New York, N.Y. – Mount Saint Mary College graduate student Joseph Tagliareni (Hackettstown, N.J.) has been honored with Skyline Conference Swimmer of the Week honors it was announced Tuesday morning. Tuesday's honor is the second straight week that Tagliareni has picked up recognition from the conference office.
 
Tagliareni had strong showings last week in each of the Mount's two meets. He scored two runner-up finishes and a third-place finish on Friday in a non-conference loss at Division II Adelphi. He swam to second place finishes in both the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly in times of 23.22 and 56.90 seconds, respectively and added third place points for the Knights in the 100-yard backstroke.
 
On Saturday, Tagliareni led the Knights back into the win column with victories in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke against Purchase. His IM triumph came in a time of 2:13.76 before he bested the field in the backstroke race in 1:00.77.
 
At 2-2 overall and 1-0 in Skyline Conference action, the Knights travel to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. for the three-day Diamond City Invitational starting on November 18.