Cardinals Edged by Notre Dame Women

January 09, 2021 | Swimming & Diving

Louisville wins both relays and four individual races

By: Nancy Worley

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The No. 14 University of Louisville Cardinals women's swimming and diving fell to No. 12-ranked Notre Dame 141-158 Saturday morning in South Bend.

UofL won both relays and four individual races including Morgan Friesen's win in the 200 breast, Maria Sumida's win in the 500, Gabi Albiero's win in the 50 free and Kaylee Wheeler's win in the 100 breast.

"We are grateful we have a chance to go on the road and compete. We performed well and I love the fight this group showed. We learned quite a bit about our team today. Unfortunately, we missed a couple of opportunities and that was the difference today," said Arthur Albiero, UofL head coach.

UofL had a win in the 200 medley relay to start the day as Ashlyn Schoof (25.87) Kaylee Wheeler (27.44), Christiana Regenauer (24.22) and Gabi Albiero (22.64) put up winning time of 1:40.17.

In the grueling 1000 freestyle, distance expert Maria Sumida was the top finisher for the Cards, touching 2nd with a time of 10:07.44. Teammate Maddie Luther was third in 10:07.46 in a close finish. The event was won by ND's Madeline LaPorte.

Notre Dame's Skylar Fore was the winner in the 200 free with a 1:51.62, just out-touching UofL's Paige Hetrick's second place time of 1:51.88.

Notre Dame's Bayley Stewart won the 100 back in 54.75. Tatiana Salcutan touched third in the 100 back for the Cardinals, stopping the clock at 55.73. Ashlyn Schoof was fourth in 55.79.

Cards take the top two spots in the 100 breast, led by Kaylee Wheeler (1:01.01) and Morgan Friesen (1:03.33).

ND's Coleen Gillilan was the winner in 1:56.52 and UofL's Alena Kraus touched second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:58.44. Carley Lowe boarded a 2:04.90.

Freshman Gabi Albiero won the 50 free with a time of 23.14 and teammate Christiana Regenauer was second, posting a 23.32.

In the 100 free, the Cards take three of the top four spots including the winning time of 50.44 by Christiana Regenauer. Katie Schorr was third (51.81 and Kaylee Wheeler (52.51) was fourth.

In the 200 back, newcomer Tatiana Salcutan touched second with a time of 1:59.78. Ashlynn Schoof turned in a 2:04.11 and Paige Hetrick was fifth with a 2:04.21.

Morgan Friesen took top honors in the 200 breast with a time of 2:16.24. Newly minted Cardinal Adeline Farrington was third in 2:18.62.

Maria Sumida had the winning time of 4:52.11 in the 500 free for another victory for the Cards. Maddie Luther is fourth (5:00.22) and Carley Lowe put up a 5:14.79.

Gabi Albiero puts up the fastest time for the Cardinals in the 100 fly with a 54.27, good for second and Alena Kraus was third in 54.56.

In the 200 IM, Maria Sumida was second with a time of 2:02.36. Abby Hay put up a 2:03.69.

In 3M diving, Kayla Wilson was third with a score of 265.65 and Else Praasterink was fifth with a score of 246.98. In 1M diving, Else Praasterink was fifth with a 223.80 and Kayla Wilson was sixth with a score of 217.43.

The Cardinals made it a relay sweep by winning the final 400 free relay as Christiana Regenauer, Katie Schorr, Alena Kraus and Maria Sumida put up with a time of 3:23.66. The B-relay team of Gabi Albiero, Kaylee Wheeler, Paige Hetrick and Ashlynn Schoof were third in 3:26.09.