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FRESNO, Calif. -- The Cal State East Bay swim team fell on the road to Division I squad Fresno State by a score of 144-117 on Saturday in the final dual meet of the 2016-17 regular season.

It was a tight battle, as the Pioneers won five of the 12 individual races and one of the two relays, but the Bulldogs captured the majority of the events to seal the win in their home pool. 

CSUEB was in a hole early after scoring just two points in the opening event, the 400 Medley Relay. The Pioneers placed third after Fresno State's "B" team out-touched East Bay's quartet of Mariam Lowe, Claire Beaty, Victoria Zukeran, and Kali Kearns by three hundredths of a second.

Senior Kayleigh Davidson was East Bay top swimmer in the 1000 Free, taking third place overall with a time of 10:57.05 in the longest race of the day. 

After back-to-back third place finishes to open the meet, Morgan McClure secured a victory for the Pioneers in the 200 Free with a time of 1:52.87. Senior Madison Hauanio scored second place points in that event by an extremely narrow margin, finishing in 1:54.66.

Lowe tied for second place in the 200 Back with a time of 1:00.34, while Miranda McDonnell took fourth place in 1:01.55. Beaty scored second place points in the 100 Breast (1:07.31), and Yingfei Zheng followed her in fourth (1:08.08).

The Pioneers had the third and fourth place finishers in the next event, the 200 Fly. Zukeran touched the wall in 2:09.56, with Madison Faulkner just behind her in 2:12.28.

East Bay cut into its deficit by placing the top two swimmers in the 50 Free. Hauanio out-sprinted the field with a time of 24.48, and Vivy Hua took second place in 24.80. Hauanio made it a sweep in the sprint events with an individual win in the next race, the 100 Free. She finished in 52.89, with Hua once again in second place (53.04). The 100 Free was CSUEB's highest scoring event of the afternoon, as Shelby Parker finished third in 54.38.

McClure picked up second place points in the 200 Back with a time of 2:07.86, followed by Lowe in third place in 2:10.18. Beaty notched her second runner-up finish of the meet with the 200 Breast (2:23.58), with Zheng taking fourth (2:30.22).

The final distance event was next, and Davidson posted another third place finish. She completed the 500 Free in 5:19.81, with teammate Ryleigh Weight scoring fifth place points in 5:23.86.

The Pioneers finished the meet on a high note with three straight victories to close out the day. Hua finished dead even with FSU's Kimberly Harbert in the 100 Fly, as the pair shared first place points with a time of 57.80. Zukeran took third in that race (1:00.00), followed by Faulkner in fourth (1:00.73).

McClure secured her second individual win in the 100 IM, out-pacing the competition with a time of 68.53. Zukeran scored in that event as well, placing fourth (1:02.04).

East Bay won the 200 Free Relay by more than a second to add a final 11 points to their total. The foursome of Hauanio, Hua, Parker, and McClure turned in a time of 1:37.07 for the victory. 

With the regular season schedule completed, CSUEB will now turn its attention to the 2016-17 Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Championships, which begin Feb. 8 at East Los Angeles College. This year's field is perhaps the conference's toughest to date, as the Pioneers will have to take on nationally ranked teams UC San Diego and Fresno Pacific, as well as Div. I squads Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine.