FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield men's and women's swimming and diving both fell short this afternoon against Seton Hall as the men were defeated by a score of 64-177 and the women fell 68-175.
On the women's side,
Alexandra Miko-Rydzaj,
Colleen Young,
Morgan Hansen, and
Maria Nitti started the day with a second-place finish in the 200 SC Meter Medley Relay with a time of 2:02.70.
Sara Ostensen followed with a second-place finish in the 800 SC Meter Freestyle at 9:26.32. Ostensen also placed second in the 200 SC Meter Butterfly (2:26.12).
Morgan Hansen picked up a first-place finish in the 200 SC Meter Individual Medley with a time of 2:26.82.
Colleen Young finished second in the 200 SC Meter Breaststroke at 2:48.96. Nitti, Hansen,
Emily Holman, and Ostensen finished the day with a second-place finish in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle Relay clocking in at 1:51.64.
Rachel Landry placed third in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle (2:13.39) while
Samantha D'Alessandro finished third in the 50 SC Meter Freestyle (28.30).
Julia Courtney also finished third in the 200 SC Meter Backstroke (2:27.62).
Caitlin Campbell placed second in the 3 Meter Diving with a final score of 181.94 while
Erin Wind finished third in the 1 Meter Diving (187.87).
For the men,
Will Robinson,
Peter Sloan,
Jordan Rahurahu, and
Benjamin Kebbell placed second in the 200 SC Meter Medley Relay with a time of 1:48.61.
Patrick Boyle followed with a second-place finish in the 800 SC Meter Freestyle clocking in at 8:45.12.
Erik Hren finished in second in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle at 1:55.40 which is a new school record and third in the 100 SC Meter Freesytle (53.68).
Benjamin Kebbell picked up a second-place finish in the 400 SC Meter Freestyle with a final time of 4:13.39.
Ian Nelson placed third in the 50 SC Meter Freestyle (24.73),
Jordan Rahurahu came in third in the 200 SC Meter Individual (2:11.50), and
Will Robinson finished third in the 200 SC Meter Backstroke (2:14.50).
Evan Fair also placed third in the 200 SC Meter Breaststroke (2:28.47). Hren,
Peter Gori, Fair, and Nelson finished the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 SC Meter Freestyle Relay at 1:38.14.
Samuel Tonole placed second in the 1 Meter Diving with a final score of 211.50 while
Lukas Stanton finished second in the 3 Meter Diving at 214.87.
"Today we saw a strong opponent in Seton Hall" said Head Coach
Anthony Bruno. "We like to schedule against Big East and other tough opponents out of the MAAC. We believe it gives us a look ahead for the conference championship level. Many of the races today came down to the last 15 meters. Today proved that we can race with anyone in our region we just need to make sure we are closing out the tight races."
The Stags will return to action on Saturday, January 18 at 1 P.M. as they head to New Rochelle, New York to take on Iona.
