Houston Defeats Tulane in Home Opener

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Swimming & Diving program moved to 3-0 on the season after defeating American Athletic Conference for Tulane on Thursday morning at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center.

The Cougars defeated the Green Wave in a 183.00-117.00 decision. Full results can be accessed by clicking HERE. Full scores can be accessed by clicking HERE.

WORDS FROM COACH WOCHOMURKA
"We raced hard today, and it sure is nice to be racing at home. Our effort and attitude was fantastic. We have a lot of areas that showed a need for improvement in technical execution, and this is the time of the year to really zero in on those. If we continue to display the attitude and effort, we showed today as we move forward, we will see some exciting things in February and March."

HOW IT HAPPENED

Houston secured 10 individual first-place finishes and swept the relays.
Ioanna Sacha enters her first full season with Houston and had a stellar day winning both the 100 and 200 Backstroke.
Houston freestyler Zarena Brown took first-place in both the 100 and 200 Freestyle.
Audrey McKinnon had another stellar outing with a second-place finish in the 200 Breaststroke (2:19.57) and fourth-place finish in the 200 IM (2:08.96).
This is the second time in as many seasons that Houston has defeated Tulane in dual-meet action.
On the boards, Houston won both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events. Newcomer Chase Farris notched 243.53 points for first place in the 1-meter as Houston took the top-three spots in the event.
In the 3-meter, Lauren Burrell took home top honors with 279.08 points as the Cougars clinched four of the top-five spots.

UP NEXT
Houston will remain in Houston as the swimmers' head across town to Rice for the Rice Invitational and the divers host the Houston Diving Invitational on Oct. 11-12.

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