Iowa State Takes it to the Wire, Falls to Nebraska

Saturday, October 18

Ames, Iowa

10:00 AM

Iowa State

147

153

Nebraska

Iowa State Takes it to the Wire, Falls to Nebraska

10.18.2014 | Swimming and Diving

RESULTS

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (1-1, 0-0 Big 12) fell to Nebraska (2-2, 0-2, B1G) Saturday morning in Beyer Hall, 153-147. As predicted by Iowa State head swimming coach Duane Sorenson, the meet came down to the final event.

It was all Iowa State heading into the first diving break, as the Cyclones tallied five first-place finishes in the first seven events, including sweeps in the 1000 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Iowa State held a 27-point lead, their largest of the day, after senior Amanda Paulson notched a first-place performance in the 50 freestyle with a time of 0:23.80.

“We were really ready to come out and race and compete. The first half of the meet is kind of tailored to our team, and the second half of the meet is kind of tailored to their team,” Sorenson said. “We expected that, and that's always happened in the past.”

Junior diver Elyse Brouillette led the charge for Iowa State on the board with a second and third-place performance in the three and one-meter events, respectively. Sophomore Julie Dickinson and freshman Sydney Ronald also scored on the boards for the Cyclones.

“I think there was a lot of consistency today. I saw a lot of good dives, good improvements from practice and even from last night,” Brouillette said. “People are looking a lot more confident, and I think that will carry over to our next meet.”

The Huskers came back strong, however, winning three of the next five events following the diving break to trim ISU's lead to seven, 126-119. Iowa State sophomore Karyl Clarete won a crucial 500 freestyle for the Cyclones in a time of 5:01.33, notching her 25th-career first place finish.

“I'm really happy with how my races went today, I felt really good,” Clarete said. “In terms of where we are with training, I feel like I'm ahead of where I was at this point last year.”

After the one-meter diving event, the score was all-knotted-up at 132. The Huskers then took a one-point lead over Iowa State after the 200 IM, their first lead of the day after winning the 200 medley relay to open the meet.

“We just have to do a better job of swimming our 200s, and be a little tougher when it starts to hurt,” Sorenson said.

The Huskers locked it up with a win in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:30.11.

On Deck

The Cyclones will be back in action next weekend as they host South Dakota at 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. Iowa State is undefeated against the Coyotes in their six meetings since the 2008-09 season.