Madison White (photo by Richard Quinton)Madison White (photo by Richard Quinton)
Richard Quinton

Madison White won the 200 backstroke Friday at Stanford. (photo by Richard Quinton)

No. 19 Bruins Fall to No. 2 Stanford

Swimming & Diving

White wins 200 backstroke in 127-104 loss.

STANFORD -- No. 19 UCLA dropped Friday's meet to No. 2 Stanford, 127-104, in its first Pac-12 dual meet setback since October.

200 Medley
Relay The UCLA C team of junior Natalie Amberg, senior Brigette Winkler, junior Marie-Pierre Delisle and freshman Cali Raukar finished fourth with a time of 1:47.72. The Stanford A team picked up the win, as it clocked in at 1:39.22.

1000 Freestyle
Margaux Verger Gourson gave the Bruins their first top-three finish of the day, as the junior finished with a time of 10:01.16. Sophomore Sandra Soe earned UCLA another point with a fifth-place finish at 10:08.22.

200 Freestyle
Stanford freshman Katie Ledecky swam to a time of 1:43.48 to take first, while freshman Kenisha Liu (1:50.40) and junior Carly Reid (1:51.55) finished fifth and sixth, respectively, for the Bruins.

50 Freestyle
UCLA senior Linnea Mack challenged for the win with a time of 22.83, but could not quite catch Stanford junior Janet Hu, who finished with a winning time of 22.46. Freshman Maisie Jameson finished fifth for the Bruins, with a time of 24.00.

200 IM
Bruins finished 3-4-5, as Isabella Goldsmith clocked in with the top time for UCLA. The freshman led after the first 50 yards, while sophomore Emma Schanz, who finished fourth with a time of 2:03.80, led after 100. Junior Sarah Kaunitz added a time of 2:05.14 to pick up a point for the Bruins and finish fifth.

3m Diving
In the first diving event of the day, Bruins finished 3-4-5. Junior Ciara Monahan had the high score for UCLA at 304.35, while sophomores Kat Friese (299.10) and Eloise Belanger rounded out the top five. Stanford freshman Haley Farnsworth, with a score of 311.48, took first place.

200 Butterfly
Hu picked up another win for the Cardinal, while Bruin junior Katie Grover finished second (2:00.77) and freshman Amy Okada added a third-place time of 2:02.07.

100 Freestyle
UCLA senior Linnea Mack took Ledecky down to the wire with a time of 49.81, less than a half second behind the Cardinal freshman. The first-year pair of Liu (51.14) and Goldsmith (51.38) finished third and fourth.

200 Backstroke
Senior Madison White recorded the first Bruin win of the day, a 1:55.77 finish just ahead of Stanford sophomore Ella Eastin. Delisle clocked in at third for UCLA with a time of 2:01.80, while Amberg added a fourth-place time of 2:02.64.

500 Freestyle
Bruin freshman Lisa Kaunitz, with a time of 4:57.36, finished second to Stanford sophomore Simone Manuel (4:47.19). Verger Gourson and Soe added times of 4:58.68 and 4:59.97, respectively, to round out the top four.

1m Diving
Monahan again finished tops among Bruin divers with a score of 284.93 to finish second to Stanford senior Kassidy Cook. Belanger (280.20) and senior Annika Lenz (273.53) finished third and fourth.

200 Breaststroke
Liu posted the top non-exhibition time of the event at 2:14.36, while Winkler (2:18.01) and Schanz (2:20.64) also added points to the overall Bruin total.

400 Freestyle Relay
The Bruin A team of Goldsmith, Grover, Jameson and Sarah Kaunitz posted the best non-exhibition time of the event at 3:26.67, while the B team of Raukar, Okada, senior Savannah Steffen and Reid timed in at 3:31.02.

The No. 19 Bruins will head to Berkeley tomorrow for a noon showdown with No. 6 California at the Spieker Aquatics Center.