Newburgh, N.Y. – Competing for the first time this season at the Kaplan Center Pool, the Mount Saint Mary College Men's Swimming team scored a pair of impressive Skyline Conference victories, topping Purchase 118-81 and Old Westbury 110-71. Senior
Robert Kohlus (Wading River, N.Y.) and sophomore
Joseph Tagliareni (Hackettstown, N.J.) combined for five wins on the day for the Mount.
For the third time this season, Kohlus earned three individual victories in a meet for the Knights. He opened his big day with a victory in the 200-yard individual medley and continued the day with wins in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley. Kohlus' winning times came in 2:09.65, 24.62 seconds and 1:00.69, respectively.
Tagliareni put together a strong day for the Knights with a pair of victories to go along with a second place finish. Tagliareni topped the field in the 50-yard backstroke in a time of 28.10 seconds and the 100-yard backstroke in 1:01.83. He added a runner-up showing for the Knights in the 100-yard butterfly, posting a time of 1:01.58.
Mount Saint Mary also received a victory and a runner-up finish on Saturday from
Sam Kenney (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.). Kenney posted his victory in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 1:11.47 and took second place points for the Mount in the 50-yard breaststroke, swimming a time of 32.78 seconds.
Matt Gallo (Clark, N.J.) and
Philip Crandall (Ravena, N.Y.) supported the Mount's win with runner-up finishes, while freshman
Tyler Williams (Middlebury, Conn.) earned a third place showing for the Knights. Gallo took second in the 200-yard individual medley and added a third place swim in the 100-yard individual medley. Crandall swam to a second place finish in the 100-yard backstroke and Williams placed third in the 50-yard butterfly for the Knights.
Mount Saint Mary wrapped up the day with a win in the 400-yard medley freestyle relay with the team of Gallo, Williams, Tagliareni and Kohlus posting a time of 3:42.57.
Saturday's sweep improves the Mount's overall record to 4-3 and its league mark to a perfect 4-0. Next up for the Knights is a trip to Maritime to take on the host Privateers and the United States Merchant Marine Academy on January 14.
