Nov. 12, 1999
TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State women's swimming and diving team, ranked 21st nationally, upset #14 UCLA 128-115 Friday in a hotly-contested dual meet at the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center.
The Sun Devils and Bruins were separated by only a few points heading into the meet's final two races. However ASU got victories from sophomore Riley Mants in the 200 breaststroke (2:28.31) and from its 400 freestyle relay team of Carolyn Adel, Casey Murphy, Alicia Wheelock and Stephanie Elwonger (3:49.38) to ensure victory. The Sun Devils' relay time bested UCLA's by only .59 seconds.
Arizona State also got victories from Adel in the 200 individual medley (2:16.24) and Sarah Baham in 200 butterfly competition (2:14.50). The diving portion of the dual meet was held in Tucson, where the Devils' Katrina Pfeuffer swept both the 1 and 3 meter springboard events.
Senior Keiko Price led the Bruins with victories in the 50 (25.87) and 100 (56.36) freestyle. UCLA's top 400 medley relay team also bested all other competitors in a time of 4:10.53.
Both the Bruins and Devils also staged exhibition meets on Friday against the Southern California All-Stars, a squad of elite junior swimmers from the Golden State. The All-Stars defeated ASU 120-84 and UCLA by a 108.5-96.5 margin.
Arizona State's men's team did battle with the SoCal All-Stars as well, and handily defeated the visitors 147-58. The Sun Devils notched wins in nearly every event, including victories by freshman Anders Lyrbring in the 50 (23.36) and 400 (3:57.14) free.
The ASU men and women will return to action tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. against the highly-ranked USC Trojans.