Oct. 25, 2014 Final Stats
Nevada 172, Fresno State 152 
FRESNO, Calif. - The Nevada swimming and diving team capped a successful season-opening weekend with a victory over Mountain West foe Fresno State on Saturday. The Wolf Pack (4-0) downed the Bulldogs, 172-152, at the Aquatics Center to win its fourth meet in the past two days.
Nevada won 14-of-16 events against Fresno State. Sophomore
Teresa Baerens led the Pack with four first-place finishes, earning medalist honors in the 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM and in the 400 medley relay. The day prior, the Wolf Pack won six events and defeated Pacific, Fresno Pacific and Simon Fraser in a quad-meet.
The Wolf Pack opened with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay. Freshman
Jaeger Turner, junior
Yawen Li, sophomore
Sita Kusserow and Baerens posted a time of 3:49.31 to win by over five seconds. Baerens, a native of Ottoburn, Germany, who earned all-conference honors last season, went on to place first in three more events. Baerens won the 100-yard freestyle (51.70), 200-yard freestyle (1:52.23) and the 200-yard IM (2:07.32).
Li, a junior who led Nevada last season and advanced to three events at the NCAA Championships, won two additional events after helping Nevada take first in the 400 medley relay. The Wuhan, China, native won the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.07) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:17.99).
Junior diver
Krysta Palmer made her season debut, winning both diving competitions. The Carson City, Nev., native scored 320.40 points to win the one-meter dive and 322.50 points to win the three-meter dive. Last season, Palmer earned All-Mountain West honors and advanced to the NCAA diving regionals.
Nevada picked up four victories from freshmen on Saturday.
Josefin Eriksen, a freshman hailing from Sweden, won the 1,000-yard freestyle nearly 10 seconds ahead of the competition (10:30.35) before winning the 200-yard backstroke 2:04.31 in a tight race. Freshman
Kate Hofmeyer also won the 100-yard backstroke in 57.52. Fellow freshman
Jaeger Turner also swam the lead leg of Nevada's winning 400-medley relay.
Sophomore
Arantxa Medina-Alegria won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:05.55. Kusserow, a native of Buehl, Germany, won the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.25) and swam the third leg in the 400-medley relay.
In addition to Nevada's 14 event wins, the Wolf Pack tallied one-two finishes in four events while sweeping the podium in the 200 fly behind Li, junior
Erin Fuss (2:08.35) and senior
Kaelie Reviglio (2:09.24).
Nevada will be in action next on Saturday, Nov. 8, at UC Davis. Action will get underway at noon (PT) from the Schaal Aquatics Center in Davis, Calif.
