California Golden Bears Athletics
Friday, October 15
Berkeley, CA
5:00 PM
California
121
vs
141
Virginia
Photo by: Catharyn Hayne/KLC Fotos
Cal Edged By No. 1 Virginia
10/15/2021 7:30 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving
Golden Bears Come Up Short In 141-121 Dual-Meet Loss Friday
BERKELEY – The sixth-ranked California women's swimming & diving team put up a fight against No. 1 Virginia under the lights at Spieker Aquatics Complex on Friday night, coming up short in a 141-121 dual-meet loss.
In front of an electric crowd witnessing its first Cal women's swim meet in person since Jan. 25, 2020, the Golden Bears put together a hard-fought performance against the reigning NCAA champion Cavaliers that provided an early-season glimpse of what lies ahead next spring.
"I'm really proud of the way we showed up against a high-caliber Virginia team tonight in front of a great home crowd," said Cal head coach Teri McKeever. "This was a solid team effort and there's lots of good for our group to build upon. I appreciate Virginia making the trek out west to race this early in the season; both teams will surely benefit from the competition."
A sweep of the 200-yard freestyle by Isabel Ivey (1:45.27), Ayla Spitz (1:47.26) and Robin Neumann (1:47.61) jump started the Bears' evening after Virginia opened the meet with a pool record of 1:34.65 in the 200 medley relay. UVA's Gretchen Walsh – who led off the Cavaliers' 200 medley relay – set another pool record in the following event, touching in 51.15 to win the 100 backstroke.
Cal finished 2-3-4 in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 butterfly and narrowly trailed Virginia, 70-61, at the first break. Ema Rajic (59.72) and Lizzy Cook (1:58.31) earned second-place finishes in the two events, respectively.
The Bears earned two more individual wins throughout the meet as Spitz out-performed 2020 Olympian Emma Weyant in the 500 freestyle with a 4:46.83 effort and Alicia Wilson clocked 1:59.63 to edge UVA's Ella Nelson (1:59.71) in the 200 individual medley.
Next up for Cal is a Pac-12 dual meet at Utah on Friday, Nov. 5.
In front of an electric crowd witnessing its first Cal women's swim meet in person since Jan. 25, 2020, the Golden Bears put together a hard-fought performance against the reigning NCAA champion Cavaliers that provided an early-season glimpse of what lies ahead next spring.
"I'm really proud of the way we showed up against a high-caliber Virginia team tonight in front of a great home crowd," said Cal head coach Teri McKeever. "This was a solid team effort and there's lots of good for our group to build upon. I appreciate Virginia making the trek out west to race this early in the season; both teams will surely benefit from the competition."
A sweep of the 200-yard freestyle by Isabel Ivey (1:45.27), Ayla Spitz (1:47.26) and Robin Neumann (1:47.61) jump started the Bears' evening after Virginia opened the meet with a pool record of 1:34.65 in the 200 medley relay. UVA's Gretchen Walsh – who led off the Cavaliers' 200 medley relay – set another pool record in the following event, touching in 51.15 to win the 100 backstroke.
Cal finished 2-3-4 in both the 100 breaststroke and 200 butterfly and narrowly trailed Virginia, 70-61, at the first break. Ema Rajic (59.72) and Lizzy Cook (1:58.31) earned second-place finishes in the two events, respectively.
The Bears earned two more individual wins throughout the meet as Spitz out-performed 2020 Olympian Emma Weyant in the 500 freestyle with a 4:46.83 effort and Alicia Wilson clocked 1:59.63 to edge UVA's Ella Nelson (1:59.71) in the 200 individual medley.
Next up for Cal is a Pac-12 dual meet at Utah on Friday, Nov. 5.
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