Alabama Swimming and Diving Falls to Georgia
1/11/2004 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
The Alabama Men and Women's Swimming and Diving teams both fell to the University of Georgia tonight at Don Gambril Olympic Pool in Tuscaloosa.
The Tide women lost 179-106 while the men were outscored 174-112.
Coach Eric McIlquham praised his team's effort against the Bulldogs and looked forward to his upcoming meet again Georgia Tech.
"We knew it was a rough road coming in," McIlquham said. "Georgia is very good. They work hard and are very deep and strong. The team set individual goal times for ourselves because we wanted to swim as best we could. We will match up extremely well to Georgia Tech. Every event will be down to the wire. "
The Tide women swept the one-meter diving event when senior Lane Bassham took first with 323.55 points while freshman Karissa Tuthill was second with 304.80 points. Sophomore Crystal Rasmussen completed the Tide sweep by scoring 302.85 points in third.
Bassham also captured first place on the three-meter board by scoring 308.33 points, while sophomore Crystal Rasmussen took second, with a 277.13 total. Bassham remains undefeated this season.
On the men's side, sophomore Matt Schmidt took first in the 100 butterfly with 52.98 while senior Ben Worby also picked up a victory, taking first in the 400 IM in 4:02.99.
Alabama returns to action tomorrow at 2 p.m. when they face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at home. It will be Senior Day for the Crimson Tide and Alabama's last home meet of the season.
