UMass Women Edge BU, Terriers Top Minutemen In Down-To-The-Wire Thriller

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November 01st, 2021 College, News

UMass Amherst vs Boston University

  • Saturday, October 30, 2021
  • Amherst, Mass.
  • Results

Courtesy: UMass Athletics

AMHERST, Mass.  The University of Massachusetts women’s swimming and diving team returned to the Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool for the first time in nearly 20 months and picked up a 155-145 win over Boston University on Saturday afternoon. The Minutewomen won 10 events, led by multi-event winners in Bella Snyder and Megan Mitchell.

Snyder opened her day by taking the top spot in the 1000 Free with a time of 10:37.18 before going on to lead a sweep of the podium in the 500 Free with a swim of 5:10.89. Jane Denenberg added a time of 5:15.43 to take the runner-up spot while Anna Kwon finished in third.

Kwon led a one-two finish in the final individual race of the day, the 200 IM, with a swim of 2:08.75 while Denenberg finished as the runner-up with a time of 2:09.60. Denenberg added a first-place finish earlier in the meet with a time of 2:06.11 in the 200 Fly while Summer Pierce finished in second.

Megan Mitchell picked up her first win of the afternoon in the 100 Back, clocking in a top swim of 57.01 to lead a trio of Minutewomen in the top-four finishers. Mitchell followed that with a win in the 200 Back, posting a time of 2:04.18 to lead all swimmers.

Mia Flagiello added a win for the Minutewomen in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:06.54 before going on to finish third in the 200 Breast to lead all UMass swimmers with a time of 2:26.45.

Maggie Desmond claimed the top spot in the 50 Free with a time of 24.42 and led all Minutewomen in the 100 Free with a time of 53.83 to take second while Caroline Mahoney finished in third.

Emma Petrovich led the UMass divers on the day, finishing first in the 1-Meter Dive with a score of 265.43 with Beth Luther finished in fourth.

The Minutewomen return to action on Nov. 19-21 at the Terrier Invitational.

For continued coverage of UMass swimming and diving, visit Twitter @UMassWSwimDive and Instagram @UMass_W_Swim_Dive.

Courtesy: BU Athletics

AMHERST, Mass. – In a thrilling meet that went down to the wire, the Boston University men’s swimming & diving team won the final two events to defeat UMass, 155-143, on Saturday afternoon at the Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool.

The Minutemen held a 132-130 advantage when freshman Nathan Herman won the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:55.17 to edge UMass by 0.57 seconds. Sophomore Justin Lee, junior Sarsen Whatmore, sophomore Jackson Olin and junior Ethan Thomas then sealed the team victory in the 400 free relay with a winning time of 3:06.55, as UMass took second at 3:06.94.

The Terriers’ ninth and final event victory came after Lee earlier won in the 50 free (21:44) and Whatmore took first in the 200 free (1:43.08). Freshman Dolan Grisbaum led BU with individual victories in both the 500 free (4:39.95) and 1000 free (9:41.11).

Freshman Lyde De Hooghe had a pair of top-two finishes, as he won the 3-meter with a score of 294.53 and placed runner-up in the 1-meter at 251.70. Junior Kyle Falkstrom matched those efforts, winning the 200 breast (2:07.03) ahead of Herman and then taking second in the 100 breast with a strong finish for a time of 58.47, 0.20 seconds behind UMass.

Junior Jacob Lindner led a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 free with a winning time of 47.55, as Thomas and Lee placed second and third, respectively.

Senior Stuart Vickery was 0.01 second shy of adding to BU’s win total, placing second in the 100 fly (51.52) following an earlier runner-up finish in the 200 fly.

The Terriers will remain on the road and visit Providence on Saturday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m.

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