SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Nathalia Silva busted a nearly 2-year-old school record in the 200-Yard Freestyle, while fellow newcomer Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos shattered her own 3-month-old school record in the 200-Yard Butterfly, to lead the UNC Pembroke swimming team to a 137-99 rout of Converse on Saturday in the Marsha H. Gibbs Fieldhouse.
 
It was UNCP's (4-3) first series win over the Valkyries who had won both previous dual matchups with the Braves (2017, 2018) by an average of 72-1/2 points. The meet marked the final home competition of the season for Converse as well.
 
Silva, a native of Brazil who joined the Black & Gold at the semester break, teamed up with Jaycie Knight, Sarah Morden and Rodriguez Matos to easily take top honors in the 200-Yard Medley Relay, and then won individual event titles in both the 100-, 200- and 500-Yard Freestyle. Her mark of 1:58.83 in the 200-Yard Freestyle shattered teammate Megan Hunter's 2-year-old school record in the discipline by 3.66 seconds.
 
No stranger to school records herself, Rodriguez Matos followed up her performance in the relay by busting her own school record in the 200-Yard Butterfly by 3.51 seconds, taking top honors in the 200-Yard Individual Medley and placing second in the 200-Yard Breaststroke.
 
Ignayara Hernandez Martinez won an event title of her own on Saturday afternoon, out-pacing the rest of the six-woman field in the 200-Yard Breastroke by more than 25 seconds. Her mark of 2:09.75 was more than 40 seconds faster than her previous personal best in the event.
 
The Braves will close out the regular season portion of their 2019-20 schedule on Wednesday when they head to nearby Laurinburg to battle St. Andrews at O'Herron Pool. The first event is scheduled for 5 p.m. 
 
 

AT CONVERSE (JANUARY 18, 2020)
200 Yard Medley Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Jaycie Knight, Sarah Morden, Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Nathalia Silva	2:04.77
4	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Jena Wise, Victoria Brousseau, Ignayara Hernandez Martinez, Trinity Mack	2:07.11
100 Yard Backstroke
2	Jaycie Knight	1:08.17
3	Jena Wise	1:09.59
4	Mary Thorn	1:16.84
100 Yard Breaststroke
2	Sarah Morden	1:11.62
4	Victoria Brousseau	1:15.31
5	Selena Rodriguez	1:19.46
7	Alyssa Ramosbarbosa	1:28.91
100 Yard Butterfly
2	Bianca Bateman	1:07.47
3	Natalia Sarmiento	1:08.77
4	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	1:18.71
200 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	! 1:58.83
3	Megan Hunter	2:13.45
4	Jena Wise	2:25.03
200 Yard Butterfly
1	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	! 2:16.86
3	Natalia Sarmiento	2:43.94
100 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	55.66
4	Bianca Bateman	1:01.45
5	Karina Ramosbarbosa	1:04.65
6	Trinity Mack	1:06.04
7	Drew Keiski	1:08.98
8	Shelby Ashford	1:16.08
200 Yard Breaststroke
1	Ignayara Hernandez Martinez	2:09.75
2	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:34.92
5	Victoria Brousseau	3:02.87
6	Selena Rodriguez	3:07.79
7	Alyssa Ramosbarbosa	3:14.48
500 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	5;24.55
3	Megan Hunter	5:52.55
4	Drew Keiski	7:05.78
50 Yard Freestyle
2	Sarah Morden	27.33
3	Bianca Bateman	27.72
4	Victoria Brousseau	28.76
5	Mary Thorn	28.94
7	Karina Ramosbarbosa	29.39
8	Trinity Mack	29.42
9	Drew Keiski	29.52
11	Selena Rodriguez	30.15
12	Alyssa Ramosbarbosa	30.17
13	Shelby Ashford	33.09
200 Yard Individual Medley
1	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:19.03
4	Natalia Sarmiento	2:33.88
5	Megan Hunter	2:40.68
200 Yard Backstroke
2	Jaycie Knight	2:29.03
3	Jena Wise	2:30.84
4	Mary Thorn	2:52.49
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
2	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Natalia Sarmiento, Jaycie Knight, Bianca Bateman, Sarah Morden	1:51.31
4	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Megan Hunter, Ignayara Hernandez Martinez, Trinity Mack, Karina Ramosbarbosa	1:59.29
! - School Record