LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Arizona State women’s swim and dive team (0-5) were back in the pool Saturday, this time against UCLA, competing approximately 14 hours after concluding its meet against USC on Friday night. This time around, the Sun Devils fell to the Bruins, 169-124.
The loss comes for ASU a day after head coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker described her team as having swam “exceptionally well” against USC, going on to describe the performance as her time operating at a higher level than at any point this season.
The men’s team only competed intersquad due to the fact that UCLA does not carry a men’s swimming program.
As it did Friday, ASU finished the meet by winning a relay, this time the 400 freestyle relay. The team of seniors Juanita Barreto and Melanie Busch, junior Jamie Friderichs, and sophomore Alysha Bush touched the pad in a time of 3:23.72, almost seven seconds ahead of second-place.
For the second consecutive day, freshman Jorie Caneta showed why she’ll remain a bright spot in the program for some time to come. She again placed first in the 100 breaststroke, this time swimming a time of 1:03.37.
On the diving side, freshman Mara Aiacoboae secured her third top-two finish in two days, this time scoring a 308.40 in her runner-up effort in the 1-meter dive.
The loss won’t linger long as both the men and women’s teams take to College Station, Texas this week for the Texas A&M Invite, which begins Thursday, Nov. 20.