Friday, October 7
Las Cruces, N.M.
5 P.M.
University of North Texas
88
at
150
New Mexico State
Women’s Swimming and Diving Split Pair of Meets in New Mexico
10/9/2022 9:55:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
Mean Green take down UNM, fall to NMSU
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – After dropping a dual meet against New Mexico State to open the season, the North Texas women's swimming and diving team bounced back to grab a victory over New Mexico to start off the 2022-23 season with a split.
The Mean Green fell to NMSU 150-88 but were able to take home a 125-118 victory over the Lobos thanks to a solid effort in the pool.
In the 13 total events against UNM, the Mean Green secured first place in seven including a pair of 1-2-3 sweeps in both the 200-IM and the 100-butterfly.
First in the 200-IM, Diana Kolb led the way with a final time of 2:12.93 to secure nine points for the Mean Green. She was closely followed by Laura Mazzotta who finished in 2:15.24 for second place with junior Tram Nguyen right behind in third with a time of 2:16.07.
One race later, the Mean Green against swept the podium as Shaena McCloud took home gold in the 100-fly in under a minute at 58.74. Cierra Scully narrowly missed touching in under a minute as well, grabbing second in 1:00.04 while Nguyen earned her second straight third place finish in 1:01.32.
The first win of the day for UNT was by London Farris in the 50-free as she narrowly out touched Katy McCarter from UNM by just over .1 of a second to take first in a time of 24.42.
Farris was not done there, however, securing another win in the 100-free with a blazing time of 52.58 to finish nearly three seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
Kolb also had a pair of victories for the Mean Green as she won gold in the 100-back with a final time of 57.99.
The final individual race of the meet was a key race in the dual as well as Mazzotta was able to out touch four different UNM swimmers to win the 100-breast in a time of 1:07.55 and secure nine points.
With only the final event of the day left, UNT needed to secure a victory in the 200-free relay to lock down the overall win in the dual. The team delivered in a big way as McCloud, Farris, Scully and Allison Scott swam a time of 1:36.80 to take home the victory and secure a huge 11 points.
The win for the Mean Green was the first dual meet win since UNT took down Arkansas Little Rock on Dec. 15, 2021.
In the matchup against New Mexico State, the Mean Green were able to secure a pair of victories, one in diving and the other on the swimming side.
The strongest event for UNT against the Lobos came in the 200-yard breast when the Mean Green went 1-2-3, led by a first place finish by Mazzotta in 2:27.43. Right behind Mazzotta, teammates Nguyen and Paige Walsh finished in second and third in 2:27.96 and 2:36.94, respectively.
The other victory against NMSU came in the 3-meter diving as Brigid Krbec put up an impressive final score of 230.33 to win the event. Just behind her, Saylor Hawkins took home third place after putting up 206.55 points.
The Mean Green also were able to grab runner-up finishes in eight other events on the day, including both relays.
The combination of Kolb, Mazzotta, Scully and McCloud opened the meet by touching in 1:47.80 in the 200-medley relay to take second. Later in the meet, UNT took second once again as McCloud, Scott, Scully and Farris finished in 3:35.69 in the 400-free relay.
In individual races against NMSU, the Mean Green finished in second place in the 200-free, the 50-free, the 200-fly, the 100-free and the 100-back. UNT also got a runner-up finish from Krbec on the 1-meter diving platform.
The Mean Green fell to NMSU 150-88 but were able to take home a 125-118 victory over the Lobos thanks to a solid effort in the pool.
In the 13 total events against UNM, the Mean Green secured first place in seven including a pair of 1-2-3 sweeps in both the 200-IM and the 100-butterfly.
First in the 200-IM, Diana Kolb led the way with a final time of 2:12.93 to secure nine points for the Mean Green. She was closely followed by Laura Mazzotta who finished in 2:15.24 for second place with junior Tram Nguyen right behind in third with a time of 2:16.07.
One race later, the Mean Green against swept the podium as Shaena McCloud took home gold in the 100-fly in under a minute at 58.74. Cierra Scully narrowly missed touching in under a minute as well, grabbing second in 1:00.04 while Nguyen earned her second straight third place finish in 1:01.32.
The first win of the day for UNT was by London Farris in the 50-free as she narrowly out touched Katy McCarter from UNM by just over .1 of a second to take first in a time of 24.42.
Farris was not done there, however, securing another win in the 100-free with a blazing time of 52.58 to finish nearly three seconds faster than the second-place finisher.
Kolb also had a pair of victories for the Mean Green as she won gold in the 100-back with a final time of 57.99.
The final individual race of the meet was a key race in the dual as well as Mazzotta was able to out touch four different UNM swimmers to win the 100-breast in a time of 1:07.55 and secure nine points.
With only the final event of the day left, UNT needed to secure a victory in the 200-free relay to lock down the overall win in the dual. The team delivered in a big way as McCloud, Farris, Scully and Allison Scott swam a time of 1:36.80 to take home the victory and secure a huge 11 points.
The win for the Mean Green was the first dual meet win since UNT took down Arkansas Little Rock on Dec. 15, 2021.
In the matchup against New Mexico State, the Mean Green were able to secure a pair of victories, one in diving and the other on the swimming side.
The strongest event for UNT against the Lobos came in the 200-yard breast when the Mean Green went 1-2-3, led by a first place finish by Mazzotta in 2:27.43. Right behind Mazzotta, teammates Nguyen and Paige Walsh finished in second and third in 2:27.96 and 2:36.94, respectively.
The other victory against NMSU came in the 3-meter diving as Brigid Krbec put up an impressive final score of 230.33 to win the event. Just behind her, Saylor Hawkins took home third place after putting up 206.55 points.
The Mean Green also were able to grab runner-up finishes in eight other events on the day, including both relays.
The combination of Kolb, Mazzotta, Scully and McCloud opened the meet by touching in 1:47.80 in the 200-medley relay to take second. Later in the meet, UNT took second once again as McCloud, Scott, Scully and Farris finished in 3:35.69 in the 400-free relay.
In individual races against NMSU, the Mean Green finished in second place in the 200-free, the 50-free, the 200-fly, the 100-free and the 100-back. UNT also got a runner-up finish from Krbec on the 1-meter diving platform.
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