BERKELEY, California, January 26. THE 165-96Fourth-ranked California completed a sweep of the Los Angeles schools when it defeated fourteenth-ranked UCLA, 165-96, on a sunny Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Complex. The Golden Bears improved their record to 10-0 (5-0 Pac-10), while the Bruins fell to 6-3 (2-3 Pac-10). Cal now has a 16-10 advantage in the all-time series with UCLA.<\/p>\n
The Bears beat No. 11 USC yesterday, 181-99, in Berkeley.<\/p>\n
"We had a few very good races, but for the most part, we were fair," Cal assistant coach Johan Steiner said. The first-year assistant added that he was happiest with "our team environment. We stayed focused. It carried over from yesterday. I thought yesterday we were very focused as a team. We had good team energy, had good team chemistry, and they carried that through today. I think they challenged themselves to try to race a little harder, even if they were ahead, don't back off, just go a little harder."<\/p>\n
Against UCLA, Cal junior Emily Silver, senior teammate Sherry Tsai and sophomore teammate Dana Vollmer each won three races, including the 200-yard medley relay. Cal's A squad, which included sophomore Jessica Hardy, swam an NCAA Championships provisional qualifying time (NCAA B) of 1:40.71.<\/p>\n
Bears freshman Blake Hayter won the next event, the 1000 freestyle, in 9:56.85. Senior teammate Erin Reilly won the third event, the 200 free, in an NCAA B time of 1:49.91. UCLA senior Kate Nelson, the 2006 Pac-10 champion in the 1650 free, took second in the 1000 free (9:59.62) and, with no break in between events, swam the 200 free, taking sixth 1:54.33. <\/p>\n
Tsai next won the 100 backstroke in 54.86 (NCAA B), her second-best time of the season to the 54.57 she swam to win the 100 back yesterday against USC. The Hong Kong Olympian returned later to win the 200 back in a season-best time of 2:00.31 (NCAA B).<\/p>\n
Silver won both the 50 (23.02, NCAA B) and 100 (49.86, NCAA B) frees. Her 50 time tied her season best, which she swam on Dec. 1 at the 2006 Georgia Invitational.<\/p>\n
Vollmer won the 200 butterfly (2:00.93, NCAA B) and 500 free (4:52.67, NCAA B).<\/p>\n
Other winners for Cal included Hardy in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.59, NCAA B), junior Leann Toomey in the 100 fly (55.59) and freshman Heather White in the 400 individual medley (4:18.99, NCAA B).<\/p>\n
UCLA won the 200 breaststroke (Nicolette Teo, 2:16.51, NCAA B), 200-free relay (Katie Arnold, Anna Poteete, Amy Thurman and Ashley Anlauf, 1:33.99), one-meter springboard (Marisa Samaniego, 258.07) and three-meter board (Sara Clark, 296.33).<\/p>\n
Freshman Samantha Young paced the Bears in diving, taking fourth at one meter (254.70) and third at three meters (243.00). In the 200 breaststroke, freshman Alexandra Ellis led Cal with a second-place finish (2:17.79) and in the closing, 200-free relay, the Cal B quartet of freshman Lauren Boyle, sophomore Lauren Rogers, Tsai and Vollmer took second in 1:34.06).<\/p>\n
"All the girls came in and had a strong event today," Cal diving coach Tom Davidson said of his divers, who are all freshmen. "UCLA has a much more experienced team than we have, with two seniors and a sophomore. The two seniors are in their fifth years, and they know how to compete and did well.<\/p>\n
"With our kids, there were only three and a half points between Sam and UCLA's top girl [Samaniego] on one meter. For her to do that on one meter was great to see. On the three meter, Sam had a solid meet; she just missed one dive."<\/p>\n
Cal is back in action when it hosts top-ranked Stanford at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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