LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The UC San Diego women's swimming team defeated conference rival Loyola Marymount 105-99 in a three school meet on the LMU campus. Division I Kansas defeated both the Tritons and Lions. Of the 11 events, the Tritons notched four second-place finishes, including Carianne Cunningham in the 200 breast and Anju Shimura in the 200 back. Alex Henley earned a second-place finish in the 400 IM and the 400 medley relay team also finished runner-up. UCSD is back in action on Saturday when the men's and women's teams host Grand Canyon and Incarnate Word at Canyonview Pool. The meet will begin at 11:00 a.m.

The UCSD 400 medley relay team of Henley, Mercedes O'Brien, Karla Holman and Katherine Tse finished with a time of 3:56.45 for second-place honors. UCSD's "B" team also finished ahead of LMU's "A" team in the event.

In the 1000 free, Beth Dong was UCSD's top finisher with a time of 10:39.13 while Anju Shimura finished third in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.05.

In the 400 IM, Henley recorded a time of 4:28.09 and Cunningham finished in 4:38.76 in fourth-place.

In the 200 back, Shimura finished with a time of 2:05.66 in second-place and Henley finished in third-place in the 500 free with a time of 5:00.94.

Cunningham and Neda Nguyen finished second and third, respectively, in the 200 breast. Cunningham recorded a time of 2:24.03 while Nguyen finished in 2:26.13.

UCSD nearly defeated Kansas in the 400 free relay as the team of Shimura, Amber Tan, Shea Kopp and Jessica Ferguson finished with a time of 3:32.99, just behind the Kansas time of 3:32.83.