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SALT LAKE CITY If ever there were a time when a win could feel like a loss, that time came Friday night for the No. 5 Red Rocks in the team s regular-season finale at the Huntsman Center.
Sure, the Red Rocks cruised to an easy 197.275-196.500 victory over the visiting No. 20 Utah State Aggies, but it was anything but what Utah has come to expect over the season, particularly a week after coming off a season-high score against Oregon State on the road.
The final score was so-so to Utah head coach Tom Farden, who said the meet caught us by surprise. Utah needed a strong home meet to improve its NQS rating ahead of the Pac-12 Championship, but the night was a struggle from the onset.
In an instant, it was all gone.
Utah s 2020 meet at the Huntsman Center against in-state opponent Utah State, it s final meet of the season and Senior Night for Kim Tessen and Missy Reinstadtler was canceled the day before as the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic began to take shape in the state. The entire season would soon follow as sports, and life as many knew it, shut down indefinitely. It definitely was a big blow and something I think all of us will remember for a lifetime, head coach Tom Farden said. But there s a lot of resilience, and we tried to patch things back as best as possible and keep them engaged through that long quarantine.