Jan. 15, 2018
SAN DIEGO - San Diego makes a quick trip east to San Diego State for its final road dual meet of the season Friday at noon PT.
The Toreros are coming off a quality showing against Fresno State this past weekend. Alex Hubel and Danielle Taylor each won an individual event but it was not quite enough to take down Fresno State as the Toreros fell, 167-104.
Hubel flew to a first-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly in 56.99 and out-touched the second-place finisher, the Bulldogs Zofie Niemczak (57.01), by two-one hundredths of a second. Hubel added a third-place finish in the 200 fly in 2:07.73.
Taylor paced the field in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.28. She notched second-place results in the 100 backstroke (59.00) and 50 free (24.53).
Hubel and Taylor were two of nine Toreros who combined for 12 top-three finishes on the day.
Kailyn Evans earned second-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.98) and the 200 free (1:58.23).
Mackenna Briggs placed third in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:10.96.
Liza Kuznetsova and Anna Luckenbach registered a third-place finish apiece. Kuznetsova touched in a 10:38.90 in the 1000 free, while Luckenbach finished the 500 free in 5:10.98.
Toreros divers, Elizabeth Petty and Melinda Henesy, traded first-place results in the two diving events on the day. Petty earned the top spot in the first event, 143.70-131.40, while Henesy finished first in the second event, 194.40-193.65.
USD ended the meet on a high note, claiming two of the top three spots in the 400 free relay. The team of Briggs, Hubel, Evans and Taylor placed first with a time of 3:32.00. The Toreros team of Maeve Murdoch, Alyssa Hornbuckle, Alex Haitz and Sydney Wong edged out Fresno State's B-squad, touching in at 3:39.46 to finish third.