FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University swimming and diving teams will finish up a two-week home stand on Saturday when they host Monmouth University for a dual meet at the RecPlex Pool. The meet is slated for a 12 pm start.
Fairfield and Monmouth have been become regulars on their respective schedules as the two programs have met every season since the 2015-16 season with the exception of the 2020-21 campaign. The programs also competed against one another during the annual Metro Atlantic Championships beginning with the 2016 championship through the 2022 edition.
The Stags are coming off an impressive dual meet sweep of Providence College last weekend as the men's team picked up 14 first-place finishes while the women's program garnered 12 top finishes in the dual meet. Jack Behm set a pool record in the 200 back with a time of 2:07.42.
Andrew Cataldo, Joseph Stewart, Tim Regan, and Ed Hunt were double winners for the men while
Erini Pappas,
Olivia Thompson,
Sofia Smerechniak, and
Erin Hoyland collected a pair of individual wins each for the women's team.
Cataldo won his third straight MAAC male diver of the week for his performances in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives while Thompson captured the MAAC female swimmer of the week after winning both the 50 and 100 freestyles.
Monmouth opened up its 2024-25 season with both the men's and women's team hosting Seton Hall University. On the men's side, Angus Blair (200 free), Owen Dyson (50 free), Kacper Sobieszuk (100 fly), and Ziv Cohen (500 free) were winners for the Hawks. The women's team picked up three individual wins by Jensen Ritter (100 fly), Jenna Pryne (100 back), and Emilie Mosner (100 breast) in addition to two relay victories.
Saturday's dual meet with Monmouth will be the Stags' last home event until January when they welcome UMass on the 25
th. Fairfield will head to Marist for a tri-meet with the Red Foxes and St. Bonaventure on November 2 before ending the first semester with its annual trek to the Terrier Invitational on November 22-24, hosted by Boston University.
