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Pacific Women's Swimming
Brian Mendez

Women's Swimming & Diving

Pacific Splits Tri-Meet with Fresno Pacific, Fresno State

FRESNO, Calif. - The Pacific women's (2-2) swim team split their tri-meet featuring Fresno Pacific (0-2) and Fresno State (2-0) on Friday evening in Fresno, Calif. The Tigers extended their series winning streak over the Sunbirds after a 185-60 victory but fell to the Bulldogs 185-77.
 
Multiple Tigers swam lifetime bests enroute to the 1-1 draw in the meet. Junior Alexia Ferguson started the barrage of career-bests with a 1:51.79 finish in the 200 free, edging out the second-place finisher by .18 of a second. Junior Noemi Melendez followed up with a stellar performance of her own in the 100 back, capturing a third-place finish with a time of 58.20.
 
In the following women's 100 breast, junior Paige Sondgeroth careened into a fourth-place finish with a 1:03.20. Junior Kelly Kermoian went for two all-time bests in both the 200 and 100 back. Kermoian followed right behind Melendez with a time of 58.37 to take fourth in the event. She returned later for the 200 back, claiming the first-place finish by .60 of a second with a final time of 2:04.11.
 
Sophomore Annelise Thomas followed with a third-place finish in the 200 breast, coming in at 2:24.19 to round out the five Tiger women that swam new career-bests. The women ended the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay with a 1:36.58 to go out on a high note as they prepare for another meet this weekend.
 
The Tigers return to action tomorrow as they take on CSU Bakersfield in Bakersfield, Calif.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alexia Ferguson

Alexia Ferguson

5' 8"
Junior
Kelly Kermoian

Kelly Kermoian

5' 6"
Junior
Noemi Melendez

Noemi Melendez

5' 8"
Junior
Paige Sondgeroth

Paige Sondgeroth

5' 11"
Junior
Annelise Thomas

Annelise Thomas

5' 5"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Alexia Ferguson

Alexia Ferguson

5' 8"
Junior
Kelly Kermoian

Kelly Kermoian

5' 6"
Junior
Noemi Melendez

Noemi Melendez

5' 8"
Junior
Paige Sondgeroth

Paige Sondgeroth

5' 11"
Junior
Annelise Thomas

Annelise Thomas

5' 5"
Sophomore