FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University swimming and diving teams will continue its run of dual meets this weekend when they travel to Iona University to take on their second Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opponent this season. The Stags also traveled to Marist College earlier in the year.
Last weekend, the teams split a tri-meet by defeating Colgate University but falling to Boston University on the road. Fairfield picked up 13 first-place finishes in the event with
Tone Sandsjo (100 and 200 breaststroke) and
Erin Hoyland (500 and 1000 free) each winning twice. On the men's side,
Joseph Stewart (100 and 200 free),
Ed Hunt (200 fly and 200 IM), and
Andrew Cataldo (1-meter and 3-meter dives) also picked up a pair of first-place finishes.
Based on their performance last weekend, Stewart earned his first MAAC men's swimmer of the week this season while Cataldo collected his fourth MAAC weekly diving award. Stewart posted time of 46.39 in the 100 free and 1:42.18 in the 200 free. Cataldo posted 304.70 points in the 1-meter to earn a NCAA zone cut and came back with 276.10 points to capture the 3-meter win.
The Iona University women's swimming and diving team has won five of its eight team meets including the last two dates. The Gaels doubled up Monmouth University by a 189-91 count before taking a 162-109 decision over Saint Peter's University which took place on November 16, their last dual meet.
The Gaels men's team won their final three dual meets of the first semester, edging Providence College (161-133), Monmouth (157-131), and Saint Peter's (180-103). Iona comes off an impressive showing at the ECAC Championships, taking the top team spot out of seven competing teams.
Following this weekend's meet with Iona, Fairfield will close out the dual meet portion of its 2024-25 season by hosting UMass on Saturday, January 25. The meet will begin with the diving competition at 11 am before the swimming portion of the event will commence at 1 pm. As part of that meet, the Fairfield University community will join the swimming and diving teams to honor the senior class.
