UC-San Diego vs. University of San Diego

SAN DIEGO, California, November 13. THE University of San Diego swimming and diving team rolled over crosstown rival UC San Diego Tritons with an impressive 172-122 victory Saturday afternoon at the USD Sports Center Pool.

The Toreros took first place in 12 of the 16 events at the meet starting off with a sweep of the top score at diving hosted at the UC San Diego diving complex. Monica Oddo took first in the 1 meter diving event with a score of 268.40 and followed that with a first place finish in the 3 meter event scoring 226.50 to give the Toreros an 18-14 lead earlier in the morning.

San Diego lead off with a first place finish in the 200 yard Medley Relay with a time of 1:46.55. Heading into the individual events, Emily Lightcap had a solid eight second lead to finish in 10:35.82 in the 1000 freestyle

Francesca Finucane had another multiple first place day capturing top time in the 200 freestyle at 1:51.72 followed by a first place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:03.04. Other first place finishers included Eleanor Phillips with a 2:03.63 first place time in the 200 butterfly, Jacquie Kimmel in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.30, Sarah Geerdes with a 52.86 in the 100 freestyle, Melissa Andruzzi with a 2:22.79 in the 200 breaststroke, and Kelly Stone with a mark of 57.44 in the 100 butterfly.

San Diego wrapped up the day with a win in the 400 yard freestyle (Finucane, Deckard, Kimmel, Geerdes) finishing in 3:31.32, a three second lead ahead of second place UCSD's "A" squad.

The Toreros return to the water for a three-day invitational in Long Beach, California at the Marriott Cup on November 18-20.

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