Women’s Swimming and Diving Briefs

Tuesday, February 16, 1999

Women’s Swimming and Diving Briefs

UCLA lost, but not least

Who would’ve thought losing to the No. 3 USC swimming and diving
team would bring such joyous cheers from the Bruin crowd?

"I’m very happy with the results," UCLA head coach Cyndi
Gallagher said.

Of course, the Bruins weren’t happy that the team lost in
overall team scoring.

They were more than pleased, though, about the numerous swimmers
who turned in their best times this weekend.

The predicted Bruin victories were carried out by junior Keiko
Price. She came in at 49.82 seconds on the 100-yard freestyle and
finished the 50-yard free in 22.97 seconds.

These times are only fractions of a second away from her
personal best and school record times.

She expects to go significantly faster in the upcoming Pac-10s
and NCAAs.

UCLA freshman Katie Younglove came in second to USC’s Karen
Campbell in the 200-yard butterfly. She may not be very happy about
that, but she, her coaches and teammates were impressed that her
time of 1:59.82 guarantees her a spot at the NCAAs.

The Trojans won a majority of the meet, including all diving
events.

But the Bruins didn’t leave the ‘SC pool without a fight. Their
team spirit was rampant throughout the meet.

Freshman Lyndee Hovsepian proved she’s got the competitive will
in the 200-yard breaststroke event. She was more than a body length
behind USC’s leading swimmer when she made a burst to the finish,
only to be barely out-touched by that Trojan. She ended up swimming
her best time in the process.

The Bruins finished off the meet by winning the 200-free relay.
The assemblage of Price, Becky Thompson, Angela Belloni and Katie
Ryan clocked in at 1:33.89 seconds.

Bruins lose clash of the Titans

The weekend looked promising at first for the UCLA women’s water
polo team, but it all fell apart the last day of the UC San Diego
tournament.

The Bruins defeated UCSD, 12-7, on Friday to advance to
Saturday’s competition. Upon beating UC Davis, 10-5, and University
of Hawaii, 7-4, they were on a roll.

Then came Sunday morning’s game against USC.

Trojans had a slight lead by end of the first half, but the
Bruins made up the deficit and then some by scoring three points in
the third quarter. Southern Cal, however, came back in the fourth
quarter with three more points to defeat the Bruins 5-3.

So it was a fight for third place instead of the tournament
championship.

UCLA had a second encounter with Stanford, and another negative
outcome. The game was tied 3-3 by the first half. The difference
was the second half, as the Cardinal outscored the Bruins 3 to 1,
to win the game 6-4.

The Bruins finished the tournament in fourth place.

USC defeated Cal to sweep the San Diego tournament.

Notes complied by Steve Kim, Daily Bruin Senior Staff

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