THROGGS NECK, N.Y. – For the first time this season, the Mount Saint Mary College men's and women's swimming teams did not share the same result, as the women defeated Maritime College, 149-47, and the men fell to the defending Skyline Conference Champion Maritime men, 120-85. The women improve to 4-1 on the year and 3-0 in the Skyline, while the men drop to 3-2 overall and 2-1 against the conference.
The women got off to a quick start by taking first place in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of sophomore
Amanda Bocekci (Paramus, N.J.), freshman
Marissa Catania (Rocky Hill, Conn.), sophomore
Regina Zeoli (Washingtonville, N.Y.) and freshman
Kate Bell (Wilton, Conn.) swam a time of 2:02.40 to take the top spot.
Junior
Lauren Becerra (White Plains, N.Y.) contributed to three event wins for the Knights, winning the 100-yard IM (1:07.50) and 100-yard backstroke (1:09.99), and swimming the third leg in the 200-yard freestyle relay, in which the Knights came out on top. She was joined in that relay by sophomore
Allison Sciucco (Middletown, N.Y.), sophomore
Kira Adler (Shelton, Conn.) and senior
Danielle Rodriguez (Highland, N.Y.). Rodriguez also added a pair of individual victories, winning the 50-yard freestyle (26.78) and 100-yard freestyle (1:00.74) earlier in the evening.
Freshman
Ryan Ward (Brooklyn, N.Y.) had an impressive night for the Knights, winning the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.23) and the 100-yard freestyle (52.75). Freshman
Kyle Barber (Shelton, Conn.) also snagged a pair of wins, touching first in both the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:10.48) and the 100-yard butterfly (57.97).
The Knights quickly get back to work, as they host William Paterson University tomorrow, Dec. 6, in the Kaplan Center Pool. The non-conference meet is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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