Eagles Fall Just Short to Bulldogs in Asheville, 159-142

Friday, December 12

Asheville, NC

All Day

Georgia Southern University

142

159

UNC Asheville

12/13/2025 1:36:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

Asheville, N.C. --- The Georgia Southern swim & dive team came up just short to UNC Asheville, 159-142, in their final meet of the 2025 calendar year.

The dive team competed Friday afternoon, with the Eagles pacing the event with the top three finishers. Karlee Wells would win yet another meet with her 1M score of 293.78, while Abby Ounsworth and McKinlee Taulbee took second and third with their scores of 254.10 and 244.35 scores, respectively. Mackenzie Smith and Ava Mallon also finished with their 191.40 and 129.30 on the boards.

The swim meet started with a 200 Medley Relay win, as the quad party of Calissa Kissinger, Sarah Luskus, Scout Chapin and Jamison Tiller won by a quarter of a second with a time of 1:48.64. Next, the 1000 Free went to Victoria Kjaerulff, who nearly had a sub-eleven at a 11:00.44 slot. The 100 Back saw the Eagles take the top-two slots as Kissinger and Chapin were the only sub-minute swimmers on the day with their 59.94 and 59.96, respectively.

Sterling Burd would dominate the 200 Fly, winning by nearly three seconds, swimming a 2:06.47. The 100 Free saw the Eagles take second through fourth, as Jamison Tiller, Carsyn Cosman and Alex Pope all scored needed points for Southern. The 200 Free Relay to end the meet saw Southern take second and third with time s of 1:37.78 and 1:43.14.

Burd paced the Eagles in points with her 14, including a second place finish in the 500 Free. Kjaerulff scored ten of her own, placing top-five in the 200 Back to go along with her win.

The dive team takes the road to Miami, as their next meet comes on January 3rd for a meet at FIU. The swim team next gets in the water back in Statesboro with their senior meet against North Florida on January 9th-10th.