Louisville Splits With West Virginia

LOUSVILLE, Kentucky, October 28. THE University of Louisville swimming and diving teams split with visiting Big East rival West Virginia Saturday afternoon at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Cardinal women won 160-140 with the men falling 194-104 in the first home meet of the season.

"I am extremely proud of our efforts today, our women closed rankes and really withstood a very, very tough WVU team. They earned their victory," said Arthur Albiero, U of L head coach. "The guys raced tough but at the end WVU was better today."

U of L divers swept both boards, with McKenzie Long and Robbie Lewis winning both the 1- and 3-meter board. Freshman Amanda Henleben was a double winner as was Leslie VanWinkle. Andrei Teudean was the only Cardinal to win a race on the men's side against a very difficult WVU opponent.

"Winning this meet was a big win for our women," Albiero continued. "WVU has a young women's team. For the men, we know we have some things to work on and we are progressing."

The Mountaineer women got on the board in the first race when they won the 200-medley relay. The Cardinal-A relay team of Karen Criss, Heather Meng, Johanna Nyysti and Melanie Greyling were in hot pursuit for a second. WVU's men's foursome finished first with U of L's Andrei Teudean, Vali Preda, Adam Madarassy and Carlos Van Isschot teaming for second.

The normally grueling 1000-free came down to a blazing finish as freshman Amanda Henleben held off WVU's Lindsey Largo for first. Ashley Jackson muscled in for a third palce to add more points to the board for the Cardinals. U of L's Anthony Mason scored a third and Charlton Lawson was fourth in the 1000-free for the men.

In the 200-free, U of L swept the top two places with Leslie VanWinkle taking first and Melanie Greyling touching second. Leigh Smith added a point with a fifth. For the men, newcomer Luke Wakefield touched fourth after WVU sweep of the first three places.

In the 100-back for the Cardinals, newcomer Alana Berrocal was second and Larissa Niehoff was fourth. Andrei Teudean won decisively and freshman Peyton Bobo touched third for the men.

In the women's 100-breast, Heather Meng and Johanna Nyysti were second and third for the Cardinals. For the men, in a torrid race that saw the top three finishers all break pool records. Vali Preda was outtouched by WVU's Nick Delic. Chris Lindauer touched third for the Cardinals in the 100-breast.

In the 200-fly, Abby Miller broke a pool record for first with Jenny Schimenti finishing seocnd and Amanda Henleben picking up third for a sweep. For the men in the 200-fly, WVU's Pablo Marmolejo won with Adam Madarassy touching second and Alabama transfer Andy Neff was third for the Cardinals.

In the 50-free, WVU's Kayla Andrews was first with U of L freshman Anna Dischuck taking third, Liz Halet fourth and Emily Rabe was fifth. For the men, West Virginia swept the top four places, paced by Andrew Langenfeld, but U of L's Paul Augustus was fifth and Ian Trapp was sixth.

In the women's 100-free, WVU's Kayla Andrews got her second win for the Mountaineers with Leslie VanWinkle and Melanie Greyling scoring second and third to keep the Cards in the hunt. In the men's 100-free, WVU's Nick Delic got his second win with U of L's Chris Lindauer touching second. Adam Madarassy was fourth.

In the women's 200-back, WVU's Morgan Callaway had a decisive win but Karen Criss was second and senior Larissa Niehoff rallied for fourth. For the men, WVU's Michael Walker had a pool record-breaking first time of 1:50.21 with Pablo Marmolejo edging for second, Andrei Teudean was third to add points for the Cardinals.

In the women's 200-breast, Heather Meng had her hands full with Kitti Viesz but finished second and Anna Dishuck touched fourth. In the men's 200-breast, Sean Mahoney beat Vali Preda in the 200-breast.

In the women's 500-free, U of L's Amanda Henleben and Lindsey Largo went head to head again with Henleben finishing first, Largo second and Abby Jackson scooting in for third. For the men's 500-free, Zoltan Povazsai had a tremendous kick to take the race with Charlton Lawson as the top Cardinal finisher at fifth.

In women's 1-meter diving, McKenzie Long won by more than 30 points with 263.47 score. Sarah Sandroni's second made it a one-two sweep with a second. Erica Pfeiffer was the top Mountaineer finisher at third. Robbie Lewis took the event for the men.

In the 100-fly, WVU's Stephanie Shupe took the race with Jenny Schimenti finishing third and Johanna Nyysti touching fourth. For the men, in the 100-fly, Adam Madarassy finished third with Langenfeld taking the race and Marmolejo touching second. Andy Neff and Matt Maley each scored as well.

After the break, U of L's Karen Criss finished second in the 200-back for the women and Andrei Teudean was third for the men.

In the 200-breast, Veisz took first with Meng touching second. Mahoney edged Preda in the men's 200-breast.

Amanda Henleben took first in the 500-free with Ashley Jackson taking third. Povazsai took first with Lawson as the top Cardinal swimmer in fourth.

In the 100-fly, Jenny Schimenti was third followed by Johanna Nyysti in fourth. Langenfeld and Marmolejo took first and second again with Madarassy taking third and Andy Neff fourth.

McKenzie Long won her second board with a first in the 3-meter event, followed by Marianne Bradford in second and Sandroni in third. Robbie Lewis took first in the 3-meter board for the Cardinals. In the 400-IM, Leslie VanWinkle took first with Abby Miller and Jenny Schimenti finishing second and third respectively for a sweep. Vali Preda finished third behind Michael Walker and Sean Mahoney.

In the final event of the day, Anna Dishuck, Melanie Greyling, Leslie VanWinkle and Emily Rabe could not hold off the WVU A-relay in the 200-free relay for a second place finish. For the men, the team of Chris Lindauer, Paul Augustus, Carlos Van Isschot and Andrei Teudean finished second.

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