University of Tennessee Athletics
NO. 24 LADY VOLS FALL TO NO. 3 GEORGIA
January 25, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Jan. 25, 2003
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
The No. 24 University of Tennessee swimming and diving team fell to the No. 3 Georgia Lady Bulldogs by a score of 142-99 on Saturday at the Student Aquatic Center.
Senior Jaime Sanger starred for Tennessee in the diving events, winning on both the one- and three-meter springboard in yet another dominating showing by the Lady Vol divers. Sanger recorded a season-best total of 321.75 on the three-meter, a performance that ranks her fifth in school history for the event and is the eighth-highest total ever recorded by a Lady Vol.
"I'm very happy to see Jaime go out in her last home meet with a pair of wins like this," UT Diving Coach Dave Parrington said. "Our divers performed consistently today, which helps as we continue to prepare for the upcoming SEC Championships."
In addition, sophomore Lauryn McCalley (Moultrie, Ga.) grabbed second place in both diving events, scoring 287.77 on the one-meter and 311.02 on the three-meter.
Rounding out the Lady Vol scorers on the boards, junior platform-specialist Kylee Wells (Russiaville, Ind.) placed third on the thee-meter and fourth on the one-meter.
In the pool, meanwhile, freshman Graciela Breece-Rodriguez notched the Lady Vols' first swimming win of the day in the 200y IM with a time of 2:05.91. She also placed fourth in the 200y back with a clocking of 2:04.77.
Lady Vol Noelle Bassi outpaced the competition in the 200y fly with a time of 2:01.50 to win by nearly two seconds and remain undefeated in the event during her collegiate career. The freshman from Franklin Lakes, N.J., has competed in the 200y fly seven times this season, touching the wall first on each occasion.
Senior Bethany Hall had a strong showing in her final meet home meet for the Big Orange, grabbing third place in the 100y free and fourth in the 200y free.
Lady Vol Courtney Naparlo (Williamsburg, Va.) also stepped it up in her last meet at the Student Aquatic Center to grab third place in the 50y free with a season-best time of 24.32.
UT's Nicole Brannock (Ellicott City, Md.) also gave a strong Senior Day performance with a second-place clocking of 2:24.10 in the 200y breast.
Also competing for the final time in Knoxville were Lady Vol seniors Stacy Binyon (Southlake, Texas) and Sara Wingfield (Fort Pierce, Fla.). Binyon, a platform-specialist, registered fifth-place finishes on both the one- and three-meter springboards. Wingfield, meanwhile, helped Tennessee close out the meet on a strong note when she anchored home the Orange and White's victorious 200y free relay team. Wingfield, along with teammates Jessica Blevins, Naparlo and Bassi, combined to clock an event-winning 1:38.03.
The first relay of the day was extremely competitive, as all five squads in the pool for the 200y medley relay finished within .67 seconds of each other, however, both Lady Vol quartets were out-touched at the wall and had to settle for the fourth and fifth positions.
Other Lady Vols placing in the top five of individual events included freshman Jacque Fessel in the 200y back (third), freshman Danielle Lundy in the 200y breast (third), junior Raellen Arnold in the 1000y free (fourth), freshman Abbi Terveer in the 50y free (fourth), freshman Kara Boland in the 500y free (fourth) and the 200y free (fifth) as well as freshman Randi Vogel in the 1000y free (fifth).
With the loss, UT drops to 4-3 on the season (3-1 SEC), while Georgia improves to 9-1 (4-1 SEC).
Tennessee will close out its dual meet season next weekend against No. 2 Florida on Feb. 1 in Gainesville at 11 a.m. The Lady Vols then have a little over two weeks to prepare for the SEC Championships, Feb. 19-22 at Auburn, Ala.
