Swim & Dive Central: Virginia

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Coming off back-to-back wins, the Tennessee swimming and diving team is set to host No. 2/4 Virginia at home at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center for a top 25 showdown Saturday at 11 a.m.

Admission for this meet and all regular season meets is free, but Tennessee's clear bag policy will be in effect. The competition begins with the 200 medley relay followed by the 1,000 free and the beginning of the men's 3-meter dive and the women's 1-meter. Live results will be available through the Meet Mobile app.

Both the Vols and Lady Vols enter the meet ranked in the TYR/CSCAA Top 25 poll at No. 15 for the women and No. 16 for the men. Virginia's women are 2nd-ranked nationally and the men are fourth in the nation.

At the 2019 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, Tennessee's women finished eighth while Virginia placed sixth, just three points ahead of the Lady Vols. On the men's side, UVA came in 10th, one point ahead of UT which finished 11th.

TOP TIMES MEN

Last weekend senior Alec Connolly turned in the nation's second fastest 50 free at 19.92
In the 100 back, Matthew Garcia posted a 48.30 which is currently the 10th quickest time in the country
Michael Houlie holds the fourth fastest time in the 100 breast, stopping the clock at 54.34
Marc Hinawi and Taylor Abbott enter the weekend with the 7th and 11th times in the 200 fly at 1:47.26 and 1:47.88, respectively
Against Wilmington, the Vols' 200 free relay (Raab, Ionichev, Verhage, Connolly) turned in a 1:23.18 which is good for the country's 13th fastest
Tennessee holds the No. 1 time in the 400 medley relay (Walsh, Briggs, Bailey, Connolly) at 3:16.13

TOP TIMES WOMEN

Erika Brown set an NCAA B-cut time in the 50 free at South Carolina, swimming the nation's 8th fastest time at 22.55
Tess Cieplucha has an NCAA B-cut time in the 200 breast, going 2:12.61 at Wilmington which is currently the 9th time nationally
In the 100 fly, Trude Rothrock holds the 14th time in the nation at 53.80
The 400 free relay (Brown, Cieplucha, Grinter, Pintar) is sixth nationally at 3:22.05
The Lady Vols' 400 medley relay (Small, Yager, Brown, Moseley) is 8th-ranked with a time of 3:42.84

AGAINST VIRGINIA
Tennessee and Virginia have met in three of the last four seasons with the UT men winning twice, but the women falling in each meet. Last season, the Vols and Cavaliers met in Charlottesville which saw UVA win the men's and women's competition. As two of the top teams in the nation a year ago, Saturday will be a good early season measuring stick as UT and UVA move deeper into the year.

ORDER OF EVENTS
200 Medley Relay

1,000 Freestyle

Men's 3-Meter/Women's 1-Meter Dive

200 Free

100 Back

100 Breast

200 Butterfly

50 Freestyle

100 Freestyle

200 Backstroke

Men's 1-Meter/Women's 3-Meter Dive

200 Breaststroke

500 Freestyle

100 Butterfly

200 Individual Medley

400 Freestyle Relay

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Abbott

Erika Brown

Tess Cieplucha

Alec Connolly

Matthew Garcia

Marc Hinawi

Michael Houlie

Trude Rothrock

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