Women's Swimming And Diving Earns Road Win Over No. 19 Duke

Saturday, October 29

Durham, NC

11:00 AM

NC State

No. 19 Duke (women only)

Women's Swimming And Diving Earns Road Win Over No. 19 Duke

10/29/2016 11:13:00 AM | Swimming

Results Results

Wolfpack breaks nine pool records inside Taishoff Pavilion

DURHAM, N.C.- In its first dual meet on the road this season, the NC State women's swimming and diving team took down No. 19 Duke, 177-123, on Saturday morning inside the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion.

This was the first ACC matchup for both schools, as the Wolfpack handed the Blue Devils their first loss of the season. NC State improves to 2-0 and Duke moves to 3-1 on the regular season. This marks the second team the Pack has defeated that is currently listed among the top 25 of the national poll.

NC State collectively won 12 of the 16 events contested while posting seven NCAA 'B' cuts and setting nine pool records en route to its victory.

Quoting The Coaches
Swimming
"Hats off to our women for coming out with a win today in a tough environment," said head coach Braden Holloway. "Duke's women gave our team some adversity to deal with, but we came together with a team effort to overcome an improving Duke team. We had some big-time races today with Hannah Moore, Elise Haan and Kayla Brumbaum winning two individual events each, and all three proved to be some big double event winners. Our sprinters also stepped up and came out with event wins at a much needed time in an area that Duke is very strong at.

"Our relays also showed some strength today, coming out with wins in both which is big. It's not always pretty and perfect, and sometimes these meets are a grind just trying to get your hand on the wall. There's areas we need to clean up and improve on but today was a good team win, and we'll get back to work next week to prepare for Texas."

Diving
"Today was a tough day on the boards," said head diving coach Yahya Radman. "Madeline (Kline) and Rachel (Burston) did well in their first road meet. On the one-meter they were consistent but just shy of the mark - Duke just out-dove us. On the three-meter both of them dove exceptionally well, Madeline came to play and we're still working on Rachel's DD. Madeline was just shy of her Zone marks on both events, and it's just a matter of fixing a few mechanics. Overall I'm pleased with today, but we have a lot of work to do to prepare for Texas."

Wolfpack Relays
The Wolfpack women placed first in the two relays contested, setting Taishoff pool records in both events. The 200 medley relay team of Elise Haan, Kayla Brumbaum, Krista Duffield and Ky-Lee Perry turned in a time of 1:39.82 and the 200 freestyle relay squad of Perry, Lotta Nevalainen, Duffield and Courtney Caldwell stopped the clock at 1:31.03.

Both of the Pack's 'B' relay teams finished third in their respective events.

Top Individual Performances
Hannah Moore and Rachel Muller put on a strong showing in the distance events, as they placed first and second in the 1000 free and first and third in the 500. Moore touched the wall at 9:45.51 in the 1000 and 4:47.08 in the 500, while Muller stopped the clock at 10:01.58 in the 1000 and 4:54.53 in the 500.

Muller managed to make a quick turn around and pull out a win in the 200 free, as she turned in a time of 1:49.21.

The Pack had multiple individual stroke specialists sweep their respective events. Brumbaum set Taishoff pool records both breaststroke events en route to her wins, swimming a time of 1:01.66 in the 100 and a mark of 2:13.68 in the 200. Haan placed first in both backstroke events, touching the wall at 53.49 in the 100 to set a Taishoff pool record and stopping the clock at 1:58.33 in the 200. She managed to better her NCAA 'B' cut in both performances.

Perry posted a Taishoff pool record time of 22.77 in the 50 free to win the event, notching her second 'B' cut of the year. She finished second in the 100 free after clocking a time of 49.60 (B cut) while Caldwell won the event with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 49.43.

Alexia Zevnik won the 200 IM, clocking a time of 2:02.12, and placed second in her other two individual events. She finished the 200 free with a mark of 1:49.87 and touched the wall at 1:59.69 in the 200 back. Additionally, Mackenzie Glover finished third in the 200 back with a time of 1:59.96 to give the Pack an event sweep.

Diving
NC State had two competitors on the diving boards on Saturday, Madeline Kline and Rachel Burston. In the one-meter dive the pair finished fifth and sixth as Kline earned a score of 265.75 and Burston carded a 257.33.

In the three-meter event Kline placed third with a score of 277.88 and Burston finished sixth after posting a 253.20.

Up Next
The Pack will be back in action next weekend when it travels to Texas Nov. 4. The dual is set for a 6 p.m. ET start, as both Longhorn programs are ranked among the top 10 of the latest CSCAA national poll.

NC State Event Winners
200 Medley Relay: Haan, Brumbaum, Duffield, Perry - 1:39.82*
1000 Free: Hannah Moore - 9:45.51*
200 Free: Rachel Muller - 1:49.21
100 Back: Elise Haan - 53.49#*
100 Breast: Kayla Brumbaum - 1:01.66#*
50 Free: Ky-Lee Perry - 22.77#*
100 Free: Courtney Caldwell - 49.43#*
200 Back: Elise Haan - 1:58.33#
200 Breast: Kayla Brumbaum - 2:13.68#*
500 Free: Hannah Moore - 4:47.08#*
200 IM: Alexia Zevnik - 2:02.12
200 Free Relay: - Perry, Nevalainen, Duffield, Caldwell - 1:31.03*

# denotes NCAA 'B' cut
* denotes pool record