Oct. 13, 2007

Complete Results

The Southwestern University women's swimming team opened its 2007-2008 season at home as the Pirates hosted NCAA Division I University of Houston in Georgetown, TX on Friday (Oct. 12) evening, with UH edging Southwestern 116-85.

SU opened up strong as the 200 yard medley relay team of Bailey Thompson (Garland, TX/Garland HS), Alana Bergfield (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia/The Cranbrook School), Sam Kessler (Austin, TX/Westwood HS) and Jessie Carrier (Victoria, TX/St. Joseph HS) won by nearly three seconds with a time of 1:54.52. Staci Rives (Houston, TX/Dobie HS), Kassie Krusely (Round Rock, TX/Round Rock HS), Allie Stevenson (Round Rock, TX/McNeil HS) and Lorena Saenz (San Antonio, TX/Alamo Heights HS) placed third with a time of 2:05.55.

Bergfield, a junior, won the 200 yard freestyle event by .40 seconds with a 2:02.59 finish. She won the other event she was in, the 100 yard breaststroke, with a time of 1:09.44 which was nearly three seconds better than second place.

Carrier, also a junior, recorded a second place finish in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 26.11. She also earned third place in the 100 yard freestyle, finishing in 57.22. First-year Michele Comerota (Missouri City, TX/Hightower HS) notched a second place finish in the 1,000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:47.96 and Katie Coleman (Wichita Falls, TX/Wichita Falls HS) finished in 12:56.82 for fourth.

Another first-year, Thompson, came in a close second with a time of 2:20.61 in the 200 yard IM. She also had a strong second place showing in the 100 yard backstroke, recording a time of 1:03.52. Kessler took second in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:36.39 and third in the 200 yard IM.

The point total ended up 116-85 in Houston's favor. Last year, the Cougars defeated the Pirates 105-63.

Head coach Steve Brandt had this to say about the meet, "It was a great return for racing for our team. I was really excited by the way we came out and weren't intimidated. Our women got into the meet and really raced well. We're going into a big training block now, so we'll see where we are in a few weeks when we start racing again."

The Pirate men and women will take to the water again on Saturday (Nov. 3) for a dual meet at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX at 11:30 a.m