Louisville vs. West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, West Virgina, November 10. THE University of Louisville swimming and diving teams swept BIG EAST rival West Virginia with the No. 30-ranked men winning 172-126 and the women prevailing 168-132 Saturday afternoon in Morgantown.

"We battled like we expected to win at a very tough place to play," said U of L head coach Arthur Albiero. "We learned a lot about our team today and each other. We learned how to make push because the way we swam from the halfway break to the end was sensational."

For the Cardinals, Leslie VanWinkle had three wins with firsts in the 200-and 500-free and 200-IM. Nicole Landisch won the 50-free and the 100-fly as well as being a member of the winning 400-free relay. For the men, Vali Preda had wins in the 100-breast the 200-IM and was part of the winning 400-medley relay. Carlos Van Isschot won the 100-back and swam on the winning 400-medley and the 400-free relay teams. For the divers, Robbie Lewis swept the 1- and 3-meter boards. McKenzie Long took the 3-meter board with teammate Sarah Sandroni winning the 1-meter.

"I am very proud to beat a good team in a very tough venue to compete," said Albiero.

In the 400-medley relay foursome of Carlos Van Isschot, Adam Madarassy and Andrei Radzionau won in 3:23.11 to set the tone for the meet.

Leslie VanWinkle scored her first win with a swim of 1:53.46 in the 200-freestyle. Carlos Van Isschot touched first in the 100-back in 51.09. Vali Preda surged to a win in the 100-breast in 56.79. Rafal Kuchta added to the Cardinals' winning totals with a first in the 100-fly and 1:50.69. Nicole Landisch won the 50-free in 23.74. Anna Dishuck won the 200-breast in 2:18.50. Leslie VanWinkle notched her second win with a first in the 500-free in 5:01.30. Nicole Landisch won the 100-fly in 56.58.

In the individual medley, a Louisville specialty, Leslie VanWinkle won the 200-IM in 2:07.30 and for the men Vali Preda 1:51.87. The foursome of Anna Dishuck, Nicole Landisch, Liz Halet and Whitney Campbell turned in a time of 3:28.94, good for first in the 400-free relay. The men's 400-free relay team of Carlos Van Isschot, Chris Lindauer, Jordan Wessels and Adam Madarassy were first with a time of 3:05.12.

Special thanks to Louisville for contributing this report.

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