MADISON, Wis.– The Wisconsin swimming and diving team wrapped up its dual meet with NC State by claiming four more individual wins and a number of solid finishes Saturday.
Neither the women's or men's team were able to get a team win, but Wisconsin coach
Whitney Hite saw some improvement from Friday's opening session.
"I thought we were a little bit better," Hite said. "We need to work on being more consistent. We have a lot to work on, but that's a good thing. This is a young team, so we have a lot to work on."
NC State claimed the win in the women's competition by a score of 202-149 and won, 216-126, on the men's side.
Sophomore
Kevin Pomeroy excelled on the 3-meter springboard, winning with a score of 320.10.
"It felt great. I like where I'm at, at this point in the season," Pomeroy said. "There's definitely a lot I can improve upon, but I like what I'm doing."
He credited his work in practice as the reason for his success.
"I've been a lot more consistent in practice," he said. "It hasn't necessarily translated well to meets just yet, but I'm confident that it will later in the season."
The Badgers will get their first shot at a Big Ten program next weekend when they head to Minneapolis to take on Minnesota and Michigan in a double dual meet.
Hite expects the Big Ten matchup to be another important step for his Badgers.
"Our journey is a little bit different. We have to take advantage of every opportunity we have to get better," Hite said. "I want to make sure that by the time that we are at conference and NCAAs that we're the most prepared team.
"We need every moment of this season that we can to grow, to learn and to compete."
Notable
- The women's 200-yard medley relay squad of
Jess Unicomb,
Marissa Berg,
Beata Nelson and
Emmy Sehmann won with a time of 1:40.57.
- Nelson (54.17),
Ari Saghafi (56.21) and
Megan Doty (56.43) finished first, third and fourth, respectively, in the women's 100-yard butterfly.
- Nelson claimed another win in the 200 back (1:54.22). Unicomb picked up a third-place finish in the same event with a time of 1:57.22.
- Sehmann (50.57) and
Abby Jagdfeld (50.83) sprinted their way to second- and third-place finishes in the women's 100 free.
- Junior Maddie Tew put up a solid second-place finish in the women's 500 free with a time of 4:54.18.
- The 400-yard free relay squad of Unicomb, Sehmann, Jagdfeld and Berg finished second with a time of 3:22.14.
- In diving, the Badgers finished second, third, fourth and fifth on the women's 1-meter board.
Alexandra Hafey (second) scored 260.10,
Hazel Hertting (third) finished with 254.62, Claire Boshee (fourth) earned 243.45 and
Paige Richardson (fifth) netted 222.60 points.
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Andrew Pearce finished third in the men's 3-meter diving competition, scoring 311.25.
Quotable
Junior Ari Saghafi
On her performance in the 100 butterfly:
"It was nice to get my first dual meet points. It felt really great to contribute to the team today."
On facing NC State:
"We have to be tough. They're tough competition, and we just have to give them everything we got. If we walk away knowing we gave our 100 percent, that's the most important thing."
Sophomore Michael Milinovich
On facing NC State:
"They're the fastest in-season team in the country. I just had to come in here prepared and give it my all. I thought we did well, but, as always, we have things we can improve on."
Up Next
The Badgers will be on the road next week when they head to Minneapolis for a double dual meet against Minnesota and Michigan. Events will begin on at 4 p.m. (CT) on Nov. 3, and will continue Nov. 4.
