Tulane Swimming and Diving Edged by Houston 151.5-148.5

Saturday, October 6

New Orleans, La.

10 a.m.

Tulane University

148.5

151.5

University of Houston

Tulane Swimming and Diving Edged by Houston 151.5-148.5

Oct 6, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University women's swimming and diving team dropped a hard-fought matchup with the University of Houston, falling 151.5-148.5 Saturday afternoon at the Reily Center.

Houston, which entered the season as the defeating American Athletic Conference Champions, trailed for a majority of the meet, as the Green Wave captured six of the first seven events, but the Cougars fought back to win six of the final nine events to claim the meet.

"The team did a phenomenal job of racing and that's pretty much what the focus has been to this point," head coach Leah Stancil said. "I could not be happier with their performances. A lot of the girls did a really good job of just getting their hands on the wall and being competitive today."

Juniors Olivia Johnson and Jordan Morling and sophomore Kate McDonald led the way for the Green Wave, as all three captured a pair of individual victories.

Johnson won the 1,000 yard freestyle (10:08.85) and the 400 yard IM (4:19.04). McDonald's winning times came in the 100 yard breaststroke (1:03.38) and the 200 yard breaststroke (2:16.48). Morling captured first in the 200 yard backstroke and the 200 yard butterfly.

"I was a little nervous going into today," Johnson said. "I think we did an amazing job today. We really threw it down today both in the pool and on the deck and really supported each other. The ball is rolling for us and we have the momentum and we just have to keep training really hard."

McDonald also teamed up with senior Paris Zhang, freshman Olivia French and sophomore Courtney Barker to win the 4x50 yard medley relay in a time of 1:44.71.

Tulane also received individual winning performances from Zhang and freshman JuJu Desforges in the 100 yard backstroke and the 50 yard freestyle (24.25), respectively.

Tulane returns to action on Oct. 19 at Dual-A-Pa-Looza in Denver Colorado.

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