BERKELEY – Amy Bilquist, Katie McLaughlin, Abbey Weitzeil and Sarah Darcel won two events apiece as Cal opened up its home season with a 164-85 victory over Oregon State Friday at Legends Aquatic Center.
 
The Golden Bears will get right back in the pool again Saturday morning, hosting North Carolina State for a 9 a.m. meet that will be followed by a celebration of head coach Teri McKeever's 25 years in Berkeley. Given the upcoming festivities, dozens of alumnae came out to support McKeever and the team.
 
"The pool looks great set up here at Legends," McKeever said. "I thought the girls did a really good job, and it's always so nice to swim on your home campus. We'll need to back it up tomorrow morning. I think that's going to be important to have the two meets together."
 
Against the Beavers, Cal claimed 13 of the 14 races to improve to 2-0 on the year. McLaughlin took first in the 200-yard free (1:48.23) and 100 fly (53.74), with Weitzeil winning the 100 breast (1:02.97) and 500 free (4:53.54) and Darcel prevailing in the 200 fly (1:59.65) and 200 back (2:00.17). Bilquist triumphed in the 50 free (22.96) and 200 individual medley (2:04.26).
 
The Bears set the tone in the opening event, the 200 medley relay, when Keaton Blovad, Kathleen Baker, Jasmine Mau and Valerie Hull led a 1-2-3-4 Cal finish with a time of 1:43.28. The Bears also closed out the afternoon when Darcel, Noemie Thomas, Maddie Murphy and Amy Bilquist won the 200 free relay in 1:32.69.
 
Other winners for Cal were: Robin Neumann in the 1000 free (10:12.36), Baker in the 100 free (50.26) and Dannie Dilsaver in the 200 breast (2:21.89). Oregon State's Felicia Anderson won the 100 back in 56.17, just ahead of Cal's Keaton Blovad (56.26).