Cardinals Fall to Kentucky

Saturday, January 26

Lexington, KY

1:00 P.M.

University of Louisville

Kentucky

Louisville Cardinal swimmers compete against Virginia at Ralph Wright Natatorium on November 3.

January 26, 2019 | Swimming & Diving

UK vs. UofL Results

The Cards posted a collective 12 wins on the afternoon.

By: Kylie Klotzbach

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Despite collecting a combined 12 wins, the University of Louisville men's and women's swimming and diving team fell to Kentucky at the Lancaster Aquatic Center on Saturday afternoon. The No. 16 Louisville women were defeated 175-125 by No. 10 Kentucky, while the No. 8 men fell 157.5-142.5.

Mallory Comerford (200/100 free), Evgenii Somov (100/200 breast) and Nicolas Albiero (100/200 back) led the Cardinals with two individual event wins apiece.

"I'm proud of our team effort today. We had a number of people step up and perform well, but obviously we let too many opportunities escape us," said UofL head coach Arthur Albiero. "Especially on the road, the little things catch up with you, and we missed too many chances. We battled hard until the very last moment, but just fell short on both sides. We will continue to learn and get a little better daily. This meet will help us sharpen our preparation for our championship season."

The Cardinals opened the meet by sweeping the 200 medley relays. On the women's side, the team of Alina Kendzior (25.50), Mariia Astashkina (28.11), Grace Oglesby (24.42) and Comerford (21.71) took the top spot with a time of 1:39.74. For the men, Albiero (22.18), Somov (24.55), Zach Harting (21.33) and Andrej Barna (19.36) led from start to finish to earn the victory in a time of 1:27.42.

In the first individual event of the afternoon, Sophie Cattermole posted a second place finish in the 1000 free with a 10:02.16. Marcelo Acosta led from wire-to-wire to win the men's event with a 9:11.69, while T.C. Smith used a quick final 100 to move into second with a 9:19.37.

Comerford picked up the first individual win of the meet for the Cards in the 200 free, touching the wall in an NCAA B cut time of 1:46.98. In the men's event, Bartosz Piszczorowicz took fourth with a 1:38.75.

In the 100 back, Albiero led the men to a sweep of the top three spots with a winning time of 47.80. Mitchell Whyte (47.84) and Nikkos Sofianidis (49.04) finished just behind in second and third. On the women's side, Kendzior touched third with a 54.97.

In the 100 breast, Astashkina was the Cards' top finisher with a third place showing in a time of 1:03.00. Somov won the men's 100 breast handily with a 54.50.

Oglesby and Alena Kraus posted their second one-two finish in as many days in the 200 fly as Oglesby touched first in an NCAA B cut time of 1:59.23, followed by Kraus with a 2:00.32. Harting placed second for the men in a time of 1:46.87.

Riding the momentum from the previous event, the Cards once again captured the top two spots, this time in the 50 free. Avery Braunecker collected the victory with a 23.08, while Arina Openysheva took second with a 23.26. Barna was the top-scorer for the men, finishing second with a 20.08.

In diving, Michaela Sliney took second on the 3-meter with an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 294.83. Daniel Pinto was the Cards' top finisher on the 1-meter with a 294.75.

Comerford recorded her second win of the day in the 100 free, stopping the clock in an NCAA B cut time of 49.05. Barna (44.45) and Piszczorowicz (44.59) took second and third respectively in the men's race.

Albiero completed a sweep of the backstroke events, taking first in the 200 back with a 1:45.13. Whyte also posted a strong swim, finishing in second with a 1:47.52. In the women's event, Alina Kendzior was third with a 2:00.20.

Somov registered another breaststroke win, this time in the 200 with a 2:00.58. Morgan Friesen turned in a solid swim for the women, placing second with a 2:15.56.

In the 500 free, Maria Sumida touched third in a time of 4:54.54. Acosta finished second with a 4:29.60, followed by Colton Paulson with a time of 4:31.42.

Sliney turned in her second NCAA Zone qualifying mark of the day, placing third on the 1-meter with a 275.18. On the men's 3-meter, Pinto took third with a 381.68, just off his own school record score of 384.30.

Sumida was the Louisville women's top finisher in the 200 IM, touching third in a time of 2:03.22. In the men's event, Daniel Sos placed third with a time of 1:49.60.

The Cards capped off the day with a pair of second place finishes in the 400 free relay. Braunecker (51.52), Visscher (50.72), Schultz (51.28) and Kraus (51.07) posted a time of 3:24.59, while Albiero (44.76), Barna (43.55), Cummings (45.17) and Paulson (44.93) recorded a 2:58.41.

Louisville returns to action on Friday with a trip to Bloomington, Ind. for the final dual meet of the season against No. 2/11 Indiana.