{"id":238886,"date":"2017-01-28T18:36:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=238886"},"modified":"2017-01-30T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T15:29:09","slug":"acc-saturday-recap-nc-state-takes-down-virginia-historic-sweep-for-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/acc-saturday-recap-nc-state-takes-down-virginia-historic-sweep-for-duke\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Saturday Recap: NC State Takes Down Virginia; Historic Sweep for Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"

The North Carolina State Wolfpack continued their stellar spring with a sweep of Virginia in their final dual meet.\u00a0After beating UNC Friday night<\/a>, NC State returned to the pool Saturday afternoon, and wins in all four relays propelled the No. 9 Wolfpack women to a 153-147 win over No. 5 Virginia and the No. 3 NC State men to a 177-109 beatdown of No. 13 UVA.<\/p>\n

The women’s meet was highly anticipated dual between two teams that figure to go head-to-head for the ACC championship next month in Atlanta. The Cavaliers will be going for a tenth-straight conference championship this year, but the Wolfpack will be tough, despite having not won the ACC since 1980.<\/p>\n

Freshman\u00a0Ky-Lee Perry\u00a0<\/strong>continued her strong run against Virginia with wins in both the 50 (22.46) and 100 free (48.96), and she led off the meet-ending 200 free relay in a blistering 22.23 as the Wolfpack went on to win the meet-deciding race, 1:28.77 to 1:29.84.<\/p>\n

Alexia Zevnik\u00a0<\/strong>also won two events, edging out UVA’s\u00a0Morgan Hill<\/strong> to win the 200 free, 1:47.42 to 1:47.45, before taking the 200 back in 1:56.41. For UVA,\u00a0Leah Smith’s\u00a0<\/strong>final collegiate dual meet included, as did so many others, a sweep of the 500 (4:40.41) and 1000 free (9:32.67), and teammate\u00a0Kaitlyn Jones<\/strong> swept the butterfly events.\u00a0Kirsten Parkinson<\/strong> won both diving events for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

On the men’s side, it was never any contest as NC State won every single event. The familiar faces came through for the Wolfpack: Anton Ipsen<\/strong> swept wins in the 1000 free (8:57.25), 500 free (4:22.54) and 400 IM (3:51.91).\u00a0Ryan Held\u00a0<\/strong>clocked fast times of 1:35.66 to win the 200 free and 42.77 to win the 100 free, while\u00a0Hennessey Stuart\u00a0<\/strong>swept the backstrokes,\u00a0Derek Hren<\/strong> won both breaststrokes, and\u00a0Harrison Mitchell\u00a0<\/strong>twice finished first on the boards.<\/p>\n

Find full results from Raleigh by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Duke Breaks Drought with Sweep at UNC<\/h3>\n

The long-standing rivalry between Duke and North Carolina that stretched across all sports had hardly ever crossed over into swimming. The Blue Devils compete against the Tar Heels every year, usually at the very end of dual meet season, but the Duke men had last beaten UNC in 1939. The Duke women had\u00a0never<\/em>\u00a0won against UNC.<\/p>\n

Those streaks both ended Saturday in Chapel Hill when Duke handed the Tar Heels their second loss of the weekend after Friday evening.\u00a0Duke won all four relays contested and picked up wins by scores of 173-126 for the men and 163-137 for the women.<\/p>\n

For Duke’s women,\u00a0Verity Abel\u00a0<\/strong>swept wins in both the 500 (4:53.62) and 1000 free (9:56.56), and teammate\u00a0Leah Goldman\u00a0<\/strong>finished on top in the 200 free (1:49.81) and 200 IM (2:01.63) while also finishing second in the 100 free.\u00a0Ashleigh Shanley<\/strong> won the 100 breast and finished second in the 200 breast.<\/p>\n

For UNC,\u00a0Hellen Moffitt<\/strong> did her part with wins in the 100 back (53.32), 200 back (1:56.77) and 100 fly (53.01), and teammate\u00a0Sarah Hitchens<\/strong> won the 50 and 100 free, but Duke’s depth proved too much for the Tar Heels.<\/p>\n

Duke sophomore\u00a0Max St George\u00a0<\/strong>led his squad with wins in the 100 (49.33) and 200 back (1:46.65). Teammate\u00a0Dylan Payne<\/strong> had a come-from-behind win in the 100 breast, and\u00a0Michael Miller<\/strong> did the same in the 200 fly. Duke’s\u00a0Evan Moretti\u00a0<\/strong>(one-meter) and\u00a0Nathaniel Hernandez<\/strong> (three-meter) swept the diving events.<\/p>\n

For the Tar Heel men,\u00a0Henry Campbell\u00a0<\/strong>was the top performer, picking up wins in the 1000 (9:!5.00) and 500 free (4:27.02) before finishing second in the 200 IM. Full results are posted here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seminoles and Yellow Jackets Split, Both Sweep SCAD<\/h3>\n

In a tri-meet at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic Pavilion, the Florida State Seminoles swept the Yellow Jackets, and\u00a0both teams beat the Savannah College of Art and Design. Scores from the six separate dual meets are available below.<\/p>\n

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The Florida State women picked up 1-2-3 sweeps in both breaststroke events, with\u00a0Natalie Pierce<\/strong>,\u00a0Christina Loh<\/strong> and\u00a0Natalie Purnell<\/strong>. Pierce won the 100 breast in 1:02.88, and Loh took the 200 in 2:17.40.\u00a0Lydia Ware<\/strong> won both the 100 free and 200 IM, Blaire Mulka<\/strong> picked up two diving wins,\u00a0and the Noles also won both medley relays. GT’s top female performer was freshman\u00a0Emily Ilgenfritz<\/strong>, who won the 1000 and 500 freestyles.<\/p>\n

In the men’s meet,\u00a0Florida State picked up two relay wins and two diving wins (Tyler Roberge\u00a0<\/strong>on three-meter and\u00a0Dylan Grisell<\/strong> on one-meter), and\u00a0Connor Kalisz<\/strong> was the top individual performer with two backstroke wins.<\/p>\n

Moises Loschi<\/strong> and\u00a0Ben Southern\u00a0<\/strong>again came through big for the Yellow Jackets. Loschi won the 1000 free (9:22.76), 100 breast (54.81) and 200 breast (1:59.18), while Southern touched first in the 200 fly (1:46.98) and 100 fly (48.16).\u00a0Find full results by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame\u00a0Men Win Shamrock Invitational, Women Finish Second<\/h3>\n

In a two-day, three-session meet that mimicked a championship schedule (although every event was timed finals), the Fighting Irish men finished first in their home pool with 1192.5 points, well ahead of Wisconsin (1007). The Notre Dame women finished second behind Wisconsin, 1194.5 to 1053.<\/p>\n

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In the men’s meet, Notre Dame got wins from the team of\u00a0Robby Whitacre<\/strong>,\u00a0Trent Jackson<\/strong>,\u00a0Justin Plaschka<\/strong> and\u00a0Daniel Speers<\/strong> in the 200 medley relay, posting a time of 1:27.51, and also from\u00a0Tom Anderson<\/strong> in the 400 IM (3:53.51) and\u00a0Joe Coumos<\/strong> in three-meter diving.<\/p>\n

Abbie Dolan<\/strong> got the win in the women’s 200 free, posting a time of 1:47.00, and teammate\u00a0Sherri McIntee<\/strong> did the same in the 100 breast (1:02.29). Dolan joined\u00a0Lauren Heller<\/strong>,\u00a0Reilly Lanigan<\/strong> and\u00a0Kyra Sarazen<\/strong> to win the 800 free relay in 7:15.11, and\u00a0Claire Andrews<\/strong> finished first in one-meter diving. Live results can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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