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Tuesday, November 8
Chapel Hill, N.C.
5 p.m.
Duke University
86
at
208
North Carolina
No. 22 North Carolina Tops Duke In Dual Meet
11/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The Duke men's and women's swimming and diving teams each dropped a decision to nationally ranked North Carolina Tuesday at the Tar Heels' Koury Natatorium. The No. 22 UNC women came out ahead of the Blue Devils, 190-106, while the No. 22 UNC men topped Duke, 208-86.
“I thought we swam well,” said head coach Dan Colella. “UNC is a top 25 program, and that is something that we want to become, but we did a good job of racing with them today. We faced some of the top competitors in the ACC, and we competed with them and want to continue to strive to improve and compete with them.”
Senior Katie Ness swam two butterfly events for the first time this season and continued to amass her individual event titles, sweeping the 100 and 200 butterfly with times of 56.04 and 2:04.38, respectively. Junior Jackie Rodriguez, who has not finished below second place in any event this year, won the 200 breaststroke in 2:22.14 and placed second in the 200 IM in her first time competing in that event this season.
Freshman Erin Frizzell put in a strong performance in the 200 backstroke, placing second by four tenths of a second with a personal-best time of 2:06.66. Both of the women's relays conceded narrow defeats. The 200 medley team swam a 1:47.40 to come in less than three-tenths of a second behind North Carolina's team, and the 200 freestyle team finished 0.33 seconds behind the Tar Heels.
On the men's side, junior Kevin Arthofer, who just returned from an injury to the Blue Devil lineup over the weekend, won the 100 breaststroke and placed second in the 200 with times of 58.55 and 2:11.16, respectively. Senior Billy Pearce came close to knocking down his season-best 200 backstroke performance of 1:53.23 from last weekend but had to settle for a 1:53.91 while earning his first individual win of the 2005 season. Pearce also cam in third in the 100 backstroke, finishing in 53.32.
North Carolina collected a pair of points for its victories in the Carlyle Cup standings. Each year, Duke and UNC compete for the Carlyle Cup, gaining a point for a win in head-to-head competition. For sports that play more than one game a year against the rival, points can be split. Duke leads so far in 2005-06, 4.5-3.5.
The Blue Devil men are 2-3 and the women 4-3 heading into the Patriot Invitational Nov. 18-20 at George Mason University. Last year, the women won the meet, and the men came in second.
“Like we have said all season, it's all about the process,” said Colella. “We learned more about ourselves tonight, and we are focusing on continuing to improve and be competitive. We have made a good step forward and are ready for the Patriot Invitational.”
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