Mizzou Falls to Perennial Power Texas A&M

Saturday, October 20

Ames, Iowa

10:00AM

University of Missouri

158

116

Texas A&M

10/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Oct. 20, 2007

Results

AMES, Iowa - The Missouri women's swimming and diving team (1-1, 0-1 Big 12) fell to a national top-10 caliber Texas A&M squad (1-0, 1-0 Big 12) Saturday morning by a score of 158-116. The Tigers captured four individual wins, including both diving events, in the loss.

"I was happy with the overall intensity and togetherness of the team today," said Tiger Head Coach Brian Hoffer. "We had a lot of fun racing a tough Texas A&M squad. Kendra [Melnychuk] did a great job on the boards. Jill [Bastien] got a huge win in the 100 breast and Colleen [Gordon] swam very smart in her win in the 500 free."

Of the Tigers' four wins on the day, two came from junior diver Kendra Melnychuk. The Canadian added two more wins to her season's collection with a gold in both the 1-meter (279.35) and 3-meter (278.10) diving competitions. She now boasts four individual wins on the season. Freshman Abby Zepeda got her name in the scoring column with her third-place score of 223.80 on the 1-meter board.

In the pool, senior breaststroker Jill Bastien was a winner for the Tigers as she swam to victory in the 100 breast in a time of 1:04.87. The St. Louis, Mo., native took second in the 200 portion of the event in a time of 2:22.06. Junior Erin Yeager captured the third spot in the 200 breast in a time of 2:23.78.

Sophomore Colleen Gordon earned her sixth win on the season, Saturday, swimming to the win in the 500 free in a time of 4:57.91. She was the only swimmer to go under five minutes in the event. Gordon followed up her win with a second-place finish in the 200 IM (2:07.36). The Tigers went 2-3-4-5 in the race.

Mizzou had a slue of other swimmers race to runner-up finishes on the day as well. Junior Carly Sullivan swam to second place in the 1000 free in a time of 10:19.50. Freshman Lauren Lavigna continued her solid season with a runner-up finish in the 200 back, which she swam in a time of 2:03.94. Senior co-captain Arica Jacinto clocked a 57.36 and a second-place showing in the 100 fly.

The Tigers' 200 medley relay quartet of senior Taye Patterson, Bastien, Gordon and junior Lauren Cox combined for a solid time of 1:46.72 and took second-place in the event.

The Tigers look to get their first conference win of the season Friday when they travel to Lawrence, Kan., to take on the archrival Jayhawks at 1 p.m.