Tenth-ranked Auburn men fell, 156-135, in a dual meet to No. 1 Texas while the No. 12 Auburn women dropped 174-126 to the No. 6 Longhorns in swimming and diving Thursday at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center.
It was the first loss of the season for the women, but they did take first place in several events.
Junior Jillian Vitarius, sophomore Beatriz Travalon, senior Megan Fonteno and Allyx Purcell opened the meet for the women's side with a victory in the 200 medley relay coming in at 1:39.27.
Purcell and Fonteno saw victory again as they earned another team win in the 400 freestyle relay, this time alongside teammates junior Alex Merritt and freshman Valerie Hull.
Purcell also took first place in two individual events as the sophomore clocked in at 22.64 in the 50 free and 49.39 in 100 free.
The Tiger women had several second-place finishes from sophomore Natasha Lloyd in two breaststroke events, Merritt in the 100 fly, sophomore Ashley Neidigh in the 1,000 free and Hull in the 200 free.
Joe Patching, sophomore Michael Duderstadt, junior Arthur Mendes and freshman Jacob Molacek opened up the men's side of the meet with a second-place finish as they clocked in at 1:28.03 in the 200 medley relay, but finished with a win towards the end of the meet in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 2:57.38.
Patching earned an individual win in the men's 200 back touching in at 1:44.83 as well as a second-place finish in the 100 back.
The sophomore also posted a win in the 200IM with a time of 1:47.78 and was followed by teammates junior Jordan Jones and senior Alex Hancock who finished second and third.
Dudertstadt picked up a win in the 100 breast touching in at 54.10.
In diving, senior Fraser McKean picked up his 11th individual win of the season on the men's side in the 3-meter competition with a score of 401.63 while senior Cinzia Calabretta took second on the 3-meter board with a score of 304.95 for the women's side.
Auburn's last home meet of the regular season will be against Florida Saturday, Jan. 24.
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