SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Pepperdine women's swim and dive program split the day as they defeated New Mexico for the first time in program history in a double dual meet at Aztec Aquaplex in San Diego, California this afternoon.
 
Led by AJ Adams' two individual wins along with another event win by Ansley Halbach, the Waves got the better of the Lobos 155-144. However, Pepperdine fell to San Diego State 129-165 in the other dual meet today.
 
SWIM RECAP
RELAYS
The squad of Alexandra Browne (Arlington, Va.), Layla Busquets (Diablo, Calif.), Lindsay Hemming (Orinda, Calif.) and Anna Ryan (Alamo, Calif.) took second in the 400 free relay after clocking a time of 3:36.92. In the same event, Lexie Deitemeyer (Golden, Colo.), Eleanor Mashkovich (Calabasas, Calif.), Maddie McLeay (Omaha, Neb.) and Natalie Do (Mansfield, Texas) earned a spot on the podium after finishing the event in 3:43.90.
 
In the 200 medley relay, the Pepperdine foursome of Kiana Fan (Irvine, Calif.), Charli Sunahara (Chino, Calif.), Sophia Ware (Allen, Texas) and Browne swam the fastest for the Waves and finished in third with a time of 1:48.23.
 
INDIVIDUALS
The Waves earned 10 podium spots in the individual portion of the swim meet as they tabbed three first place finishes, three second place finishes and four third place finishes on the day.
 
Pepperdine took the top spot in three different events as AJ Adams (Castle Rock, Colo.) won two events with stellar performances in the 200 back and the 200 IM. She posted respective times of 2:08.42 and 2:10.62 in her swims. Ansley Halbach (Watkinsville, Ga.) won the 500 free after notching a time of 5:16.96.
 
Busquets, Mollie Cho (Frisco, Texas) and Halbach tallied the three second place finishes for the Waves. In the 100 fly, Busquets earned a time of 58.54. Cho clocked a time of 2:26.93 in the 200 breast and Halbach continued her impressive day with a time of 10:46.62 in the 1000 free.
 
Pepperdine's four third place finishes came from Browne, Busquets, Hemming and Sunahara. Browne swam the 50 free in 24.05, Busquets completed the 100 back in 59.29, Hemming clocked a 2:10.44 in the 200 back and Sunahara posted a 1:08.08 in the 100 breast.
 
SCORES
Pepperdine def. New Mexico 155-144
San Diego State def. Pepperdine 165-129
 
 
DIVING RECAP
3 METER
Vivian Vallely (Newport Beach, Calif.) took fourth with a score of 251.05, while Amanda Wong (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Lexie Martin (Keller, Texas) finished in 8th and 9th with scores of 221.30 and 217.36.

1 METER
Once again, Vallely earned the top spot for the Waves as she put up 223.15 points, good for seventh. Wong, Delainey Pisaruk (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Martin finished in 9th, 11th and 12th after respectively totaling scores of 215.80, 186.95 and 178.90.
 
QUOTABLES
"I thought the Waves did a phenomenal job today dealing with different types of adversity that we haven't faced in a while," head coach Ellie Monobe said. "I thought we had a very nice showing after a good first winter training block. It's always hard to race in the middle of the winter and I thought our women really pushed themselves. We were closing all our races very well, and even though we didn't have the pop that we usually do at peak times, we are right where we need to be at this point in the season. We know that with focusing on power and speed in the next couple of weeks that we'll be in good shape for the championship phase of the season."
 
"AJ was our biggest standout of the day. Seeing her lead our 200 group and closing the 200 back and 200 IM with wins over New Mexico was awesome. Watching the overall way our women handled each race with a business mindset and the amount of focus they showed in their win over New Mexico was thrilling to see. Looking ahead, we think this next week of winter training will be a great time for us to bond and we are looking forward to getting some speed back and finishing up the season strong."
 
NEXT UP
Pepperdine returns to action next weekend at Fresno State where they are set to take on the Bulldogs in a sprint meet on Friday at 2 p.m. and another dual meet on Saturday at 12 p.m. in Fresno, Calif.
 
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