No. 9/12 Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 12/9 Indiana

Friday, January 29

RALPH WRIGHT NATATORIUM

5:00 PM

University of Louisville

Indiana

Swimming & Diving | Senior Day | Kelsi Worrell

No. 9/12 Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 12/9 Indiana

January 29, 2016 | Swimming & Diving

Cards make 18 NCAA B-cuts.

By: Nancy Worley

The No. 9/12 ranked University of Louisville women's and men's swimming and diving team fell to rival No. 12/9 Indiana Friday night at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center.

The Cardinal men fell 175-125 and the women fell 159-139 on Senior Day. The Cardinals had 11 swimmers make 18 B-cuts over the course of the meet.

"I always have mixed emotions about Senior Day," said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. "I think back to every opportunity where I recruited these guys and I remember them coming in and then to see how far they have come and how well they performed tonight. That is what it is all about. As a coach, I couldn't be prouder of this group and the men and women they have become. They battled so hard today. It is always hard to be on the short end of the stick. It stings a little bit, but I am proud of the way this group fought and I give credit to the opponent today. They were better than us, but that doesn't take anything away from what we are trying to do and the continuation of the process.

The Cards were led by winners Kelsi Worrell (200-medley relay, 200-fly, 200 back, 400-free relay), Andrea Cottrell (400-free relay, 200-medley relay), Alina Kendzior (200-medley relay, 100-back), Mallory Comerford (50-free, 100-free, 400-free relay). For the men, Grigory Tarasevich won the 200-medley relay, the 100 back and the 200-back. Carlos Claverie won the 200-medley relay and the 200-breast. Nolan Tesone took the 200-IM.

In the women's 200-medley relay, the foursome of Alina Kendzior (25.11), Andrea Cottrell (27.80), Kelsi Worrell (23.06), Andrea Kneppers (22.86) combined to post a 1:38.83 for the win. IU took second in 1:40.47 and third in 1:42.89.

In the men's 200-medley relay, both schools had teams disqualified but when the dust settled, both were reinstated with the Cardinal foursome of Grigory Tarasevich (22.22), Carlos Claverie (24.36), Josh Quallen (21.07) and Trevor Carroll (19.37) teamed up for a win in 1:27.02.

In the women's 1000, IU's Haley Lips took first in 9:55.48 followed by teammate Stephane Marchuk's 9:57.83. Marah Pugh was third for the Cardinals, going 10:00.75.

In the men's 1000, IU had a 1-2-3 sweep led by Adam Destrampe's win in 9:17.05. Jake Schultz was the top Cardinal, finishing fifth in 9:46.67.

Indiana took the top two spots in the 200-free, led by Kennedy Goss' 1:47.13. Haley Lips was second in 1:48.19 and UofL's Andrea Kneppers was third in 1:48.98 as the top Cardinal.

In the men's 200-free, Indiana's Blake Pieroni took first with a 1:36.07 with UofL's Matthias Lindenbauer touching second in 1:37.75. Ruben Izarra picked up the final Louisville point with a fifth place time of 1:40.65.

In the women's 100-backstroke, UofL's Alina Kendzior won with a B-cut time of 54.64. Teammate Ashley LeClair was third in 55.92.

Grigory Tarasevich notched the first men's win touching the wall first in 47.68 for a B-cut. Aaron Greene was fourth in 49.08 and Christian Garkani was fifth in 50.42 to round out the Cardinals scoring.

In the women's 100-breast, IU's Lilly King was first with a B-cut time of 1:00.05 followed by UofL's Andrea Cottrell was second with a B-cut time of 1:01.74 and Rachael Bradford Feldman was third in 1:03.92. Lauren James was fourth for the Cards in 1:05.04.

In the men's 100- breast, Hoosier Tanner Kurz touched first with B-cut time of 53.93. Carlos Claverie was second in 54.78 for UofL and IU's Ian Finnerty was third in 54.80 and both were B-cuts.

In the women's 200-butterfly, Louisville's Kelsi Worrell put up the winning time of 1:56.40 for a B-cut. Abigail Houck was fourth in 2:00.39. Marah Pugh picked up a point with a fifth place touch of 2:01.79.

In the men's 200-fly, Max Irwin was first for IU, in a B-cut time of 1:46.38. Zach Harting was the top Cardinal with a third place time of 1:48.21. Josh Quallen was fourth in 1:49.37.

In the women's 50- free, Louisville freshman Mallory Comerford was first in 23.30 and Maggie Patterson was third in 23.87.

In the women's 3-meter diving, Lacey Houser won for IU with a score of 301.95. Mady Ingmire was second with a score of 283.95 and Andrea Acquista was third in 278.33.

In the men's 1-meter diving, IU's Cody Coldren took top honors with a 328.58 just edging Sean Piner's 328.28.

Mallory Comerford put up an NCAA B-cut time of 49.80 for the win in the 100-freestyle. UofL teammate Andrea Kneppers was second in 50.42.

In the men's 100-freestyle, IU's Blake Pieroni won in 44.09 for a B-cut time. Hoosier Anze Tavcar was second in 4433 and Matthias Lindenbauer was third for UofL with a 44.75.

In the 200-backstroke, UofL star Kelsi Worrell put up a winning B-cut time of 1:55.63. IU's Kennedy Goss was second with B-cut time of 1:57.54. Alina Kendzior was third in 1:59.32 and Ashley LeClair was fourth in 2:00.59.

In the men's 200-back, Grigory Tarasevich picked up his second win with a B-cut time of 1:44.82. Nolan Tesone was second with a B-cut 1:45.13 and Aaron Greene completed the sweep with a 1:46.72.

In the women's 200-breast, IU's Lilly King won with a time of 2:10.57. UofL's Andrea Cottrell was second in 2:13.90 and Rachael Bradford Feldman was third in 2:14.95 and all three places were B-cuts.

UofL sophomore Carlos Claverie was the 200-breast after trailing the first half of the race, putting up a 1:58.17 for a B-cut. IU's Tanner Kurz was second in 2:00.08 and Cardinal Todd Owen was third in 2:03.76.

In the women's 500-freestyle, Hoosier Haley Lips touched first in 4:48.70 with teammates Stephanie Marchuk (4:50.87) and Kennedy Goss (4:55.02) completing the 1-2-3 sweep. Marah Pugh was fourth for the Cards in 4:56.98.

In the men's 500-free, Hoosier Jackson Miller was first in 4:26.09 and managed to hold off UofL's Trevor Carroll was second in 4:30.16. Zach Harting was fifth with a 4:34.28 to pick up a point.

In the 100-fly, IU's Gia Dalesandro was first in 54.01, just outtouching Cardinal freshman Mallory Comerford, who touched in 54.39 for a B-cut.

In the men's 100-fly, IU's Vinicius Lanza was first in 48.20 for a B-cut. Josh Quallen was second in 48.32 and Pedro Coutinho was third 48.41.

In 3-meter diving, Indiana's Joshua Arndt won with a score of 400.50, followed by UofL's Sean Piner's 335.48.

In the women's 1-meter diving, IU's Lacey Houser took top honors in 307.20 with Louisville's Andrea Acquista boarding a second place score of 289.73. Mady Ingmire was fourth with 274.35.

It was a duel down the stretch in the women's 200-IM, but Gia Dalesandro held off Rachael Bradford Feldman for the win in 2:00.25 and a B-cut. Bradford Feldman touched in 2:00.67. Alina Kendzior was fourth for Louisville going in 2:02.93.

Louisville senior Nolan Tesone finished two seconds ahead of the field with a B-cut time of 1:46.64 for the win. Ian Finnerty was second when the Hoosier touched in 1:48.95. Cardinal Carlos Claverie was third in 1:50.72 and Josh Quallen was fourth in 1:51.06.

Louisville won the women's 400-free relay when Andrea Kneppers (50.86), Mallory Comerford (49.40), Hannah Magnuson (51.81) and Kelsi Worrell (48.29) combined for a 3:20.15. Indiana's A relay was second, going 3:22.16.
In the men's 400-free relay, IU hit the wall in 2:55.39. The Louisville foursome of Matthias Lindenbauer (45.12), David Boland (44.27), Grigory Tarasevich (43.53) and Trevor Carroll (43.13) posted a 2:56.05 for second place.

Prior to the meet, the Cardinals honored the team's 12 seniors – Devon Bibault, Nate Bond, Pedro Coutinho, Bryan Draganosky, Mady Ingmire, Ruben Izarra, Andrea Kneppers, Lucy Kramer, Sean Piner, Nolan Tesone, Dexter Thomas, and Kelsi Worrell.

"Oh man, we lose great leadership," said Albiero. "We lose great leadership. People are always asking me how you replace people. You don't. You can never do that. Each person brings something unique to the table and this group, in particular, has been so much for the program. They've been part of a really incredible rise of our program in the national rankings. So it is a group we are indebted to because they have done so much to help us get here and that is their legacy."