Two more school records fell as BYU men’s swim and dive finished third at its inaugural Big 12 Swim and Dive Championships at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Saturday.

“All of our athletes were troopers through the adversity we faced this week,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “We will build on everything we learned about this meet for next year. As a coaching staff, we are really proud of our team’s ability to rally and support each other.”

The Cougars scored 1,402 points to take third over Cincinnati and West Virginia in the team scoring. Jordan Tiffany and Brad Prolo led BYU with 87 and 81 points, respectively. Diego Camacho Salgado’s 61 points and 60 from Payton Plumb further fueled the Cougars’ success.

BYU wrapped up the week with two Big 12 Champions, eight all-conference first teamers and 13 second teamers.

Fifty-six more points went the Cougars way as Tiffany, Diego Camacho Salgado, Joshua Reed and Luigi Riva combined to clock a school-record 2:51.35, and take second in the 400 free relay.

For the second time in as many days, Prolo struck down a school record. With a 1:54.36 in the 200 breast, Prolo took fourth and overtook teammate Emerson Edwards’ previous record. Edwards followed Prolo in fifth at 1:55.13.

The men’s 100 free saw Jordan Tiffany finish runner-up at 42.29. Tiffany secured another first team all-league spot after winning the preliminary race over Nate Germonprez of Texas, then beating the Longhorns’ Camden Taylor and Coby Carrozza in the final.

Luigi Riva and Payton Plumb joined Tiffany in the final and finished seventh and eighth, respectively to take All-Big 12 Second Team status.

Chase Hindmarsh delivered BYU its third first team diving honor with a fourth-place finish at 371.75 on platform.

In the women’s competition, the Cougars scored 771.5 points to finish fifth with Victoria Schreiber, Mackenzie Lung and Emma Marusakova recording all-conference performances.

The Cougars come away from year one in the Big 12 with eight all-conference second team performers.

“All of our athletes were troopers through the adversity we faced this week,” said BYU head swimming coach Shari Skabelund. “We will build on everything we learned about this meet for next year. As a coaching staff, we are really proud of our team’s ability to rally and support each other.”

Schreiber battled through the 1650 free to set a personal-best 16:43.49 and score 24 points for the Cougars with a sixth-place finish. The junior from Brighton, Michigan secured a second team all-conference spot while edging TCU’s Sydney Inman and Houston’s Eden Humphrey for sixth.

Lung added another second team finish with a 2:11.95 to come in sixth in the 200 breast. The sophomore from Clovis, California clipped over a second off her preliminary time to beat Nina Vadovicova of TCU and Julie Rose of Cincinnati to the wall.

Emma Marusakova added another 23 points to BYU’s total with a 200 back time of 1:58.05 for a seventh-place finish.

Julia Bartell, Tatum Cooley, Emma Marusakova and Halli Williams finished the meet with a 3:22.00 for fifth and 50 points in the 400 free relay.

Alexia Jackson finished her week with a 307.25 for 10th in the 3-meter diving final. The sophomore from Mesa, Arizona led all BYU women with 54 individual points scored.

Victoria Schreiber was BYU’s second-leader with 51 points, followed by Regan Geldmacher with 39, Halli Williams with 38 and 36 a-piece from Mackenzie Lung and Emma Marusakova.

Cougar women’s basketball loses at No. 4 Texas

Kailey Woolston and Lauren Gustin combined for 33 points as BYU women’s basketball fell to No. 3 Texas at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night, 71-46.

Gustin finished with a game-high 20 points and 15 rebounds to record her 85th career double-double and 29th of the year which leads the country. The senior went 10-of-20 from the floor while also contributing six offensive rebounds and an assist.

Woolston was the only other Cougar to finish in double figures with 13 points on 3-for-5 shooting from downtown. The freshman also pitched in three rebounds, two assists and a steal.

Despite shooting only 34.7 percent from the floor, BYU (16-15; 6-12 Big 12) outrebounded Texas 35-31 and 14-11 on the offensive glass but the Longhorns converted their 11 offensive board

The Texas (27-4; 14-4 Big 12) offense was too much to handle for BYU as the Longhorns had four players finish with 13 or more points including freshman Deyona Gaston who matched Gustin’s game-high 20 points on 7-of-12 from the floor. UT shot 46.4 percent from the floor and 17-of-22 from the charity stripe in the 25-point win.

The Cougars now set their sights on Kansas City, Missouri, where they will compete in its first Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship. With a conference record of 6-12, BYU earned the 10-seed, a first-round bye and will play in the second round on Friday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. CT.

BYU softball rallies to beat UC Santa Barbara

BYU softball battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to beat UC Santa Barbara 8-3 on its final day of the Capital Classic at La Rue Field in Davis, Calif., on Saturday morning.

After a sluggish start to begin the game, the Cougars (14-4, 0-0 Big 12) came from behind to score eight unanswered, plating runs in the third, fourth and sixth innings to close out their early season non-conference slate with a win.

After spending a month on the road to start the 2024 campaign, BYU will return home to host Texas Tech in its Big 12 opener at Gail Miller Field from March 7-9. All three games will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

No. 45 Cougar women’s tennis sweeps Houston

No. 45 BYU women’s tennis defeated Houston 4-0 for its sixth consecutive victory and second straight Big 12 Conference win. BYU improved to 10-1 on the season and 2-0 in conference play.

“This weekend was a grind and it feels good to come home with two Big 12 road wins,” said head coach Holly Hasler. “These ladies have entered conference play with a massive amount of positive energy and fight. To be honest , we were ready and it’s just fun being out there with a team that’s all-in. It’s only going to get tougher, but this was a pretty great way to get started.”

No. 71 nationally ranked Bobo Huang remains unbeaten. The junior improved to 9-0 in singles on the season with her win over Laura Slisane.

Senior Emilee Astle improved to 5-1 in singles and clinched the overall match victory for the Cougars with her win over Nina Skoric.

Sophomore Tina Li picked up her seventh singles victory of the season over Sophie Schouten and improved to 7-3.

BYU will return home for its Big 12 home opener against Kansas State on Thursday, with the match starting at noon MT.

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