North Carolina's men's and women's swimming and diving teams fell in their season openers Wednesday afternoon at Koury Natatorium against Top 10 teams from the University of Georgia. The second-ranked Georgia women defeated the Tar Heels 169-126 and the No. 9 Georgia men whipped the Tar Heels 173-125.

Carolina won five individual events on the women's side. Carolina junior Lindsey Marck was a double winner for coach Frank Comfort's team as she won the 100-yard butterfly in 56.31 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:03.51. Carolina¹s 400-yard freestyle relay also came up victorious as Megan Steeves, Eliza Butts, Kelsey Morrissy and Aubrette Biegel touched first in 3:26.70. UNC's other winners were senior Lauren Karatanevski in one-meter diving (246.38) and junior Kelly Woodruff in the 400-yard individual medley (4:25.80).

Junior Ryan Funderburk swept the diving events for the Carolina men. Funderburk scored 307.65 points on the one-meter board and 340.43 on the three-meter board. Freshman Jeff James won the 200-yard backstroke in 1:49.30 and the Tar Heels¹ 400-yard freestyle relay also prevailed in 3:04.99. That relay included Jeff James, Casey Kott, Zach Swartz and Robby Swendiman.

The Bulldog women were led by three-event winner Kara Lynn Joyce who won the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle events. Alek Putra was the winner in both the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes. Four different Georgia men¹s swimmers won two or more events. Sebastien Rouault won the 500- and 1000-yard freestyles and the 400-yard individual medley. Gil Stovall won both butterfly events, Neil Versfeld won both breaststroke events and Nathan Bibliowicz won both the 100- and 200-yard freestyles.

The meet was the season opener for both teams. The Tar Heels will host the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Richmond Spiders in dual meets at Koury Natatorium on November 3 and 4.