Saturday, January 27
Los Angeles, Calif.
12:00 PM
USC
77
vs
223
Stanford
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Freshman Marta Ciesla won the 50y free for the second day in a row Saturday, beating Olympians in both races.
Photo by: Paul Goldberg
Ciesla Upset Win Highlights No. 9 USC's Loss To No. 2 Stanford
January 27, 2018 | Women's Swimming & Diving, Features
Freshman beats an Olympian in 50 free for second day in a row.
Freshman Marta Ciesla pulled off another upset in the 50y free to highlight the No. 9 USC women's swimming and diving team's 223-77 loss to No. 2 Stanford on Saturday (Jan. 27) at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center.
USC fell to 7-2 overall, 4-2 in the Pac-12. Stanford improved to 7-0, 6-0.
A day after Ciesla defeated Cal Olympian Abbey Weitzeil in the 50y free, the freshman from Boca Raton, Fla., defeated an American Olympian again, knocking off Stanford's Simone Manuel in the sprint, 22.55 to 22.82.
Junior Riley Scott just missed a first in the 100y breast, touching in 1:00.80 as Stanford's Grace Zhao beat her to the wall in 1:00.72. Zhao got the better of Scott again in the 200y breast, 2:09.88 to 2:10.51. Freshman Maggie Aroesty was third (2:11.31).
Trojan sophomore Louise Hansson also posted a pair of seconds. She was second in the 200y free in 1:46.21 to Stanford Olympian Katie Ledecky's 1:43.24. Hansson then took second in the 100y free in 49.40 to Manuel's 48.13.
Stanford Olympic great Katie Ledecky won three races overall, taking the 1000y and 500y free in addition to the 200.
The USC women return to action on Feb. 9 at UCLA, looking for their 11th consecutive win over the Bruins.
USC fell to 7-2 overall, 4-2 in the Pac-12. Stanford improved to 7-0, 6-0.
A day after Ciesla defeated Cal Olympian Abbey Weitzeil in the 50y free, the freshman from Boca Raton, Fla., defeated an American Olympian again, knocking off Stanford's Simone Manuel in the sprint, 22.55 to 22.82.
Junior Riley Scott just missed a first in the 100y breast, touching in 1:00.80 as Stanford's Grace Zhao beat her to the wall in 1:00.72. Zhao got the better of Scott again in the 200y breast, 2:09.88 to 2:10.51. Freshman Maggie Aroesty was third (2:11.31).
Trojan sophomore Louise Hansson also posted a pair of seconds. She was second in the 200y free in 1:46.21 to Stanford Olympian Katie Ledecky's 1:43.24. Hansson then took second in the 100y free in 49.40 to Manuel's 48.13.
Stanford Olympic great Katie Ledecky won three races overall, taking the 1000y and 500y free in addition to the 200.
The USC women return to action on Feb. 9 at UCLA, looking for their 11th consecutive win over the Bruins.
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