NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College men's and women's swimming teams competed in a tri-meet Friday evening at the Elaine and William Kaplan Recreation Center, with the women facing Hunter College and Brooklyn College and the men taking on Brooklyn.

The Basics
Meet: MSMC vs. Hunter vs. Brooklyn
Location: Elaine and William Kaplan Recreation Center – Newburgh, N.Y.

Final Scores
Men: 
Mount Saint Mary: 53 | Brooklyn: 151

Women: 
Mount Saint Mary: 25 | Hunter: 136
Mount Saint Mary: 34 | Brooklyn: 114

Rapid Recap
The Mount Saint Mary men turned in several strong individual performances against Brooklyn. Michael D'Ambrosio recorded a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:06.15 and placed third in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:21.56. Paul D'Ambrosio added a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, touching the wall in 1:09.75, and finished third in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:12.77. Ethan Taranto finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 12:15.00. Taranto also placed third in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:05.81.

The Knights also earned runner-up finishes in both the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay. The medley relay team of Michael D'Ambrosio, Paul D'Ambrosio, Joseph Scarola and Ryder Esposito finished in 1:56.00, while the freestyle relay team of Marcus Innamorato, EJ Garmon, Teddy Mills and Taranto posted a time of 1:43.00.

On the women's side, Caroline Shade led Mount Saint Mary with a pair of second-place finishes. Shade touched the wall in 6:44.01 in the 500-yard freestyle and recorded a time of 1:13.85 in the 100-yard butterfly.

Kate Cerven added a third-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:34.05 and placed third in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:34.00.