Staten Island, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team concluded action at the College of Staten Island Invitational on Saturday in fourth place with a total of 52 points. Grace MacHugh (Newburgh, N.Y.) and Stefanie Sommer (Monroe, N.Y.) each collected a third-place finish for the Knights.
 
MacHugh continued the strong start to her rookie season on Saturday with a third-place finish in the 400-yard individual medley and a fourth-place showing in the 1,000-yard freestyle. MacHugh produced an IM time of 5:25.16 to go along with a time of 12:25.02 in the freestyle race.
 
Sommer earned a third-place finish for the Mount in the 100-yard backstroke before posting a sixth-place finish for the Knights in the 100-yard freestyle. Sommer completed the backstroke race in a time of 1:08.06 and touched out in 1:01.93 in the freestyle race.
 
Kitty Masayda (Watertown, Conn.) completed a strong day with fourth-place finishes for the Knights in the 400-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke while Emily Gursky (Oakville, Conn.) scored a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Masayda completed her fourth-place finishes in 5:33.15 and 2:47.30, respectively, with Gursky showing a time of 2:31.53.
 
The Knights also added fourth-place finishes in both the 800-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay races. The 800-yard squad of Masayda, Sommer, Kristen Dwight (Newfield, N.J.) and MacHugh posted a time of 9:25.27 with the 400-yard team of MacHugh, Cayla Nicholas (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), Sommer and Masayda producing a time of 4:08.03.
 
With the completion of Saturday's event, the Knights will be off until the New Year when they travel to William Paterson on January 14.