Complete Results
 
AUBURN, Ala. – The Wisconsin swimming and diving team wrapped up its double dual meet with Auburn and Tennessee by claiming four more individual wins and a number of solid finishes Saturday.
 
Neither the women's or men's team were able to get a team win, but Wisconsin coach Whitney Hite still saw the meet as a positive starting point for the season for his 12th-ranked women and 25th-ranked men.
 
"I thought we did a nice job of racing and competing," Hite said. "We didn't get a win, and the scores are lopsided on the men's side, but I think we did a nice job of racing."
 
The UW women fell to Auburn by a score of 205-146 and to Tennessee by a count of 204-149.
 
On the men's side, Auburn defeated the Badgers 256-97 and Tennessee claimed the team win with a score of 261-91.
 
At this point in the season, Hite is focused on individual improvement over team wins. He says, "I'm not too concerned with the score. I don't enjoy getting pounded like that, but this is a starting point for us. The focus is on February and March."
 
The Badgers will have another opportunity to face a top-notch opponent next week when they host Georgia at the UW Natatorium.
 
"We're looking forward to taking another step forward against a good Georgia team," Hite said. "We'll be ready to compete."
 
Notable
• The women's 200-yard medley relay squad of Jess Unicomb, Marissa Berg, Beata Nelson and Emmy Sehmann was victorious, finishing with a winning time of 1:40.12.
 
• Maddie Tew won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:53.66.
 
• Senior Abby Jagdfeld won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.44. Emmy Sehmann placed fourth in the same event with a time of 1:49.73.
 
• The women's 400-yard free relay squad of Jagdfeld, Sehmann, Unicomb and Beata Nelson took second-place with a time of 3:19.63.
 
• Nelson took second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.00, good for the 10th-best time in school history.
 
• The men's 200-yard medley relay squad of Matt Novinski, Griffin Back, Todd McCarthy and Tyler Zelen took third, coming in at 1:30.51.
 
• Cooper Hodge swam to a third-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 3:56.99.
 
• Unicomb finished third in the 100-yard backstroke (54.82).
 
• Freshman Matt Novinski placed third in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 48.88, only 0.3 second off the pace.
 
• Senior Victor Goicoechea took third (4:32.92) and Eric Geunes took fifth (4:37.11) in the 500-yard freestyle.
 
Quotable
"Maddie Tew has done a great job this far. She had a great meet. Her 500 freestyle was an awesome race."
 
"I thought Matt Novinski had a great meet. It was coming-out party in a way, being his first meet as a Badger."
 
"That 200 freestyle was impressive. It was 15 minutes into the meet, and Abby Jagdfeld and Emmy Sehmann had already raced, but were still able to finish first and fourth. That's pretty damn good."
 
"The people who came in and succeeded were ready to go. Now we'll get the rest of the team going."
 
- Head coach Whitney Hite
 
Up Next
The Badgers will be back in the water on Thursday, Oct. 19, when they host Georgia at the UW Natatorium. Swimming events begin at 3 p.m. (CT).