STATESBORO, Ga. - North Florida women's swimming put forth a strong effort, but fell in its penultimate dual meet of the competition season to Georgia Southern, 193-69, on Saturday afternoon.

Senior Ashley Kephart led the Ospreys, contributing to four top-five finishes on the day. Aydan Horrigan, Ashley Cozad and Kayla Daley all secured second place finishes in their respective races, as UNF completed its third meet in as many weeks.

FINAL SCORE

Georgia Southern 193, North Florida 69 

CLIPBOARD NOTES

• The group of Daley, Sara Maschmeier, Ashley Kirby and Victoria Torres finished second in the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:59.87.
• Kephart notched third-place finishes in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyle with times of 25.30 and 54.62, respectively.
• Horrigan swam to a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke touching the wall in 2:09.72.
• Cozad recorded a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 59.81.
• Daley tallied a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing in 2:10.12.
• The group of Torres, Kephart, Cozad and Amelia Hildebrand swam to a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a combined time of 1:38.71.

COFFEY TALK 

"We gave a good effort today, but the team is tired. We had some good races today, but Georgia Southern swam really well. They're gonna be ready for the ASUN Swimming and Diving Championships in four weeks, but we're gonna keep working hard to get prepared for that as we look forward to next weekend."
-- head coach Ian Coffey 

UP NEXT

The Ospreys head to Fort Myers, Fla., to face FGCU in a dual meet over the course of two days from Feb. 2-3, before the 2024 ASUN Swimming and Diving Championships.