Women's Swimmers Top No. 11 Arizona State
November 02, 2002 | Women's Swimming & Diving
The No. 18 Wisconsin women's swimming and diving team defeated 11th-ranked Arizona State, but fell to No. 9 Arizona Saturday at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center. The Badgers also defeated the Mexican National team.
For the second-straight day, the Badgers swam extremely well against top-10 competition, winning six events. The Badgers tallied 90 points to Arizona State 's 51 and the Mexican National team's 7. Arizona scored 94 points. In swimming events, UW garnered 87 points over Arizona's 74 swimming-event points.
'This is the best we've swam as a team in my three-and-a-half years here,' coach Eric Hansen said. 'The system is in place, people have adapted and now we're starting to reap the rewards. We now have a solid core of athletes on both sides that can compete at this level.'
Carly Piper and Jenny Lyman were triple event winners on Saturday. Piper touched first in the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle events, while Lyman won the 50 and 100 free events. Lyman also led off the winning 400 free relay, which swam a NCAA B qualifying time of 3:26.13. Piper's time in the 200 (1:49.61) is also a NCAA B cut.
The Badgers get a week off before traveling to Northwestern Friday, Nov. 15. The Badgers take on the Wildcats at 5 p.m.
