FREESTYLERS LEAD WAVES TO 154-108 WIN OVER CSUN

January 16, 2009

Click on the above video for head coach Nick Rodionoff's comments on Saturday's win over Cal State Northridge.

Complete Results

MALIBU, Calif. - Sarah Burris, Kayleen Hicks and Madison Krall each won two individual events and Pepperdine defeated Cal State Northridge for the third time this season, 154-108, Saturday afternoon at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. The Waves have won six straight meetings against the Matadors dating back to the 2006-07 season.

Pepperdine was victorious in half the 14 events and swept the top-three places in the 50, 100 and 500 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. The Waves also finished first and second in the 1000 free, and claimed the top spots in the 200 breast and 400 free relay.

Northridge led the meet in its early stages after winning four of the first five events, but Pepperdine came back strong at the first break after receiving consecutive victories from Burris (Virginia Beach, Va.Cox HS) in both sprint freestyle races. Burris won the 50 free in 24.93 and touched first in the 100 free in 55.28.

Burris was followed to the finish line by juniors Hicks (Chico, Calif./Chico HS) and Dani Kimmel (Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake HS) in the 50, and freshman Shannon Adkins (Granite Bay, Calif./Granite Bay HS) and Kimmel in the 100.

Pepperdine continued piling on the points during the meet's second half as Hicks and Krall (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo Centennial HS completed their respective sweeps of the breast and distance freestyle events. Hicks won the 100 and 200 breast with times of 1:05.28 and 2:22.26, and Krall won the 500 and 1000 free with marks of 5:19.04 and 10:52.20.

The Waves capped their team victory with a first-place time of 3:42.11 in the 400 free, which featured multi-winners Burris and Krall.

Diving was not scored; however, that did not stop the Waves from competing against one another on the 1- and 3-meter springboards. Junior Tiffany Martz (Folsom, Calif./Folsom HS) posted the high score on 1-meter with 247.50 points, while freshman Jenna Tenwolde (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS) was tops on 3-meter with 241.25 points.

Pepperdine returns to its home pool in two weeks, playing host to the PCSC Time Trials on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 9:30 a.m.