DENVER –  The University of Denver women's swimming and diving team fell to 2-1 in its dual season, losing to Rice 107-95 in the second of three sessions at the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza on Saturday morning at El Pomar Natatorium. The Pioneers will take on Tulane in the final dual of the weekend at 2:30 p.m.
 
Senior Lauren Moden (Parker, Colo.) won three events on Saturday morning to bring her total on the weekend to six. Junior Kylie Cronin (Marblehead, Mass.) won two events in the morning window.
 
Session II
Rice 107
Denver 95                                                                           
 
FIU 112.5
Tulane 92.5                                                                        
 
Denver opened the second session of the three-session meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay. The quartet of redshirt-senior Heidi Bradley (Victoria, B.C.), freshman Brandi Vu (Longmont, Colo.), Cronin and Moden combined for a time of 1:43.54.
 
Cronin took her second individual butterfly event of the Dual-A-Pool-Ooza on Saturday morning, winning the 200 with a time of 2:04.92. Junior Josie Valette (Boulder, Colo.) finished third in the race with a time of 2:07.87.
 
Moden earned her second individual freestyle win of the three-session meet with a victory in the 100 free, clocking in at 52.32. The win brought her total up to five combined (individual and relay) victories on the weekend. Sophomore Aysia Leckie (Georgetown, Ontario) took fourth with a time of 52.94.
 
Denver didn't win the 200 back, but did earn important points in the 2-4 slots. Bradley took second with a time of 2:04.60, sophomore Emily Vandenberg (Ajax, Ontario) finished third in 2:07.85 and freshman Livi Schmid (Fairfax Station, Va.) reached the wall in fourth after her 2:09.80.
 
Vu led the Pioneers with a second place finish in the 100 breast in the next event, clocking in at 1:05.00. Valette later swam in her second individual event of the morning session, taking second with a time of 25.45.
 
Denver's 200 free relay team of Bradley, Moden, Leckie and Valette combined to finish with a 1:34.49 to take the top spot.
 
Saturday Morning's Event Wins
200 Medley Relay – Heidi Bradley, Brandi Vu, Kylie Cronin, Lauren Moden – 1:43.54
200 Fly – Kylie Cronin – 2:04.92
100 Free – Lauren Moden – 52.32
200 Free Relay – Bradley, Moden, Leckie, Valette – 1:34.49
 
Friday's Event Wins
400 Medley Relay – Heidi Bradley, Brandi Vu, Kylie Cronin, Lauren Moden – 3:45.73
200 Back – Emily Vandenberg – 2:06.78
50 Free – Lauren Moden – 23.99
200 Breast – Ally Yancy – 2:22.98
100 Fly – Kylie Cronin – 56.13
100 Free – Aysia Leckie – 52.47
Women 100 Free Relay – Lauren Moden, Sarah Lingen, Josie Valette, Aysia Leckie – 42.96
 
Saturday's Order of Events (All Times Mountain)
2:30 p.m. – Swimming Session III
100 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Breast
50 Free
200 Fly
100 Back
200 Free
50 Breast
100 IM
400 Free Relay
 
UP NEXT:
Following this weekend, Denver's men will open its dual season with a trip down to Air Force on Thursday (7 p.m. MT) before returning to its home pool on Saturday to co-host a meet against Wyoming with the women's program on Saturday at 12 p.m. MT.
 
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