Arizona vs. Stanford

STANFORD, California, January 21. STANFORD'S Sam Woodward and Maya DiRado each won two events as No. 6-ranked Stanford (6-1) upset No. 5-ranked Arizona (8-3) 164-136 on Saturday afternoon.

Woodward won the 50 free early with a time of 22.51 and then picked up a win in the 100 fly (53.49), while also swimming on the winning 200 free relay team (1:30.43). DiRado picked up wins in the 200 back (1:56.82) and 200 IM (1:59.87).

The tides started to turn for the Cardinal when Woodward won the 50 free, pulling off a 1-2-3 sweep in the event to give Stanford a 57-64 lead.

Diver Stephanie Phipps then won the 3-meter with a score of 355.18 and Sloane Brazina was third (246.98) pushing the lead to 79-71. Despite Arizona's Margo Geer (49.04) holding off Maddy Schaefer (49.05) by .01 second, Stanford added second and third place showings in the 50 free to give them a seven-point lead.

DiRado then led off a 1-2-3 sweep in the 200 back to make it a 20-point advantage with five events to go.

Stanford closed out the day with a win in the 200 free relay as Felicia Lee caught up to Arizona's Gracie Finnegan and then Woodward put the finishing touches on the Cardinal's eighth win of the afternoon with a time of 1:30.43.

In the day's fourth event, Betsy Webb nearly set the pool record in the 100 back, swimming 53.18, just .01 behind Cal's Lauren Rogers record in 2006 (53.17).

Stanford next travels to UCLA and USC next Friday and Saturday.

Top-ranked Arizona (6-0) used a 1-2-3 sweep in the last individual event to edge No. 3-ranked Stanford (6-1) 153-145 on Saturday afternoon.

Following the second of two wins by Stanford diver Kristian Ipsen in the 3-meter, Arizona broke a 131-131 tie after Sam Rowan won the 400 IM with a time of 3:49.25 to push its lead to 147-134 with one event to go. Despite an 11-point Stanford win in the meet's final event, the Wildcats held on to the victory with each team winning eight events.

Stanford closed out the meet with a pool record of 1:19.26, to break a two-year old mark (1:19.30) as Geoff Cheah touched the wall .09 seconds ahead of Arizona (1:19.35). It was the second of two pool records on the day, as Arizona's Carl Michelson set the new standard in the 100 breast (53.97), breaking Stanford's Michael Bruce's 2002 record of 54.02.

Chad La Tourette, who had lost just one long distance dual meet in his four-year career was pushed by Arizona's Matt Barber in the 500 free. The Stanford senior passed Barber over the final 25 yards to win with a time of 4:24.28, six-tenth's of a second ahead of Barber's time of 4:24.88. Earlier, La Tourette led a 1-2-3 sweep for the Cardinal in the 1000 free, posting a time of 8:59.21. La Tourette's streak now stands at 21 long distance dual wins in a row.

Ipsen twice kept the Cardinal in the contest, while running his collegiate win streak to 10 straight to start his career.

Ipsen's first win, in the 1-meter with a score of 389.18, cut the Arizona lead to 75-74 after the Wildcats build a 52-40 lead following the 100 breaststroke. Aaron Wayne's win in the 100 free gave the Cardinal a brief 85-83 advantage with six events to go, before the Wildcats took home wins in the 200 back and 200 breast. La Tourette in the 500 free and Giles Smith in the 100 fly then traded victories prior to Ipsen's second win and tie score. Ipsen's tally of 467.55 tied the score at 131-131.

Stanford next travels to USC for a two-day meet on February 3 and 4.

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