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Marissa Catania
Marissa Catania scored a win in the 100-yard breaststroke on Saturday

Women's Swimming

Knights Have Long Conference Winning Streak Stopped At USMMA

Catania, Daigle win individual events

Complete Results

Kings Point, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team saw a 46 dual Skyline Conference meet winning streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon with a 179-99 loss at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Marissa Catania (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Jessica Daigle (Trumbull, Conn.) each scored individual wins for the Knights.
 
Daigle won the 1,650-yard freestyle for the Knights against the Mariners, taking the longest event of the day in a time of 19:13.97. Catania posted her win for the Mount in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.09 and also finished second in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:36.67.
 
After setting a new school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle against Bard on Friday, sophomore Harley Illingworth (Northfield, N.J.) posted three runner-up finishes on Saturday against USMMA. She took second in the 100 and 200-yard backstroke with times of 1:03.97 and 2:21.15 and scored second place points in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:26.66.
 
Senior Regina Zeoli (Washingtonville, N.Y.) and sophomore Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.) also turned in strong swims for the Knights with two second place finishes apiece. Zeoli finished as the runner-up in the 200 and 100-yard butterfly races with times of 2:31.82 and 1:08.25, while McNamee posted runner-up times of 19:51.48 and 5:38.87 in the 1,650-yard and 500-yard freestyle races.
 
Mount Saint Mary took second place in both relay races on Saturday, with the team of Illingworth, Catania, Zeoli and Allison Sciucco (Middletown, N.Y.) swimming a time of 1:57.33 in the 200-yard medley race and the squad of Sciucco, Catania, Lauren Schroeder (Wantagh, N.Y.) and McNamee posting a time of 1:51.92 in the 200-yard freestyle race.
 
Saturday's defeat closes the dual meet portion of the schedule for Mount Saint Mary will an overall record of 10-5 and a Skyline Conference mark of 7-1. Next up for the Knights is the start of the Skyline Conference Championship on January 27. Day one at Purchase is set to begin at 6:00 p.m.
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Players Mentioned

Marissa Catania

Marissa Catania

Junior
Breaststroke/Sprint Free
Jessica Daigle

Jessica Daigle

Senior
Distance
Harley  Illingworth

Harley Illingworth

Sophomore
Back/Free/IM
Kyra  McNamee

Kyra McNamee

Sophomore
Free/Back
Lauren  Schroeder

Lauren Schroeder

Sophomore
Sprint Free
Allison Sciucco

Allison Sciucco

Senior
Sprint Free
Regina Zeoli

Regina Zeoli

Senior
Back/Fly

Players Mentioned

Marissa Catania

Marissa Catania

Junior
Breaststroke/Sprint Free
Jessica Daigle

Jessica Daigle

Senior
Distance
Harley  Illingworth

Harley Illingworth

Sophomore
Back/Free/IM
Kyra  McNamee

Kyra McNamee

Sophomore
Free/Back
Lauren  Schroeder

Lauren Schroeder

Sophomore
Sprint Free
Allison Sciucco

Allison Sciucco

Senior
Sprint Free
Regina Zeoli

Regina Zeoli

Senior
Back/Fly