Throggs Neck, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team returned to the pool on Thursday and was dealt conference losses by Maritime and USMMA by scores of 103-55 and 169-32, respectively.
Emily Crowley (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and
Catherine Masayda (Watertown, Conn.) paced the Knights with runner-up finishes.
Crowley finished second for the Mount in the 200-yard breaststroke and closed a strong night with a fourth place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. Her second place swim came in a time of 1:22.04 and she swam to a time of 1:07.04 in the freestyle event.
Masayda scored second place points for the Mount in the 100-yard butterfly and also added a fourth place finish in the 200-yard freestyle. She touched out in the butterfly race in a time of 1:07.04 and completed the freestyle swim in 2:22.52.
Emily Gursky (Oakville, Conn.) ended the night with a third place showing in the 500-yard freestyle to go along with a fourth place finish in the 200-yard individual medley. The freestyle event was completed in 6:43.60 while she touched out in the IM race in 2:43.32.
Kristen Dwight (Newfield, N.J.) turned in a strong swim for the Knights in the 50-yard freestyle, placing fourth in a time of 29.65 seconds. She added a second fourth place finish on Thursday in the 100-yard backstroke, completing the event in 1:16.73.
Mount Saint Mary opened the evening with a third place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with the team of Gurskey, Crowley, Masayda and Dwight posting a time of 2:09.30.
Mount Saint Mary enters the final dual meet of the season against William Paterson on Saturday with a 2-7 overall record and a 1-4 mark in Skyline Conference events.