{"id":148488,"date":"2026-01-25T02:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148488\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T02:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:50:10","slug":"rebels-sweep-fresno-pacific-on-senior-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/148488\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebels Sweep Fresno Pacific On Senior Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) &#8211; The UNLV men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming and diving teams collected 21 wins and 38 top-3 finishes to sweep Fresno Pacific in their Senior Meet, Saturday at Jim Reitz Pool.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the women&#8217;s side, the Rebels dominated the Sunbirds by a score of 138.50-82.50. On the men&#8217;s side, the Scarlet &amp; Gray topped FPU 127-89.<\/p>\n<p>THE RUNDOWN WOMEN:<br \/>\n&#8211; Jump starting the women&#8217;s swimming wins, the Rebels&#8217; 400 medley relay &#8216;A&#8217; team of senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/erika-carlson\/17213\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17213\" target=\"_blank\">Erika Carlson<\/a>, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/brinkley-hallgren\/17281\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17281\" target=\"_blank\">Brinkley Hallgren<\/a>, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/ava-knopsnyder\/17277\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17277\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Knopsnyder<\/a> and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/grace-wharton\/17264\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17264\" target=\"_blank\">Grace Wharton<\/a> clocked a winning time of 3:58.52.<br \/>\n&#8211; Claiming the top-3 spots in the 150 fly, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/cameron-mykkanen\/14735\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14735\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Mykkanen<\/a> took first place (1:28.68), while sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/lauren-palacios\/17240\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17240\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Palacios<\/a> (1:29.06) and junior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/ava-olson\/17239\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17239\" target=\"_blank\">Ava Olson<\/a> placed second and\u00a0 third (1:29.23), respectively.<br \/>\n&#8211; Adding a 1-2 Rebel punch in the 25 free, junior Fernanda Mendez Guerra won the event (11.06) and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/gina-miller\/17232\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17232\" target=\"_blank\">Gina Miller<\/a> took second place (11.20).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Collecting multiple individual wins for the Scarlet &amp; Gray, Hallgren dominated the 150 breast (1:45.78) and 75 breast (48.46).<br \/>\n&#8211; As part of taking the top-3 spots in the 500 free, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/alyssa-dimitriadis\/17217\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17217\" target=\"_blank\">Alyssa Dimitriadis<\/a> produced a first-place finish (5:12.27). Knopsnyder placed second (5:15.13) and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/eefje-irvine\/17278\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17278\" target=\"_blank\">Eefje Irvine<\/a> took third place (5:15.92), respectively.<br \/>\n&#8211; Stacking on more individual Rebel wins were sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/halayna-montrichard\/17233\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17233\" target=\"_blank\">Halayna Montrichard<\/a> in the 150 back (1:29.74), junior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/dominika-trentkiewicz\/17257\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17257\" target=\"_blank\">Dominika Trentkiewicz<\/a> in the 75 back (40.25) and Carlson in the 150 free (1:21.18).<\/p>\n<p>THE RUNDOWN MEN:- The Scarlet &amp; Gray 400 medley relay &#8216;A&#8217; squad of junior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/wikus-potgieter\/17244\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17244\" target=\"_blank\">Wikus Potgieter<\/a>, sophomore Ty Schneider, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/nate-thomason\/17255\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17255\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Thomason<\/a> and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/ian-belflower\/17209\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17209\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Belflower<\/a> combined for a first-place finish (3:26.99).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/bryson-huey\/14739\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14739\" target=\"_blank\">Bryson Huey<\/a> secured multiple event wins in the 25 free (9.37) and the 75 fly (34.60).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; The Rebels dominated the 150 breast as sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/yamato-lucero\/17229\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17229\" target=\"_blank\">Yamato Lucero<\/a> finished first (1:29.20), while Schneider (1:30.04) and Thomason (1:34.62) followed in second and third, respectively.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Tallying multiple individual wins, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/tatsuki-inoue\/17223\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17223\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsuki Inoue<\/a> posted a 1:19.55 in the 150 back and a 35.55 in the 75 back.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/kiril-stepanov\/17250\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17250\" target=\"_blank\">Kiril Stepanov<\/a> got in on the action with two individual victories of his own in the 500 free (4:41.73) and 150 free (1:13.37).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8211; Snatching more Rebel wins was redshirt sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/emil-perez\/17241\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17241\" target=\"_blank\">Emil Perez<\/a> in the 150 fly (1:18.24) and Schneider in the 75 breast (40.89).<\/p>\n<p>QUOTABLE: &#8220;Today was a fun meet to race off events. The best part was celebrating our seniors, who have given so much to this team.&#8221;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n-UNLV Head Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/unlvrebels.com\/sports\/swimming-and-diving\/roster\/coaches\/pat-ota\/3439\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Ota<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT: UNLV will hit the road for a dual meet against GCU on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 11 a.m. PT.<\/p>\n<p>-UNLV-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; LAS VEGAS (UNLVRebels.com) &#8211; The UNLV men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s swimming and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-148488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}