Huskers Fall to Kansas

Lincoln ? The Nebraska swimming and diving team fell to the Kansas Jayhawks 161-139 on Saturday afternoon at the Devaney Natatorium. With the loss, the Huskers move to 1-3 on the season in dual play and 0-1 in the Big 12.

The Huskers started off the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:47.01. The Huskers also took third place in the event to give them an early lead.

Brandie Kavalec and Caroline Shea continued the Huskers' fast start, winning the next two events, with Kavalec taking first in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:21.52 and Shea winning the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:53.79.

The Huskers took a 68-63 lead into the first diving break, as the Huskers picked up another event win with Mariah Hutchinson taking first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:03.53.

Kansas stormed back after the diving break, winning the next four events and taking the lead. Nebraska came back with a win in the 500-yard freestyle (Hutchinson ? 5:03.67) and the 100-yard butterfly (Kelsey Grushecky ? 56.76) to narrow the Jayhawk lead.

The Jayhawks closed the meet strong, however, winning two of the final three events to secure the victory. KU finished the meet with nine victories out of the 16 events.

The Huskers have next week off before they hit the pool again with a Jan. 30 dual at Nebraska-Omaha at 3 p.m. Nebraska will travel to Ames, Iowa, the next day to take on Iowa State before returning home for the final dual of the regular season on Feb. 7 against Missouri.