Swim & Dive Central: No. 8/9 Florida

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 4/12 Tennessee swimming and diving team closes out the regular season Saturday as it hosts No. 8/9 Florida for senior day at the Allan Jones Aquatic Center.

The senior day recognitions begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be followed by the start of the dual meet at 10 a.m. Live results will be available on the MeetMobile app and at DiveMeets.com.

The fourth-ranked Lady Vols (7-0) enter the meet undefeated on the year with five wins over top 25 teams, following last week's win over No. 9 Georgia. On the men's side, the Vols (6-1) suffered their first loss of the season, falling to the eighth-ranked Bulldogs.

Florida leads the all-time series on both sides with the Gator men holding a 26-19 advantage and the Gator women leading the series 31-4. The Lady Vols beat Florida in 2018, the last time the teams met in Knoxville. The Vols last beat Florida's men in 2008.

With a win, Tennessee's women would finish the season undefeated for just the third time in program history and for the first time since finishing 5-0 in the 1972-73 season. A win for the men would give them their best finish since going 6-0 in 2002.

TOP TIMES MEN

No. 15 – Alec Connolly – 19.47 – 50 Freestyle
No. 15 – Alec Connolly – 42.76 – 100 Freestyle
No. 14 – Matthew Garcia – 46.07 – 100 Backstroke
No. 11 – Matthew Garcia – 1:41.42 – 200 Backstroke
No. 10 – Michael Houlie – 52.32 – 100 Breaststroke
No. 15 – Matthew Garcia – 1:44.71 – 200 IM
No. 11 – Tennessee – 1:24.85 – 200 Medley Relay
No. 7 – Tennessee – 3:07.20 – 400 Medley Relay

TOP TIMES WOMEN

No. 2 – Erika Brown – 21.19 – 50 Freestyle
No. 9 – Bailey Grinter – 21.95 – 50 Freestyle
No. 1 – Erika Brown – 46.15 – 100 Freestyle
No. 1 – Erika Brown – 1:41.66 – 200 Freestyle
No. 5 – Amanda Nunan – 9:39.55 – 1000 Freestyle
No. 8 – Meghan Small – 1:52.20 – 200 Backstroke
No. 5 – Alexis Yager – 2:08.22 – 200 Breaststroke
No. 14 – Tess Cieplucha – 2:09.32 – 200 Breaststroke
No. 2 – Erika Brown – 49.79 – 100 Butterfly
No. 11 – Tess Cieplucha – 1:55.66 – 200 Butterfly
No. 4 – Meghan Small – 1:54.49 – 200 IM
No. 13 – Tess Cieplucha – 1:56.54 – 200 IM
No. 1 – Tess Cieplucha – 4:03.06 – 400 IM
No. 4 – Meghan Small – 4:04.83 – 400 IM
No. 3 – Tennessee – 1:27.20 – 200 Free Relay
No. 2 – Tennessee – 3:11.27 – 400 Free Relay
No. 7 – Tennessee – 7:01.54 – 800 Free Relay
No. 5 – Tennessee – 1:35.61 – 200 Medley Relay
No. 10 – Tennessee – 3:32.25 – 400 Medley Relay

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Tennessee will have two weeks of training before traveling to Auburn for the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships Feb. 18-22.

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Players Mentioned

Erika Brown

Tess Cieplucha

Alec Connolly

Matthew Garcia

Bailey Grinter

Michael Houlie

Amanda Nunan

Meghan Small

Alexis Yager

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