FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Although both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams had strong performances in the pool today, they ultimately fell to Fordham University. The women were defeated by a score of 171-117 and 188-92 for the men.
On the women's side,
Sarah Herbold tallied three event wins on the day. She won the 200 Meter Freestyle with a final time of 2:08.55 and the 100 Meter Freestyle clocking in at 59.74. She finished the day with a victory in the 100 Meter Butterfly finishing at 1:06.08.
Victoria Krivitsky also won the 100 Meter Breaststroke with a time of 1:15.89.
Sara Ostensen had her second record breaking meet in a row winning two events and setting new program records in each of them. She won the 200 Meter Butterfly with a time of 2:21.46 surpassing her own record that she set last week of 2:22.80. She also took home the win in the 400 Meter Freestyle clocking in at 4:28.05 eclipsing the previous record of 4:31.87 set by Michelle Yoshida in 2009.
The relay team comprising of
Maria Nitti,
Sarah Herbold,
Kelly Cordes, and
Sara Ostensen also won the 200 Meter Freestyle Relay setting a new program record with a time of 1:50.98 which surpassed the record of 1:51.90 that this same relay team of swimmers set just two weeks ago against Monmouth.
On the men's side, both
Benjamin Kebbell and
Jordan Rahurahu each won two events and set new program records. Kebbell won the 200 Meter Freestyle setting a record with a time of 1:57.39 breaking the previous record of 1:57.61 set by Cody Parker in 2012. He also won the 100 Meter Freestyle with a time of 53.14.
Rahurahu won the 400 Meter Freestyle with a time of 4:12.62 which broke the old record of 4:13.41 set by Cody Parker in 2012. He also won the 400 Meter Freestyle clocking in at 2:10.39.
Kebbell,
Ian Nelson, Phillip Zyskowski, and Rahurahu also won the 200 Meter Freestyle Relay finishing with a final time of 1:38.77.
"We competed really well tonight against a tough program" said Head Coach
Anthony Bruno. "We saw some great performances from different people in different events. We keep throwing new challenges at the team and they continue to respond the right way and embrace it.
The Stags will travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to take on Marist in their second MAAC contest of the season on Saturday, November 10 at 5 p.m.
