Girls Varsity Draw with Hoover 82-82

El Rancho’s Backstrokers, Breaststrokers, and 400 Relay Teams rally to erase an 11 point deficit and draw 82-82 with the Hoover Tornados.

The Dons won the Medley Relay (Lorelei Rojo, Adriana Lopez, Carolina Moore, Juliana Lemus), 100 Free (Lopez), 500 Free (Rojo), 100 Back (Rojo), 100 Breast (Lopez), and 400 Relay (Rojo, Lopez, Moore, Lemus) Moore and Lemus also placed 2nd (100 Fly) and 3rd (100 Free) respectively, which turned out to be important points. 

A 4-10 loss in the 200 Free Relay put the Tornados up by 11 points with three events to go. Rojo and Alie Hita went 1st-2nd in the Backstroke, taking the 10-5 win, reducing the Tornados lead to six points. Lopez, Danielle Martin, and Monserat Haro’s 1st-3rd-5th place 10-6 Breastroke victory reduced their lead to two points. The Dons 400 Free Relay team took 1st and secured the 8-6 win for the event, and the come from behind draw for the meet. 

The Medley and 400 Free teams continue to make Consideration Times, along with Lopez (100 Free/100 Breast) and Lemus (100 Free). Rojo posted another Automatic time for her 100 Back and a new auto qual for the 500 Free.

The Girls will face their first Del Rio League opponent, the Chiefs, at Santa Fe HS tomorrow March 23rd at 3:30pm.