).
Including his three wins Thursday against Louisville, McHugh wrapped up the week with four victories. On Friday, he was also second in the 500 freestyle (4:25.96) and third in the 200 butterfly (1:47.07).
INSIDE DIVING: The swimming pool was full of Olympians and medalists, and so was the diving well. The diving competition alone featured four NCAA champions, three Olympians and an Olympic silver medalist.
Junior Liam Stone was fifth in the early-morning 1-meter competition with a score of 320.70. He rebounded on the 3-meter springboard with a second-place finish in 377.75.
Sophomore Rachel Rubadue led Tennessee with a sixth-place finish in 3-meter (257.05). She was also sixth on 1-meter (262.95).
"In the early session, we took our lumps, but we regrouped," Tennessee diving coach Dave Parrington said. "In the second event of the day, the scores did not always show it, but we were much more aggressive, and I was pleased with the way we competed. Liam was slow out of the gates his first two dives on 3 meter but finished strong.
"It was a tough first event on the road and it showed. These meets show what we need to work on going forward."
UP NEXT Tennessee swims a women's only meet on Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Both the UT men and women race again at home against Auburn on Nov. 11 at 1 p.m.
"We've been a little banged up lately , so it will be nice to have one competition a week the next few weeks," Kredich said. "It will give us a chance to heal up and hopefully have a full squad to get ready for Auburn."
