Waves Have Strong Showing But Fall to Aztecs 66-60

Thursday, October 10

Malibu, Calif.

10:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

San Diego State

Olivia Kayye

Photo by: Jeff Golden

10/10/2019 2:13:00 PM | Women's Swim/Dive

Results

By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team hosted San Diego State today for its home opener at Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool. The meet was highlighted by a win from freshman Sarah Hamilton in the 50 butterfly.

It was a very close meet, but the Waves ultimately fell to the Aztecs 66-60.

MEET RECAP
The dual meet included seven events, starting with the one-meter dive. The swim events were the 200 medley relay, 50 butterfly, 50 breaststroke, 50 backstroke, 50 freestyle and the 200 freestyle relay.

In the diving portion of the meet, Pepperdine posted two divers. Sophomore Paulina Holmberg (Apple Valley, Minn.) had the best showing for the Waves, scoring 217.40 points followed by freshman Lily Stotz (Western Springs, Ill./Lyons Township HS) with 178.55 points.

After the diving concluded, the meet moved straight into the swim portion, beginning with the 200 medley relay. The team of Emily Morton (Golden, Colo./Lakewood HS), Anna Riekhof (Parkville, MO./Park Hill South HS), Sarah Hamilton (Concord, Calif./Carondelet HS) and Sammie Slater (Sonora, Calif./Sonora HS) had the best finish for the Waves, combining for a 1:51.62. The next event scheduled was the 50 butterfly, where Hamilton had her big win on the day coming in first place with a time of 26.53.

The 50 back was next up, where freshman Caroline Eckel (Livermore, Calif/Granada HS) took second place in the event with a 27.57 showing. Freshman Jasmine Williams (Folsom, Calif./Folsom HS) was right behind her in third with a time of 27.65.

Morton had a third-place finish, in the 50 breast, swimming a 31.14, followed closely by Olivia Kayye (Chapel Hill, NC./East Chapel Hill HS) in fourth, with a 31.32. Freshman Alison Cho (Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS) had the Waves' best time in the 50 freestyle, with a time of 25.31 followed by Nohea Lileikis (Honolulu, Hawai'i/Punahou School) with a 25.56.

Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./ Redlands East HS), Amy Griffin (Seal Beach, Calif/Los Alamitos HS), Lileikis and Williams teamed up in the 200 free relay for the best finish for the Waves, combining for a 1:40.46 in the final event of the day.

QUOTABLE
"I think today was really good" said Head Coach Joe Spahn "Our girls got up and raced a tough team in San Diego State. It was great to see Sarah Hamilton win the 50 butterfly. Overall, I thought all of our racing was really good. We're going to use this speed me to roll into the Malibu Invite which has some more traditional events, but this was a good way to get ourselves off the blocks and start racing."

NEXT UP

The Waves will be back in action tomorrow and Saturday, October 11-12 for the annual Malibu Invite. The meet will be back in Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool, with the first session on Friday starting at 9 a.m.