Washington State Women Best Arizona State Women, 115-90

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The women of Washington State bested the Arizona State women in a dual meet Thursday night, 115-90. The dual meet marked the first win of the season for the Cougars who now move to a record of 1-2. The Sun Devils move to a record of 1-1.

Washington State Press Release:

No. 30 Washington State claimed five races and posted a 115-90 Pac-12 Conference victory over Arizona State University Thursday.

The Cougars recorded their second straight win over the Sun Devils after notching a 155.5-106.5 win in Pullman last year.

“Tonight was a great team win for us,” Washington State Head Coach Tom Jager said. “I am so proud for our seniors and the foundation they have laid for a great team. Our entire team showed up and raced today that’s how you win meets on the road. This Cougar team is tough and I am very proud of them. Every class contributed for us tonight and that’s a sign of a great team!”

Washington State opened the meet claiming two of the top three spots in the 200 medley relay with the team of Hayler Rose Love, Frederikke Hall, Anna Brolin and Hannah Bruggman finishing second with a season-best time of 1:43.86. Junior Kendra Griffin notched the Cougars first of the night in the 1000 Freestyle with a season-best 10:15.15, the seventh-fastest mark in WSU history.

In the 200 Freestyle, freshman Rachel Thompson picked up four more points for WSU finishing second and junior Elise Locke added three points with a third-place finish. The Cougars placed in two of the top three spots of the 50 Freestyle as sophomore Hannah Bruggman and junior Hayley Rose Love each notched season-best times to finished second and third, respectively.

The Cougars started to heat up in the fifth event, taking the top three spots of the 200 Medley led by junior Addisynn Bursch’s win with a time of 2:02.75, the sixth-best mark in school history. Senior Presley Wetterstrom finished second with a season-best 2:06.25 and senior Loree Olson placed third with a 2:06.85.

In the 200 Butterfly, WSU again claimed the top three finishers as junior Elise Locke earned the win with a season-best 2:01.30, good for the fifth-fastest time in school history. Griffin earned a second-place finish and sophomore Anna Brolin came in third for the Cougars. WSU continued to rack up the points as Bursch and Bruggman finished second and third, respectively, in the 100 Freestyle with season-best marks.

Freshman Jasmine Margetts continued her impressive start to her collegiate career by winning the 200 Backstroke and posting the third-best time in school history, 1:59.21, and two tenths of a second off of the NCAA “B” standard qualifying mark. The Cougars also received a second-place finish from Olson who posted the eighth-fastest time school history at 2:00.07 and a third-place time from sophomore Talisa Wibmer with a season-best 2:09.08.

In the 500 Freestyle, Thompson earned a second-place finish before the Cougars picked up another win as Wetterstrom claimed the 200 Breastroke with a 2:16.58, the eighth-best time in WSU history. Hall finished close behind Wetterstrom to earn another four points and a second-place finish.

The Cougars closed the night placing second and third in the 800 Freestyle Relay with the team of Bursch, Margetts, Locke and Thompson posting a season-best time of 7:27.42, just three tenths of second behind the Sun Devils.

Washington State will stay on the road and face the University of Arizona and UNLV in Tucson, Friday at 2 p.m.

Arizona State Press Release:

The Arizona State women’s swim team encountered their first loss of the season, as Washington State earned their first win of the year at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Despite winning three of the first four events, the Sun Devils couldn’t make up the points down the stretch and fell 115-90 to the Cougars.

ASU started off hot, as junior Ingibjord Jonsdottir, freshman Kaya Philapil, senior Marina Spadoni and junior Alysha Bush brought home the first victory of the meet in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.72. Washington State would pick up six points with second and third place.

Two races later, junior Katarina Simonovic earned another nine points for the Sun Devils with a time of 1:50.61 in the 200-yard freestyle. Senior Jamie Friderichs earned a fourth-place finish with a time of 1:53.37 for another two points.

In the next race, Bush was back at it after anchoring the 200-yard medley relay, as she nearly made the NCAA “B” Standard time with a finish of 23.19 — .20 off the standard.

Just before the first break in the meet, Washington State picked up a crucial 16 points with the top-three finishes in the 200-yard individual medley. That turned the tide, washing away the Devils 13-point lead into a three-point deficit.

The Cougars returned from break to take the top-three times in the 200-yard freestyle as well to go up 19 points, and they never looked back.

Bush picked up her second victory of the evening in the 100-yard freestyle — once again nearly hitting the “B” Standard qualifying time — with a time of 50.11.

Friderichs also picked up her first win of the season in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:59.06.

The Sun Devil women will have a chance at redemption this Saturday, Oct. 24 as they join the men’s team against UNLV at 11 a.m. at Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.

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Malcolm Neely

8 years ago

Go Cougs!

Xochitl Soto-Zavala

8 years ago

Good job Jasmine Magetts! So proud of you!!❤️???

Justin Slade

8 years ago

Ouch.

Greg Benoit

8 years ago

Go Cougs! Debbie Pipher is smiling down on you.

Mika Arai Gomez

8 years ago

Go Rachel! Michael Thompson Jennifer Youngmi-Kim Thompson

Bill Bell

8 years ago

No offense, TJ, ’cause ALL us Bruins got to stick together but when Wazzu beats ANY Pac-12 team in ANY spot time to pack up all the marbles and head for the hills.

But…a win is a win is a win is a win and when it’s over a Bob Bowman-coached team that’s like Cal Tech shutting out SC in football. Way to go, Tommy.

Sarah Eicher Nelson

8 years ago