Saturday, October 19
Miami, FL
9 AM
Rice University
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at
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Florida International
Swimmers Defeat FIU, Tulane, In Weekend Sweep
10/19/2019 6:09:00 PM | Swimming & Diving
Owls Sound & Solid To Take Dual-A-Pool-Ooza Crown
MIAMI, Fla. – The Rice swim team completed a three-meet weekend sweep by defeating Conference USA rival Florida International (102-100) and American Athletic foe Tulane (123-76) Saturday at the annual Dual-A-Pool-Ooza in Miami, Fla.
The Owls backed up the gritty victory over defending Summit League champion Denver on Friday with two more dual wins on a long day of competing Saturday. Even after taking the 200-yard medley relay (1:44.30) and finishing 1-2 in both the 200- and 50-butterfly thanks to the duos of Brittany Bui & Rebecca Brandt, and Madison Howe and Bui (respectively), FIU would not go away so easily in its home pool. Rice closed out the meet winning the final event, the 200-freestyle relay with a 1:34.67. The Blue & Gray had posted a steady time to win the sprint relay comfortably, but that still was not enough to secure the meet victory.
"The FIU meet came down to the last relay," Rice head coach Seth Huston explained, "and it was actually the third place finish of our 'B' relay that put us over the scoring hump to win the meet. Our depth was on display today."
Rice battled and beat the Golden Panthers, the defending C-USA Champions, in their home pool by a narrow two-point margin. The Owls then returned a few hours later and rolled to a convincing 123-76 victory over Tulane. Against the Green Wave Rice won seven of the meet's ten swim events. Coach Huston liked the theme of team-wide contributions from up and down the roster.
"I am really proud of Becca Evans, Brittany Bui and Madison Howe with some big wins that put us in position to win all three meets this weekend," coach Huston said. "We also had some unsung heroes today, like Ellery Parish, Becca Brandt, Addie Armistead and Claire Therien. They all had quality swims that were difference-makers today.
"This is a great day for our team," the coach added. "We got the three-fer!"
The Owls backed up the gritty victory over defending Summit League champion Denver on Friday with two more dual wins on a long day of competing Saturday. Even after taking the 200-yard medley relay (1:44.30) and finishing 1-2 in both the 200- and 50-butterfly thanks to the duos of Brittany Bui & Rebecca Brandt, and Madison Howe and Bui (respectively), FIU would not go away so easily in its home pool. Rice closed out the meet winning the final event, the 200-freestyle relay with a 1:34.67. The Blue & Gray had posted a steady time to win the sprint relay comfortably, but that still was not enough to secure the meet victory.
"The FIU meet came down to the last relay," Rice head coach Seth Huston explained, "and it was actually the third place finish of our 'B' relay that put us over the scoring hump to win the meet. Our depth was on display today."
Rice battled and beat the Golden Panthers, the defending C-USA Champions, in their home pool by a narrow two-point margin. The Owls then returned a few hours later and rolled to a convincing 123-76 victory over Tulane. Against the Green Wave Rice won seven of the meet's ten swim events. Coach Huston liked the theme of team-wide contributions from up and down the roster.
"I am really proud of Becca Evans, Brittany Bui and Madison Howe with some big wins that put us in position to win all three meets this weekend," coach Huston said. "We also had some unsung heroes today, like Ellery Parish, Becca Brandt, Addie Armistead and Claire Therien. They all had quality swims that were difference-makers today.
"This is a great day for our team," the coach added. "We got the three-fer!"
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