Kings Point, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Women's Swimming team was back in action Wednesday evening and split a Skyline Conference tri-meet, racing past Maritime 94-73 and falling to the United States Merchant Marine Academy 162-45. Freshman Grace MacHugh (Newburgh, N.Y.) continued her standout season with a victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
 
MacHugh, who was named the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week earlier on Wednesday, cruised to a 1,000-yard victory for the Knights, posting a time of 11:55.65 and winning the event by better than 50 seconds. MacHugh rounded out a strong night for the Mount with a third place showing in the 500-yard freestyle, posting a time of 5:50.56.
 
Kitty Masayda (Watertown, Conn.) also turned in a big meet for the Mount, scoring a runner-up and two third place finishes. Masayda posted a time of 1:16.68 in the 100-yard breaststroke, good for the second position, and took third in both the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard butterfly in 2:32.12 and 1:08.37, respectively.
 
Stefanie Sommer (Monroe, N.Y.) and Emily Gursky (Oakville, Conn.) each turned in runner-up finishes for the Mount, with Sommer touching out in 28.06 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle and Gursky showing a time of 1:12.09 in the 100-yard backstroke. Gursky also swam to a fourth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle for the Knights, showing a time of 2:18.63.
 
Kristen Dwight (Newfield, N.J.) made her second straight appearance on the one-meter diving board for the Knights on Wednesday and placed fourth with a score of 136.20. In the pool, Dwight scored a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle, completing the race in 1:03.91.
 
Mount Saint Mary completed the night with a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Gursky, MacHugh, Dwight and Sommer produced a time of 1:54.00 for the Knights.
 
Wednesday's split moves the Mount's record to 3-6 overall and 2-3 in Skyline Conference competition. The Knights round out the dual meet portion of the schedule on Saturday when they host Purchase and John Jay on Senior Day starting at 12:00 p.m.