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Seattle University Women?s Swimming Concludes Dual Meet Season in Nevada

Victories for Morehouse, Cobb, 400 free relay not enough as Nevada wins dual meet

Opens in a new window Results - Nevada 145, SeattleU 111
Seattle University Women?s Swimming Concludes Dual Meet Season in NevadaSeattle University Women?s Swimming Concludes Dual Meet Season in Nevada
The Seattle University women's swim team won three of the final five events, but the University of Nevada used its early advantage to earn a 145-111 victory Saturday afternoon at the Lombardi Pool.

After Nevada won the first nine events, Alexis Morehouse (Vancouver, Wash.) broke through with a convincing victory in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:26.41, over three seconds ahead of her closest competitor. Casey Hoffman (Burien, Wash.) followed with a second place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:24.51.

Sophomore Hayley Cobb (Irvine, Calif.) picked up a victory in the 400 individual medley in 4:45.99, over two and a half seconds in front of the second place finisher. The Redhawks closed out the meet with an exciting victory in the 400 freestyle relay, as Hanna Basler (El Cajon, Calif.), Kelsey Henan (Billings, Mont.), Elizabeth Hanohano (Honolulu, Hawaii), and Cobb combined to post a time of 3:40.13, just four-tenths of a second ahead of Nevada's relay quartet.

Earlier in the meet, Tina Nguyen (Hillsboro, Ore.) finished second in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.14, while Kevlyn Richards (Gig Harbor, Wash.) posted a second place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:07.18. SeattleU started showing its competitiveness in the 100 freestyle, as Hanohano touched the wall in 53.60 seconds, just 29/100ths of a second behind Nevada's Jojo Mi. In the next event, the 200 backstroke, Rachel Leighter (Eugene, Ore.) posted a time of 2:07.98, only half a second behind Jeanette Tour.

The Seattle University swim teams will now prepare for the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships, to be held Feb. 10-13 at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif. Last year the men finished in fourth place, while the women earned a seventh place finish.