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TEMPE, Ariz. - For the second straight day, No. 3 Stanford women's swimming and diving won every swimming event en route to a Pac-12 road victory. On Saturday, Taylor Ruck won three individual events to lead the Cardinal over Arizona State, 198-96.

Stanford (4-0, 4-0) has won 27 straight dual meets, including a string of 25 straight Pac-12 dual meet victories since 2015.

Ruck began with a win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:45.09), as she edged teammates Ella Eastin (1:45.41), Lauren Pitzer (1:47.68) and Morgan Tankersley (1:49.06). She then won the 50 free (22.65) ahead of three more Cardinal, and bested the field in the 200 backstroke (1:53.06), including Eastin's 1:53.33.

On the boards, junior Haley Farnsworth won on the 1-meter with a score of 299.03, and freshman Carolina Sculti won on the 3-meter at 356.70.

Freshman Amalie Fackenthal pulled off a pair of victories in the 100 free (49.53) and 100 fly (53.83), while fellow freshman Zoe Bartel earned the top spot in both breaststroke races. She won the 100 with a time of 1:01.53 and was first in the 200 with a finish 2:12.76. 

Meanwhile, sophomore Brooke Forde pulled off an impressive double of her own with wins in the 500 free (4:43.71) and 400 individual medley (4:04.06).

Junior Megan Byrnes won the 1,000 free (9:45.30), and freshman Lucie Nordmann was tops in the 100 back (53.30), while Eastin (1:53.62) won the 200 fly over junior Katie Drabot (1:54.92).

Stanford also opened and closed the meet with wins in the 200 medley relay (1:39.80) and 400 free relay (3:18.12), respectively.

Stanford returns to The Farm for two meets next weekend. The Cardinal welcomes UCLA on Friday at 2 p.m., and then host USC on Senior Day at noon on Saturday.