MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive team finished its dual season with a win, defeating Azusa Pacific 154.50-105.50 and sending seven seniors out on a high note, including seniors Olivia Kayye, Haley Bergthold and Emily Morton all winning multiple events.
 
The Waves won 11 out of a possible 16 events en route to the victory.
 
MEET RECAP
 
Kayye (Chapel Hill, N.C./East Chapel Hill HS) won the 1000 freestyle for the second straight event with a time of 10:55.15. She also won the 200 breast with a 2:27.19 time. Bergthold (Fairfax, Va./Woodson HS) took first in two individual event as well, winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.76 and the 100 fly with a 59.32 time. Morton (Golden, Colo./Lakewood HS) also won individual events, taking the 100 breast, the 200 back and the 200 IM with times of 1:07.44, 2:08.95, and 2:12.71, respectively. Morton also won the 200 back last weekend in San Diego.
 
A pair of freshmen won events as Emma Purdy (Truckee, Calif./Truckee HS) took the 50 free after a 24.54 showing, and Jessica Calderoni (Los Altos, Calif./Sacred Heart Prepartory) won the 200 fly with a time of 2:13.28.
 
The first relay of the day went to the Waves, as the 200-medley team of Kara Coughlin (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen HS), Morton, Bergthold and Jenna Sanchez (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley HS) claimed first with a time of 1:49.24. To close the meet, Pepperdine 400 free relay team of Purdy, Ellie Hendren (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS), Ellie Mashkovich (Calabasas, Calif./Westlake HS) and Sanchez won the event after a 3:38.03 time.
 
Pepperdine took second in the one-meter diving, as Paulina Holmberg (Apple Valley, Minn./Academy of Holy Angels) scored a 257.03.
 
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Head Coach Ellie Monobe said: "I'm incredibly happy with our team's performance today, and a lot of recognition goes towards our senior class. We had an outstanding end to the home dual season with a lot of season bests and exceptional racing against a tough APU team. Paulina Holmberg kicked off the meet with a phenomenal second place finish in the one-meter diving. I'm very impressed with Olivia Kayye's wins in the 1000 and 200 breast, and Haley Bergthold probably had the most exciting wins of the day. The 100 fly has been an up-and-down event for her this season so it was good to see her end with a win, and she also had the win in the 100 back.
 
"All in all, I'm very pleased with how today went and we felt like it was a great sendoff getting ready for conference in a couple weeks."
 
NEXT UP: Pepperdine will enjoy two weeks off before heading to St. George, Utah, for the PCSC Championships at Dixie State from February 16-19.
 
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