NCAA Div. I Women: Rice Sinks Houston, 162-122
HOUSTON, Texas, November 5. FOR the 11th straight time, the Rice women’s swimming team defeated the Houston Cougars 162-122 in dual meet action, Friday afternoon at the UH Natatorium. Rice won the first 12 events and 13 of 16 total events to move to 2-0 on the year.
The Owls were led by senior Mandy Mularz, who swam a 23.81 to win the 50-yard freestyle, the second best time in the conference this season. She owns the school record of 22.17 set last season at the NCAA champoinships. Mularz also won the 100-free tonight with a time of 52.34, fourth best in the Western Athletic Conference this year.
Sophomore Lauren Hill helped the Owls to their second win with victories in the 100- and 200-yard breststroke events. Hill swam the 100 in a time of 1:05.00, fifth best in the WAC this year, and notched a 2:19.01 in the 200 for the third fastest time in the league.
Other event winners for the Owls included Jackie Corcoran in the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle, Kiana Taheri in the 200-yard freestyle, Toni Ciffolilli in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke, and Elaine Lee in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly. Under the command of first-year Head Coach Seth Huston, Rice’s 400-yard medley relay crew of Lee, Hill, Jenny Voight and Taheri won the event in a time of 3:59.01.
RESULTS
Event 1 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay
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School
Finals Points
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1 Rice 'A' 3:59.01 11
1) Lee, Elaine 2) Hill, Lauren
3) Voight, Jenny 4) Taheri, Kiana
2 Rice 'B' 4:00.27 4
1) Mularz, Mandy 2) Ciffolilli, Toni
3) Brown, Meghan 4) Healey, Laura
3 Houston 'A' 4:08.41 2
1) DeWitt, Jessica 2) Banjeglav, Tatjana
3) Hopkins, Falon 4) Toliver, Shawn
4 Houston 'B' 4:17.20
1) Blake, Jessica 2) Starr, Laura
3) Blocker, Vicki 4) Dye, Brittney
Event 2 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Corcoran, Jackie Owls 10:22.89 9
2 Bichman, Adi Owls 10:26.91 4
3 Kristick, Corrie Owls 10:39.86 3
4 Turpin, Lucile Cougars 10:50.74 2
5 Wien, Meagan Cougars 11:38.05 1
6 Burakowski, Carolina Cougars 11:58.77
Event 3 Women 200 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Taheri, Kiana Owls 1:55.45 9
2 Williams, Stacey Cougars 1:56.00 4
3 Brown, Meghan Owls 1:56.41 3
4 Bay, Kristin Cougars 2:01.55 2
5 McKee, Melissa Cougars 2:23.17 1
Event 4 Women 100 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Ciffolilli, Toni Owls 1:00.45 9
2 Healey, Laura Owls 1:02.10 4
3 DeWitt, Jessica Cougars 1:02.41 3
4 Blake, Jessica Cougars 1:02.50 2
5 Blocker, Vicki Cougars 1:04.84 1
Event 5 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Hill, Lauren Owls 1:05.00 9
2 Banjeglav, Tatjana Cougars 1:10.66 4
3 Starr, Laura Cougars 1:12.35 3
4 Burakowski, Carolina Cougars 1:17.52 2
Event 6 Women 200 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Lee, Elaine Owls 2:03.92 9
2 Voight, Jenny Owls 2:08.12 4
3 Turpin, Lucile Cougars 2:09.37 3
4 Williams, Stacey Cougars 2:18.87 2
5 Wien, Meagan Cougars 2:37.55 1
Event 7 Women 50 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Mularz, Mandy Owls 23.81 9
2 Bay, Kristin Cougars 24.72 4
3 Healey, Laura Owls 24.85 3
4 Hopkins, Falon Cougars 25.24 2
5 Banjeglav, Tatjana Cougars 26.59 1
Event 8 Women 1 mtr Diving
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Pakhalina, Yulia Cougars 363.38 9
2 Almazan, Azul Cougars 309.00 4
3 Harvey, Lindsay Cougars 228.15 3
— Smith, Veronica Cougars X237.90
Event 9 Women 100 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Mularz, Mandy Owls 52.34 9
2 Healey, Laura Owls 54.34 4
3 Corcoran, Jackie Owls 54.55 3
4 Hopkins, Falon Cougars 54.83 2
5 Bay, Kristin Cougars 54.88 1
6 Toliver, Shawn Cougars 55.68
Event 10 Women 200 Yard Backstroke
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Ciffolilli, Toni Owls 2:08.19 9
2 Kristick, Corrie Owls 2:10.78 4
3 Blake, Jessica Cougars 2:13.00 3
4 Blocker, Vicki Cougars 2:13.50 2
5 McKee, Melissa Cougars 2:42.58 1
Event 11 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Hill, Lauren Owls 2:19.01 9
2 Bichman, Adi Owls 2:30.98 4
3 Banjeglav, Tatjana Cougars 2:36.47 3
4 Burakowski, Carolina Cougars 2:43.92 2
5 Starr, Laura Cougars 2:44.87 1
Event 12 Women 500 Yard Freestyle
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Corcoran, Jackie Owls 5:07.44 9
2 Brown, Meghan Owls 5:13.42 4
3 Williams, Stacey Cougars 5:17.37 3
4 Taheri, Kiana Owls 5:29.76 2
5 Wien, Meagan Cougars 5:51.28 1
6 McKee, Melissa Cougars 6:25.46
Event 13 Women 100 Yard Butterfly
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Lee, Elaine Owls 57.73 9
2 Voight, Jenny Owls 59.55 4
3 Hopkins, Falon Cougars 59.90 3
4 Mularz, Mandy Owls 1:01.29 2
5 DeWitt, Jessica Cougars 1:01.75 1
6 Toliver, Shawn Cougars 1:03.34
Event 14 Women 3 mtr Diving
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Pakhalina, Yulia Cougars 403.65 9
2 Almazan, Azul Cougars 339.08 4
3 Smith, Veronica Cougars 278.55 3
Event 15 Women 400 Yard IM
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Name Year School
Finals Points
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1 Turpin, Lucile Cougars 4:38.01 9
2 Blocker, Vicki Cougars 4:51.31 4
3 DeWitt, Jessica Cougars 4:57.04 3
— Kristick, Corrie Owls X4:30.90
— Hill, Lauren Owls X4:32.57
— Bichman, Adi Owls X4:43.34
Event 16 Women 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School
Finals Points
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1 Houston 'A' 8:02.38 11
1) Bay, Kristin 2) Williams, Stacey
3) Toliver, Shawn 4) Turpin, Lucile
— Rice 'A' X7:49.37
1) Ciffolilli, Toni 2) Brown, Meghan
3) Voight, Jenny 4) Kristick, Corrie
— Rice 'B' X7:49.94
1) Corcoran, Jackie 2) Taheri, Kiana
3) Lee, Elaine 4) Bichman, Adi
— Houston 'B' DQ
1) Blake, Jessica 2) Starr, Laura
3) Burakowski, Carolina 4) Wien, Meagan