Buffalo vs Ohio (W)
- Saturday, November 6, 2021
- Athens, Ohio
- Results
Courtesy: Buffalo Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio – The University at Buffalo women’s swimming & diving team (2-0, 2-0 MAC) defeated the Ohio Bobcats Saturday afternoon, 190-110. The Bulls have now improved their win streak to 11, just the second time under Head Coach Andy Bashor‘s tenure. UB went on to win 12 of the 16 events in their dominant victory.
THE POOL
To start the day, the Bulls finished first and second in the 200 medley relay. Madison McDonough, Katie Pollock, Clarice Fisher and Jillian Lawton won with a time of 1:44.91. Finishing in second-place in a time of 1:45.30 was Mia Naccarella, Michaela Morgus, Amanda Neeb and Ellie Duley.
In a distance race, sophomore Marij van der Mast won the 1000 freestyle in 10:31.36. Winning by 1.44-seconds. She also won the 500 freestyle in 5:05.73.
Toni Naccarella continued to show her dominance in freestyle events. She won the 200 freestyle (1:52.05) and 100 freestyle (50.85) while finishing third in the 50 freestyle (23.97). Her sister, Mia, won the 200 backstroke in 2:03.12. McDonough finished second just .60-seconds behind M. Naccarella.
Lawton won the highly contested 50 freestyle in a time of 23.58-seconds.
Pollock, breaststroke specialist, won the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.04 while finishing third in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.95).
To close out the day, UB won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:28.42. Alicia Wood, Sawyer Bosley, T. Naccarella, and van der Mast were the winners of the relay.
THE DIVING WELL
The Bulls were not messing around in the diving well. Senior Patricia Arceri won the 3-meter dive with a score of 272.93 with Victoria Franz right behind finishing with 270.75 points, good for second-place. Freshmen Kaylee Dorsett (262.20, third-place) and Presley Dorsett (258.45, fourth-place) also had exceptional performances.
Franz would go on to win the 1-meter dive with a score of 314.40, outscoring second-place by nearly 50 points. Arceri claimed second with a score of 266.55 as Dorsett finished in fourth-place with a score of 257.63. Donovan finished with a score of 201.83, good for seventh-place.
NEXT UP
The Bulls are off for about a month as their next competition is at the Zippy Invite from Friday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec. 5 hosted by the University of Akron.
For complete meet results, click here (PDF).
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Courtesy: Ohio Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio — The Ohio Swim and Dive team began the home portion of its schedule on Saturday, falling to Buffalo, the defending MAC Champions, 190-110 at the Ohio University Aquatic Center.
“We needed to be perfect today to beat a really good team. Buffalo is the defending MAC champs and we raced them hard and won some events.” said head coach Mason Norman. “We have improved each week throughout October and now into December and the entire program is looking forward to a prelims and finals invitational in two weeks.”
The Bobcats were led by sophomore Gabrielle Brust (Granville, Ohio) and freshman Julia Strine (Shippensburg, Pa.) with their first-place finishes. Brust followed up from her top spots against Ball State with wins in the 100-yard Backstroke, 100-yard Butterfly and 200-yard individual medley. Strine would take the top spot in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:20.70.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Brust and junior Athena Aravantinou (North Bethesda, Md.) took the top two spots with a time of 56.42 and 57.69 respectively. Aravantinou would follow up with a third-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:04.21.
Sophomore McKenzie Grau (Mason, Ohio) added two more top two finishes in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle.
In a close race, sophomore Morgan Croaning (Carmel, Ind.) added another second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:07.68. Junior Madeline Marks (Bentonville, Ark.) would come in third place with a time of 5:11.63.
In the 1-meter diving competition junior Halli Swiak (Fishers, Ind.) would take third place with a score of 261.08 points.
The Bobcats will return to the pool at the Magnus Cup at Cleveland State November 18th-20th.
