RENO, Nev. - Fresno State swim and dive fell to Nevada in their first road duel meet of the season at Lombardi Pool on Saturday afternoon, 189-111.
Aliz Kalmar earned another pair of event wins with the 100 & 200 breaststroke and was the second-high point swimmer this afternoon with 20 points.
How it happened
Nevada took the lead out of the gate after taking the 200 medley relay, out-touching the Bulldogs by a second. Fresno State worked to make up ground securing a 2-3 finish in the 1000 freestyle. Laura Kalmar grabbed second place (10:46.79) followed by Samarah Melia (10:48.22). Ava Elliot touched for a time of 10:55.15 good for fifth and Abigail Rousseau for seventh with 11:32.87.
Sam Arredondo kept the third place position full in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.42 and Wiktoria Dabrowska in fourth with a time of 1:54.62.
Freshman Sienna Cheng-Lucey on a roll touching second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.58 for a season best. Fellow freshman Ryley Clark also hauled in for fourth (58.47).
Aliz Kalmar snagged another set of event wins in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. In the 100 breast Kalmar clocked in a time of 1:03.82 and a 2:18.15 in the 200 breast. Sophomore Jenna Pulkkinen
saw second place finishes in both events as well with times 1:04.09 and 2:20.70 , respectively.
Bulldogs took home another 2-3 finish in the 200 butterfly at the hands of Sera Hanagan (2:06.13) and Clara Laskey (2:09.69).
In the diving well, Grace Ally took home third in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard. Freshman Parker Connor saw action on the springboard with a fourth place in the 3-meter (230.78) and 1-meter (215.50).
Fresno State finished the meet with another second place finish in the 400 free relay, Clark, Pulkkinen, Matney, Cheng-Lucey clocked in a time of 3:31.62
Notes
Aliz Kalmar claims second high point with 20 points and two event wins
Kalmar has not lost a breaststroke event thus far this season
Freshman Sienna Cheng-Lucey swam two season bests; 200 medley relay lead-off split and 100 backstroke
Fresno State secured at least one finish in the top three in 15 of 16 events
Julia Matney earned three top two finishes; in both 200 medley & 400 free relay and 100 butterfly
Nevada continues to lead the all-time series now, 15-1 and is still undefeated at home against the Bulldogs, 6-0
Up Next: Fresno State continues their time on the road and will head to Bakersfield to face the Roadrunners on Saturday, Nov. 9 at noon at John S. Hillman Memorial Aquatic Center.