Michigan State
UB Women's Swimming & Diving Completes Sweep of Michigan State and Army
11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving
BUFFALO, NY – The State University of New York, Buffalo men's and women's swimming and diving teams completed their tri-meet with Michigan State and Army on Saturday afternoon. The UB women finished an impressive sweep of the Spartans and Black Knights, winning 173-142 and 170-145, respectively. The men's team lost to Michigan State, 185-130, and to Army, 176-139.
Spencer Rodriguez earned the Bulls' first victory of the day by winning the 400 individual medley in a time of 4:29.64. She held off Michigan State's Chelsea Abbott and Army's Jessica Burkett who finished with times of 4:30.08 and 4:30.42, respectively.
Scott Huang posted a dominant effort to win the men's 400 individual medley. The Bulls' sophomore finished with a time of 4:02.91, beating the second-place swimmer by nearly three seconds. UB's Billy Patrum finished third in the race with a time of 4:06.33.
Huang won his second event of the afternoon by taking the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:04.53.
Freshman Megan Burns won the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 51.87. Jessica Powers finished third in 53.24.
Powers was in total control of the 500 freestyle, going wire-to-wire to win with a time of 5:03.93. Patrum swam a time of 4:39.42 to take second in the men's 500 freestyle.
Cristina Czyrka edged out Marina Borri of Army to win the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.06.
In the final race of the day, UB finished first and second in the women's 400 freestyle relay, clinching the meet for the Bulls.
"I thought our women did a great job of competing," head coach Andy Bashor said. "Coming off a big win against Akron last week and being able to match that intensity is tough for a young team. For all the efforts that they did to put themselves in a position to win makes me proud.
"For the men, I thought yesterday we were a little off. I thought we came back today and had a lot more fight and a lot more energy and I was really excited about that and seeing how they bounced back from yesterday."
The Bulls will next compete against McMaster next Saturday at the Alumni Arena Natatorium.
