FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield men's and women's swimming and diving both fell to a strong Loyola Maryland team today as the men dropped the meet by a score of 91-198 while the women were defeated by a score of 113-182.
On the women's side,
Alexandra Miko-Rydzaj,
Colleen Young,
Morgan Hansen, and
Maria Nitti started the day with a third-place finish in the 200 Yard Medley Relay.
Sara Ostensen won the 1000 Yard Freestyle with a final time of 10:31.41 while
Shannon Feeley finished second at 10:50.63. Ostensen also placed first in the 500 Yard Freestyle (5:10.79) and second in the 200 Yard Freestyle (1:57.00).
Morgan Hansen took home a first-place finish in the 200 Yard Individual Medley at 2:13.58 while Madelyn Mowad and
Colleen Young finished in second and third. Hansen also finished second in the 200 Yard Butterfly (2:10.27) and third in the 100 Yard Butterfly.
Alexandra Miko-Rydzaj placed third in the 100 Yard Backstroke while
Colleen Young finished third in the 100 Yard Breaststroke and the 200 Yard Breaststroke.
Maria Nitti also came in third in the 50 Yard Freestyle while
Julia Courtney finished in third in the 200 Yard Backstroke.
Samantha D'Alessandro,
Rachel Landry,
Maria Nitti, and
Sara Ostensen won the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay with a time of 3:45.25.
Caitlin Campbell finished second in both the 3 Meter Diving (194.62) and the 1 Meter Diving (184.87) while
Erin Wind placed third in both events with scores of 194.47 and 181.56 respectively.
For the men,
Jordan Rahurahu won the 200 Yard Individual Medley with a final time of 2:00.63 while
Joseph Cannata and
Jack Benavides finished in second and third respectively. Rahurahu also came in third in the 200 Yard Butterfly.
Patrick Boyle placed third in the 1000 Yard Freestyle while
Peter Gori finished in third in the 200 Yard Freestyle.
Evan Fair,
Benjamin Kebbell,
Brendan Finnegan, and
Peter Gori won the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay at 3:17.14 while
Thomas Willemse,
Chris Ford,
Nick Adams, and
Ian Nelson finished in second.
Lukas Stanton finished in first in the 3 Meter Diving with a final score of 220.87 while
Samuel Tonole placed second at 195.68. Stanton finished second in the 1 Meter Diving with a score of 210.60 and Tonole finished third at 205.80.
"Today we saw one of the top teams in the Patriot league" said Head Coach
Anthony Bruno. "Our men and women represented themselves great today. We had many season best times and top MAAC performances. We still have some details in our races that need to be cleaned up. We'll get back to work on Monday and continue to build towards our end goal."
The Stags will return to action on Saturday, November 23 as they travel to Poughkeepsie to take on MAAC rival, the Marist Red Foxes.
