ECU Swimmers & Divers Drop Dual Meet At UNC

Friday, October 4

Chapel Hill, N.C.

4 P.M.

East Carolina University

143

157

North Carolina

October 04, 2019 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving

Complete Results (PDF)

Complete Results (PDF)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. --- The East Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams dropped dual meets to North Carolina on Friday at Koury Natatorium with the men falling 157-143 and the ladies 170-115.

"This was a good test for us and we responded well," Pirate head coach Matthew Jabs said. "In most cases we swam faster today than we did last week [against Old Dominion].

"On the men's side, it was a tight meet and even though we fell behind early, we came roaring back to take it down to the last relay. The ladies showed a lot of improvement as well. We're excited to open our home schedule next weekend."

ECU sophomore Lyubomir Epitropov collected a pair of victories, touching first in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.35) and the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.78). He was also part of the second-place 200-yard medley relay team along with Marek Osina, Gustavo Santos and James Ward.

Epitropov's win in the 100-yard breaststroke was the first of six consecutive individual victories for the Pirates, who won eight of the final nine races before the deciding 400-yard freestyle relay, which UNC claimed by 0.48 seconds to send ECU its first loss of the season.

Osina (200 IM), Santos (100 Fly), Ward (100 Free), Magnus Andersen (200 Back), Adam Mahler (200 Fly) and Ray Romero (1M Diving) each won a single event.

On the women's side, Adela Vavrinova posted a trio of medal finishes, placing first in the 200 IM and third in the 200 and 1000-yard freestyle.

Lise-Lotte Bentin finished third in the 100-yard butterfly as did Kristen Stege in the 500-yard freestyle and Lily West in the both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke.

Freshman Jodi Ogle touched second in the 200-yard backstroke, while Shannon Stott finished as runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly.

Marianna Vignoli and Meghan French finished second and third in 1000-yard freestyle with Keyla Brown claiming the final spot on the medal stand in the 50-yard freestyle.

The Pirates will open their home schedule Saturday, Oct. 12, against William & Mary with the meet scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.