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Tar Heel Men Whip Georgia, Women Fall To Bulldogs In Season Opener
October 13, 2004 | Swimming & Diving
Oct. 13, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Led by quadruple event winner Eddy Matkovic, the North Carolina men's swimming and diving team opened its 2004-05 dual meet season in grand fashion Wednesday afternoon as the Tar Heels defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 174-126 at the Maurice J. Koury Natatorium. The Tar Heel women fell to the Bulldogs 175-125 as all four teams competed in their season openers.
The win by Carolina's men was their first over the Georgia Bulldogs since a 157-141 triumph on October 26, 1995 at Koury Natatorium.
"I've been saying all fall that I really like the makeup of our men's team," said Tar Heel head coach Frank Comfort. "Our guys performed well today, led by two superb seniors, Eddy Matkovic and Reid Owen. We had some younger swimmers come through as well. And when Georgia made a charge in the second half of the meet we answered it.
"On the women's side, Lindsey Marck was magnificent with a pair of lifetime bests and our divers were really terrific."
Eddy Matkovic, a senior from Columbus, Ohio, led the Tar Heels to victory as he swept the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly while also swimming the butterfly leg on UNC's 200-yard medley relay and anchoring the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The men's 200-yard medley posted a time of 1:30.12, over two seconds faster than any Tar Heel relay from the 2003-04 season. Junior Jon Albrecht led off the relay followed by sophomore Aaron Burns and senior Eddy Matkovic. Freshman John Sands anchored the team, finishing the freestyle leg with a superb 19.8 second split.
UNC senior co-captain Reid Owen was a two-event winner for the Tar Heels as he swept the the distance freestyle events, winning at both 500 and 1000 yards. Tar Heels sophomore Aaron Burns and freshman Johns Sands both won individual events while swimming on Carolina's winning 200 medley relay team. Burns took top honors in the 100-yard breaststroke and Sands was the top placer in the 50-yard freestyle. The only double winner for the Bulldogs was diver Chris Colwill who easily swept both the one- and three-meter events.
On the women's side, Carolina was led by freshman Lindsey Marck who swept both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events in personal best times. Marck's time was 2:00.88 in the 200 and in the 100 it was 54.81. Marck also swam the butterfly leg as Carolina took top honors in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:43.21 and she led off the 400-yard freestyle relay which won that event in a time of 3:27.47. Carolina also went 1-2-3 in the one-meter diving as Kate Lewis, gia Santoro and Lauren Karatanevski swept the top three honors.
Double winners for Georgia were Elizabeth Hill, who captured both the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events and Erin Forster who was the winner in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes.
The Tar Heels return to dual meet action when they host the Minnesota men, the Richmond women and the Virginia Tech men and women at Koury Natatorium on Friday and Saturday, November 5 and 6, 2004.
MEN'S DUAL MEET
FINAL SCORE: NORTH CAROLINA 174, GEORGIA 126
200-Yd. Medley Relay -- North Carolina (Jon Albrecht, Aaron Burns, Eddy Matkovic, John Sands), 1:30.12; 1000-Yd. Freestyle -- Reid Owen (UNC), 9:17.42 ; 200-Yd. Freestyle -- Chad Ames (UNC), 1:40.56; 100-Yd. Backstroke -- Eddy Matkovic (UNC), 49.62; 100-Yd. Breaststroke -- Aaron Burns (UNC), 57.67; 200-Yd. Butterfly -- Gil Stovall (UGA), 1:47.15; 50-Yd. Freestyle -- John Sands (UNC), 20.71; One-Meter Diving -- Chris Colwill (UGA), 347.75; 100-Yd. Freestyle -- Damian Alleyne (UGA), 46.55; 200-Yd. Backstroke -- Peter Osborn (UGA), 1:49.05; 200-Yd. Breaststroke -- Patrick Woodruff (UNC), 2:05.76; 500-Yd. Freestyle -- Reid Owen (UNC), 4:31.37; 100-Yd. Butterfly -- Eddy Matkovic (UNC), 48.80; Three-Meter Diving -- Chris Colwill (UGA), 364.50; 200-Yd. Individual Medley -- Tristan Davidson (UNC), 1:51.68; 400-Yd. Freestyle Relay -- North Carolina (Jon Albrecht, Casey Kott, John Sands, Eddy Matkovic, 3:04.63).
Records: Georgia 0-1, North Carolina 1-0
WOMEN'S DUAL MEET
FINAL SCORE: GEORGIA 175, NORTH CAROLINA 125
200-Yd. Medley Relay --North Carolina (Megan Eickmann, Lizzy Bruce, Lindsey Marck, Kelsey Morrissy) 1:43.21; 1650-Yd. Freestyle -- Laura Conway (UGA), 16:19.39; 200-Yd. Freestyle -- Elizabeth Hill (UGA), 1:48.91; 100-Yd. Backstroke --Erin Forster (UGA), 56.29; 100-Yd. Breaststroke --Sarah Poewe (UGA) 1:01.92 ; 200-Yd. Butterfly -- Lindsey Marck (UNC), 2:00.88; 50-Yd. Freestyle -- Andrea Georoff (UGA), 23.27; Three-Meter Diving -- gia Santoro (UNC), 278.18; 100-Yd. Freestyle -- Paige Kearns (UGA), 50.87 ; 200-Yd. Backstroke -- Erin Forster (UGA), 2:00.18; 200-Yd. Breaststroke --Melissa Klein (UGA), 2:15.71; 500-Yd. Freestyle -- Elizabeth Hill (UGA), 4:49.63; 100-Yd. Butterfly -- Lindsey Marck (UNC), 54.81; One-Meter Diving -- Kate Lewis (UNC) 262.88, ; 200-Yd. Individual Medley -- Tricia Harm (UGA), 2:03.26; 400-Yd. Freestyle Relay -- North Carolina (Lindsey Marck, Leila Martin, Virginia Hanson, Kelsey Morrissy), 3:27.47.
Records: Georgia 1-0, North Carolina 0-1
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