Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's and Women's Swimming teams will close out the dual meet portion of the schedule this weekend, traveling to FDU-Florham on Friday before hosting Purchase, Baruch and Wells on Saturday in a home sprint meet. The Knights and Devils will square off at 4:00 p.m. with the Senior Day Meet set for 1:00 p.m. at the Kaplan Center.
 
MSMC Men At A Glance: The Knights enter Friday's meet at FDU with a 2-4 overall record at a 1-2 mark in conference action following a 166-73 road loss at the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday afternoon.
 
Robert Kohlus (Wading River, N.Y.) finished up the day with a second place showing for the Knights against the Mariners in the 200-yard butterfly and a fourth place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle. His runner-up finish was in a time of 2:06.24, while he completed the freestyle race in 11:13.53.
 
Matthew Gallo (Clark, N.J.) picked up second place points for the Knights in both the 100-yard backstroke and the 500-yard freestyle in 1:04.63 and 5:45.99, respectively. Michael Neugebauer (Newburgh, N.Y.) also totaled runner-up points for the Mount with times of 23.28 seconds and 2:35.82 in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard breaststroke.
 
Philippe Noisy (New York, N.Y.) turned in a strong swim in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.74, with Sam Kenney (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) and P.J. Ramsey (Plantsville, Conn.) earning second place points in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard freestyle.
 
MSMC Women At At Glance: The Knights suffered their first dual meet loss of the season on Saturday following a 213-76 road loss at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The loss dropped the Mount to 6-1 overall on the season and to 2-1 against conference rivals.
 
Jillian Bunch (Newburgh, N.Y.) had a strong day for the Knights in the sprint freestyle events, taking the runner-up spot in both the 50-yard and 100-yard races. Her 50-yard time was 27.27 seconds before taking second in the 100-yard race in 59.67 seconds.
 
Kyra McNamee (Yonkers, N.Y.) took second for Mount Saint Mary in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:09.61 before taking the second spot for the Knights in the 500-yard freestyle race in 5:47.11.
 
Three other Mount Saint Mary swimmers scored runner-up finishes for the Knights on Saturday. Daley O'Keefe (Glastonbury, Conn.) finished with a time of 12:16.72 in the 1,000-yard freestyle, while Katie Barber (Shelton, Conn.) took second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:28.98. Shayla McCarroll (Clifton Park, N.Y.) finished off a strong day with a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke 1:08.70 and a third place showing in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:28.29.
 
Mount Saint Mary also picked up second place points in both the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay races. The team of O'Keefe, McCarroll, Barber and McNamee opened the meet with a time of 2:05.47 in the medley race, while the quartet of Bunch, Lauren Schroeder (Wantagh, N.Y.), O'Keefe and McNamee closed the day with a time of 1:53.06 in the freestyle event.
 
Thank You Seniors: During Saturday's meet, the nine members of the senior class will be recognized at their final home meet. Seven women: Stephanie Adams (Liverpool, N.Y.), Bridgit Gardner (Staten Island, N.Y.), Breanne Greaves (Hamilton, N.J.), McNamee, Alexis Mullin (Waterbury, Conn.), Sarah Quade (Middletown, N.Y.) and Schroeder as well as Alberto Gilman (New Windsor, N.Y.) and Noisy from the men's program will be recognized.
 
What's Next: The Knights will return to action at the Skyline Conference Championship beginning on January 25. The event has been moved to Purchase beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and continuing at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.