﻿{"id":4817,"date":"2003-01-25T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2003-01-25T15:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2003\/01\/ncaa-div-i-women-cal-fights-off-a-determined-asu\/"},"modified":"2014-07-25T06:27:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T13:27:53","slug":"ncaa-div-i-women-cal-fights-off-a-determined-asu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ncaa-div-i-women-cal-fights-off-a-determined-asu\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Div. I Women: Cal Fights Off a Determined ASU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEMPE, AZ., January 24 &#8212; The Bears roared and the Devils cowered. Well, not exactly.  Actually, the Bears roared, then had to back it up with some hard-fought victories over a gutsy ASU Sun Devil team.<\/p>\n<p>Cal coach Teri McKeever&#39;s No. 9-ranked Golden Bears&#39; women&#39;s swimming team &#8212; (5-1, 1-0) &#8212; opened its 2003 Pac-10 slate in impressive fashion, winning nine events Friday to score a 166-131 dual-meet victory over Arizona State. <\/p>\n<p>The meet was held at the Sun Devils&#39; Mona Plummer Aquatic Center. <\/p>\n<p>Cal junior Natalie Coughlin, a Sullivan Award finalist, led the Bears with three wins while froshwoman Helen Silver won a pair &#8212; her first collegiate titles.   <\/p>\n<p>Coughlin won the 100 (49.29) and 200 frees (1:47.88) and set Cal&#39;s fastest time of the season in the 200 IM with deceptive ease, coasting to an NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 2:00.62.  Coughlin&#39;s pr here &#8212; in an event she has yet to swim at NCAAs &#8212; is 1:57.54, done against ASU exactly a year ago in Berkeley.  That time is fastest-ever in a dual meet and ranks her as 10th-best performer all-time (34th-best performance). <\/p>\n<p>Silver took first in both backstroke events, winning the 100 back in a seasonal-best 56.58 and the 200 back in 2:01.10. <\/p>\n<p>Senior Staciana Stitts, a Sydney Olympian, was also impressive, posting Cal&#39;s best seasonal mark in her 100 breast (1:01.27) victory &#8212; fourth-fastest nationally. She also  finished in runner-up in the 200 breast (2:15.73) to ASU&#39;s Agnes Kovacs, defending Olympic and World Champion.  <\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Lisa Morelli and frosh Flora Kong &#8212; a product of Coach Dave Salo&#39;s Irvine Novaquatics&#39; program who was on Irvine High&#39;s national prep record-setting 200 medley foursome last season &#8212; rounded out the Bears&#39; winners; Morelli took first in the 200 fly (2:04.45), while Kong won the 100  (56.22). <\/p>\n<p>Cal&#39;s 200 medley relay team of Coughlin, Stitts, Kong and junior Danielle Becks won in 1:41.47. Several other Bears swam well, as sophomore Lauren Medina placed second in both the 200 free (1;50.43) and 500 free (4:59.12). Becks also tallied runner-up finishes, coming in second in the 50 free (23.66) and 100 free (50.89). <\/p>\n<p>On the diving side, sophomore Alyson Borawski finished second in the one-meter competition (226.40) and third in the three-meter event (236.40). <\/p>\n<p>ASU notched some impressive victories headed by Agnes Kovacs&#39; back-half triump in the 200 breast (2:12.24).  <\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Trisha Tumlinson swept both diving events.<\/p>\n<p>Freshmen Kathryn Hennessy and Sandra Steffensen took the distance free contests, with Hennessy clocking 10:06.94 for the 1000 and Steffensen touching in 4:55.97 for the 500.  <\/p>\n<p>Senior Claire Hedenskog won a close 50 free in 23.58 and the ASU 400 free relay closed the meet with a 3:29.29 winning effort.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears now head to Tucson to take on Arizona Saturday, Jan. 25 at 1 PM  Coah Frank Busch&#39;s Arizona Wildcats scored an impressive victory over Stanford Friday afternoon at their home Hillenbrand Aquatic Cengter pool, and it will be interesting to see if that momentum holds against Da Bears.<\/p>\n<p>NCAA DIVISION 1 WOMEN&#39;S DUAL MEET<br \/>\nCAL VS. AIZONA STATE<br \/>\nMONA PLUMMER AQUATIC CENTER<br \/>\nTEMPE, AZ.<br \/>\nJAN. 24, 2002<\/p>\n<p>25 YD. POOL<\/p>\n<p>FINAL SCORE:  Cal 166, Arizona St., 131<\/p>\n<p>RESULTS<\/p>\n<p>Event 1  Women 200 Yard Medley Relay<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    School                                         Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 University of California  &#39;A&#39;                    NT    1:41.47         11<br \/>\n     1) Coughlin, Natalie JR            2) Stitts, Staciana SR<br \/>\n     3) Kong, Flora FR                  4) Becks, Danielle JR<br \/>\n       25.07    27.75    25.39    23.26<br \/>\n  2 Arizona State  &#39;A&#39;                               NT    1:43.99          4<br \/>\n     1) Szigeti, Florencia SO           2) Kov\u00e1cs, \u00c1gnes SO<br \/>\n     3) Mauro, Florence JR              4) Hedenskog, Claire SR<br \/>\n       26.82    28.98    25.24    22.95<br \/>\n  3 University of California  &#39;B&#39;                    NT    1:45.48          2<br \/>\n     1) Silver, Helen FR                2) Rockwell, Whitney FR<br \/>\n     3) Griffith, Natalie JR            4) Harper, Michelle SR<br \/>\n       26.79    30.08    25.40    23.21<br \/>\n  4 Arizona State  &#39;B&#39;                               NT    1:46.81<br \/>\n     1) Baldinger, Erin FR              2) Jedick, Josie SR<br \/>\n     3) Fischer, Sarah SO               4) Ullrich, Laura FR<br \/>\n       27.55    30.13    25.39    23.74<br \/>\n  5 University of California  &#39;C&#39;                    NT   x1:48.43<br \/>\n     1) Ng, Amy SO                      2) Miller, Marcelle SO<br \/>\n     3) Palsson, Emma SO                4) Amano, Keiko SO<br \/>\n       28.27    30.09    25.70    24.37<\/p>\n<p>Event 2  Women 1000 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Hennessy, Kathryn   FR Arizona State             NT   10:06.94          9<br \/>\n      28.09   29.85   30.24   30.36   30.42   30.34   30.38   30.39<br \/>\n      30.37   30.56   30.45   30.41   30.71   30.82   30.49   30.72<br \/>\n      30.55   30.84   30.58   30.37<br \/>\n  2 Banovic, Petra      JR Arizona State             NT   10:08.80          4<br \/>\n      28.49   30.06   30.23   30.32   30.00   30.21   30.17   30.51<br \/>\n      30.55   30.41   30.31   30.27   30.49   30.52   30.94   31.01<br \/>\n      31.17   31.22   31.68   30.24<br \/>\n  3 Tiedeman, Kate      FR California                NT   10:09.82          3<br \/>\n      27.96   29.62   30.18   30.33   30.36   30.30   30.51   30.68<br \/>\n      30.83   30.66   30.44   30.81   30.90   30.90   31.29   31.17<br \/>\n      31.07   31.58   30.37   29.86<br \/>\n  4 Morelli, Lisa       SO California                NT   10:13.73          2<br \/>\n      28.37   29.97   30.09   30.46   30.31   30.48   30.38   30.62<br \/>\n      30.71   31.10   31.24   31.06   31.20   31.11   31.25   31.20<br \/>\n      31.15   31.34   31.32   30.37<br \/>\n  5 Chandler, Ashley    FR California                NT   10:24.97          1<br \/>\n      27.62   29.66   30.06   30.21   30.43   30.53   30.64   30.87<br \/>\n      31.38   31.53   31.91   32.17   32.05   32.13   32.62   32.22<br \/>\n      32.72   32.48   32.20   31.54<br \/>\n  6 Johnson, Karyl      SR Arizona State             NT   10:44.48<br \/>\n      29.29   31.55   32.17   32.26   32.58   32.33   32.50   32.55<br \/>\n      32.38   32.72   32.53   32.68   32.67   32.41   32.72   32.64<br \/>\n      32.62   32.41   32.34   31.13<\/p>\n<p>Event 3  Women 200 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Coughlin, Natalie   JR California                NT    1:47.88          9<br \/>\n      25.71   26.95   27.66   27.56<br \/>\n  2 Medina, Lauren      SO California                NT    1:50.43          4<br \/>\n      25.72   27.57   28.42   28.72<br \/>\n  3 Steffensen, Sandra  FR Arizona State             NT    1:52.60          3<br \/>\n      26.73   28.48   28.82   28.57<br \/>\n  4 Szigeti, Florencia  SO Arizona State             NT    1:53.46          2<br \/>\n      26.54   28.79   28.82   29.31<br \/>\n  5 Bingaman, Cheryl A  FR California                NT    1:53.60          1<br \/>\n      25.14   28.02   29.94   30.50<br \/>\n  6 Amano, Keiko        SO California                NT   x1:56.59<br \/>\n      27.23   29.61   29.99   29.76<br \/>\n  7 Chang, Julie        FR Arizona State             NT    2:00.86<br \/>\n      27.39   30.84   31.57   31.06<\/p>\n<p>Event 4  Women 100 Yard Backstroke<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Silver, Helen       FR California                NT      56.58          9<br \/>\n      27.47   29.11<br \/>\n  2 Baldinger, Erin     FR Arizona State             NT      58.76          4<br \/>\n      28.79   29.97<br \/>\n  3 Ng, Amy             SO California                NT      58.99          3<br \/>\n      28.93   30.06<br \/>\n  4 Tiedeman, Kate      FR California                NT    1:00.23          2<br \/>\n      29.62   30.61<br \/>\n  5 Lees, Jen           FR Arizona State             NT    1:03.45          1<br \/>\n      30.36   33.09<\/p>\n<p>Event 5  Women 100 Yard Breaststroke<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Stitts, Staciana    SR California                NT    1:01.27          9<br \/>\n      14.03   47.24<br \/>\n  2 Kov\u00e1cs, \u00c1gnes       SO Arizona State             NT    1:02.55          4<br \/>\n      15.22   47.33<br \/>\n  3 Miller, Marcelle    SO California                NT    1:05.04          3<br \/>\n      16.31   48.73<br \/>\n  4 Griffith, Natalie   JR California                NT    1:05.07          2<br \/>\n      16.47   48.60<br \/>\n  5 Rockwell, Whitney   FR California                NT   x1:06.33<br \/>\n      16.24   50.09<br \/>\n  6 Jedick, Josie       SR Arizona State             NT    1:06.46          1<br \/>\n      17.50   48.96<br \/>\n  7 Caples, Courtney    JR Arizona State             NT    1:07.58<br \/>\n      17.01   50.57<br \/>\n  8 Patterson, Brianna  JR Arizona State             NT   x1:07.82<br \/>\n      17.61   50.21<\/p>\n<p>Event 6  Women 200 Yard Butterfly<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Morelli, Lisa       SO California                NT    2:04.45          9<br \/>\n      27.87   31.23   31.98   33.37<br \/>\n  2 Kong, Flora         FR California                NT    2:05.93          4<br \/>\n      26.87   30.34   32.52   36.20<br \/>\n  3 Banovic, Petra      JR Arizona State             NT    2:06.47          3<br \/>\n      28.66   32.34   32.72   32.75<br \/>\n  4 Titcomb, Katie      SR Arizona State             NT    2:06.71          2<br \/>\n      29.20   31.84   32.72   32.95<br \/>\n  5 Rais, Jenna         SO California                NT    2:07.63          1<br \/>\n      29.45   32.60   32.45   33.13<br \/>\n  6 Bartlett, Melissa   JR Arizona State             NT    2:09.84<br \/>\n      30.02   33.18   33.57   33.07<br \/>\n  7 Chandler, Ashley    FR California                NT   x2:09.86<br \/>\n      29.16   32.21   33.50   34.99<\/p>\n<p>Event 7  Women 50 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Hedenskog, Claire   SR Arizona State             NT      23.49          9<br \/>\n  2 Becks, Danielle     JR California                NT      23.66          4<br \/>\n  3 Harper, Michelle    SR California                NT      23.77          3<br \/>\n  4 Rockwell, Whitney   FR California                NT      23.86          2<br \/>\n  5 Mauro, Florence     JR Arizona State             NT      24.46          1<br \/>\n  6 Fischer, Sarah      SO Arizona State             NT      24.50<br \/>\n  7 Palsson, Emma       SO California                NT     x24.54<br \/>\n  8 Ullrich, Laura      FR Arizona State             NT     x24.90<\/p>\n<p>Event 8  Women 100 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Coughlin, Natalie   JR California                NT      49.29          9<br \/>\n      23.87   25.42<br \/>\n  2 Becks, Danielle     JR California                NT      50.89          4<br \/>\n      24.61   26.28<br \/>\n  3 Hedenskog, Claire   SR Arizona State             NT      50.90          3<br \/>\n      49.15    1.75<br \/>\n  4 Bingaman, Cheryl A  FR California                NT      51.83          2<br \/>\n      25.12   26.71<br \/>\n  5 Szigeti, Florencia  SO Arizona State             NT      52.74          1<br \/>\n      25.40   27.34<br \/>\n  6 Amano, Keiko        SO California                NT     x53.20<br \/>\n      25.77   27.43<br \/>\n  7 Steffensen, Sandra  FR Arizona State             NT      53.45<br \/>\n      25.84   27.61<br \/>\n  8 Chang, Julie        FR Arizona State             NT     x55.27<br \/>\n      26.43   28.84<\/p>\n<p>Event 9  Women 200 Yard Breaststroke<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Kov\u00e1cs, \u00c1gnes       SO Arizona State             NT    2:12.24          9<br \/>\n      30.56   33.61   33.85   34.22<br \/>\n  2 Stitts, Staciana    SR California                NT    2:15.73          4<br \/>\n      30.14   33.70   34.96   36.93<br \/>\n  3 Miller, Marcelle    SO California                NT    2:18.91          3<br \/>\n      32.07   34.86   35.86   36.12<br \/>\n  4 Jedick, Josie       SR Arizona State             NT    2:23.17          2<br \/>\n      32.75   37.33   36.44   36.65<br \/>\n  5 Rais, Jenna         SO California                NT    2:23.95          1<br \/>\n      34.67   36.70   36.18   36.40<br \/>\n  6 Patterson, Brianna  JR Arizona State             NT    2:24.67<br \/>\n      33.38   36.71   37.34   37.24<br \/>\n  7 Johnson, Karyl      SR Arizona State             NT   x2:27.34<br \/>\n      33.39   37.05   38.18   38.72<\/p>\n<p>Event 11  Women 500 Yard Freestyle<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Steffensen, Sandra  FR Arizona State             NT    4:55.97          9<br \/>\n      27.58   29.46   29.93   30.20   29.95   29.88   29.79   30.01<br \/>\n      29.94   29.23<br \/>\n  2 Medina, Lauren      SO California                NT    4:59.12          4<br \/>\n      26.73   29.38   30.32   30.84   30.63   30.11   30.28   30.57<br \/>\n      30.57   29.69<br \/>\n  3 Chandler, Ashley    FR California                NT    4:59.39          3<br \/>\n      27.43   29.64   29.92   29.98   30.08   30.30   30.29   30.94<br \/>\n      30.88   29.93<br \/>\n  4 Tiedeman, Kate      FR California                NT    5:00.87          2<br \/>\n      27.79   29.75   30.05   30.15   30.49   30.58   30.67   30.65<br \/>\n      30.73   30.01<br \/>\n  5 Banovic, Petra      JR Arizona State             NT    5:04.32          1<br \/>\n      28.77   30.26   30.60   30.58   30.56   30.73   30.52   30.87<br \/>\n      30.81   30.62<br \/>\n  6 Hennessy, Kathryn   FR Arizona State             NT    5:07.53<br \/>\n      28.60   30.99   31.20   31.05   30.99   30.99   31.16   30.92<br \/>\n      31.13   30.50<br \/>\n  7 Titcomb, Katie      SR Arizona State             NT   x5:07.98<br \/>\n      29.52   30.81   30.99   31.09   31.09   31.20   31.18   31.17<br \/>\n      31.09   29.84<br \/>\n  8 Rais, Jenna         SO California                NT   x5:20.14<br \/>\n      29.61   31.54   31.76   32.15   31.93   32.52   32.75   32.71<br \/>\n      32.98   32.19<\/p>\n<p>Event 12  Women 100 Yard Butterfly<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Kong, Flora         FR California                NT      56.22          9<br \/>\n      26.38   29.84<br \/>\n  2 Griffith, Natalie   JR California                NT      56.76          4<br \/>\n      26.61   30.15<br \/>\n  3 Fischer, Sarah      SO Arizona State             NT      57.54          3<br \/>\n      26.57   30.97<br \/>\n  4 Mauro, Florence     JR Arizona State             NT      58.09          2<br \/>\n      27.02   31.07<br \/>\n  5 Palsson, Emma       SO California                NT      58.17          1<br \/>\n      27.09   31.08<br \/>\n  6 Amano, Keiko        SO California                NT     x58.52<br \/>\n      27.99   30.53<br \/>\n  7 Ullrich, Laura      FR Arizona State             NT      59.92<br \/>\n      28.01   31.91<\/p>\n<p>Event 13  Women 200 Yard IM<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Coughlin, Natalie   JR California                NT    2:00.62          9<br \/>\n      26.46   30.57   35.36   28.23<br \/>\n  2 Kov\u00e1cs, \u00c1gnes       SO Arizona State             NT    2:03.21          4<br \/>\n      27.18   32.59   33.86   29.58<br \/>\n  3 Patterson, Brianna  JR Arizona State             NT    2:09.91          3<br \/>\n      28.92   34.18   36.64   30.17<br \/>\n  4 Bartlett, Melissa   JR Arizona State             NT    2:10.88          2<br \/>\n      29.76   33.97   37.21   29.94<br \/>\n  5 Jedick, Josie       SR Arizona State             NT   x2:14.76<br \/>\n      30.17   35.02   37.81   31.76<br \/>\n&#8212; Griffith, Natalie   JR California                NT   X2:04.75<br \/>\n      27.39   32.09   36.16   29.11<br \/>\n&#8212; Ng, Amy             SO California                NT   X2:07.15<br \/>\n      28.35   31.85   37.55   29.40<br \/>\n&#8212; Silver, Helen       FR California                NT   X2:10.09<br \/>\n      28.19   32.42   39.50   29.98<\/p>\n<p>Event 14  Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    School                                         Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Arizona State  &#39;A&#39;                               NT    3:29.24         11<br \/>\n     1) Banovic, Petra JR               2) Steffensen, Sandra FR<br \/>\n     3) Szigeti, Florencia SO           4) Hedenskog, Claire SR<br \/>\n       25.63    52.76    25.51    53.68    24.49    51.42    23.84    51.38<br \/>\n  2 University of California  &#39;A&#39;                    NT    3:32.70          4<br \/>\n     1) Bingaman, Cheryl Anne FR        2) Kong, Flora FR<br \/>\n     3) Palsson, Emma SO                4) Rockwell, Whitney FR<br \/>\n       25.25    52.36    25.46    53.18    25.34    53.36    24.59    53.80<br \/>\n  3 Arizona State  &#39;B&#39;                               NT    3:36.80          2<br \/>\n     1) Baldinger, Erin FR              2) Fischer, Sarah SO<br \/>\n     3) Ullrich, Laura FR               4) Chang, Julie FR<br \/>\n       26.25    54.69    25.48    54.02    26.00    54.08    25.43    54.01<\/p>\n<p>Event 15  Women 1 mtr Diving<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Tumlinson, Trisha   SO Arizona State             NT     296.70          9<br \/>\n  2 Borawski, Alyson    SO California                NT     226.50          4<br \/>\n  3 Zukowski, Nicole    SO Arizona State             NT     218.55          3<br \/>\n  4 Stenson, Jessica    JR Arizona State             NT     199.73          2<\/p>\n<p>Event 36  Women 3 mtr Diving<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n    Name              Year School                  Seed     Finals       Points<br \/>\n===============================================================================<br \/>\n  1 Tumlinson, Trisha   SO Arizona State             NT     309.68          9<br \/>\n  2 Stenson, Jessica    JR Arizona State             NT     276.23          4<br \/>\n  3 Borawski, Alyson    SO California                NT     236.40          3<br \/>\n  4 Zukowski, Nicole    SO Arizona State             NT     175.65          2<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/media\/Stacianna_Stitts.jpg\" alt=\"Stacianna Stitts\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMPE, AZ., January 24 &#8212; The Bears roared and the Devils cowered. 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