The SMU women’s swim and dive won their first duel match of the season against Houston on Friday night, 172-122.
The Mustangs proved successful, winning 12 of 16 events.
Freshman standout, Deanna Matthews took home three event titles for the Ponies including the 100 yard backstroke (56.27 seconds), the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.08 minutes) and the 400-yard Intermediate Medley (4:22.69 minutes).
Alice McCall, also a freshman, won the 1000-yard freestyle (10:14.97 minutes) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:04.72 minutes) for the Mustangs.
McCall hails from Wigan, Great Britain. Prior to swimming for the Mustangs, McCall swam for the Wigan B.E.S.T. She placed fourth in the 2007 LEN Europeana Juniors 5K in Italy, and participated in the 2009 Great Britain Junior Development Camp, as well as several other LEN events.
Junior Denisa Smolenova won two events including the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.38 minutes), and the 100-yard butterfly (55.80 seconds).
Smolenova won the 100-yard butterfly (54.25 seconds) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.96 minutes) at the Conference USA Championships last season.
She also came in fourth in the 100-yard butterfly at the Columbus Grand Prix with a Summer National Qualifying time (1:01.35 minutes).
Senior Audra Egenolf notched a 294.52 score in the one-meter dive event, earning top honors. Egenolf also earned a score of 309.30 for second place in the three-meter dive event.
As a junior, Egenolf placed seventh in the 3-meter dive (305.50) and eleventh in the platform dive (258.15) at the NCAA Championships.
On Friday, the Mustangs also claimed wins in the 50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle events.
SMU will host the SMU Swim Classic on Friday at Perkins Natatorium at 6:30 p.m.