Connecticut vs Rhode Island vs Northeastern (W)
- Friday, October 7 – Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Storrs, CT
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Final Scores
- UConn 282, URI 70
- UConn 190.5, Northeastern 161.5
- Northeastern 260, Rhode Island 92
Courtesy: UConn Athletics
Storrs, CT – The University of Connecticut women’s swimming and diving team defeated both URI and Northeastern in a dual meet with final scores of 282.00-70.00 and 190.50-161.50 respectively.
The Team began the event with strong performances from Niamh Hofland (200y IM, 400y IM) and Lexi Martino (200y IM) taking victories in each. Niamh neared a pool record, touching just .7s shy in the 400y. “Once I could see them [teammates] during the freestyle, I knew I was close to something.” The Team would go on to place first in 11 of 19 events.
Other achievements included a first win for newcomer Norah Rome. On what it means being part of the Huskies Norah said, “It starts a fire in you having all these people around you and having so many people supporting you means so much.”
The support extended to the crowd as well, “The atmosphere was pretty special, something I haven’t experienced before…someone said before the meet, ‘cheer for how you want to be cheered in your races’ and I think everyone embodied that very well” said Roby Edwards.
The Huskies will use this momentum as they approach conference meets in the coming weeks, “I feel like this was a really good starting point for building chemistry and team atmosphere cause these next two meets are big conference meets for us,” said Audra McSharry.
Up Next
UConn travels to Villanova to begin conference play Oct. 20. The meet is set to begin at 12pm EST.
Courtesy: Northeastern Athletics
STORRS, Conn. – The Northeastern swimming and diving team (2-1) picked up a win over Rhode Island (260-92) but fell to UConn (190.50-161.50) at the tri-meet at Wolff-Zackin Natatorium in Storrs, Conn., today.
- The Huskies picked up eight wins across the two days in the pool.
- The quartet of Anna Verlander, Marcela Scaramuzza, Hannah Seward and Kira Parker won the 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:50.58.
- Jamie Koo earned a first-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 23.60, while Seward grabbed first place in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55.93
- Erin Murphy finished first in the 3M dive, with a score of 262.25, her second first-place finish in the 3M this year. She also placed first in the 1M dive with a score of 248.80.
- Verlander placed first in the 100-yard backstroke at 56.18 and the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:55.61. Both the times were season bests for the freshman.
- The team of Koo, Parker, Cambria Semmen and Kotoko Blair took first place in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:35.22.
- Other notable results for the Huskies were Devon Muldoon placing second in the 400-yard IM at 4:36.23, Scaramuzza finishing second in the 100-yard butterfly at 57.01, Lauren O’Sullivan placing second in the 1M dive and Seward grabbing second in the 100-yard freestyle.
The Huskies will have a weekend off before staying in the city on Oct. 22, for a matchup with MIT.
Courtesy: URI Athletics
Team Scores
Connecticut 190.5, Northeastern 161.5
Connecticut 282, Rhode Island 70
Northeastern 260, Rhode Island 92
How It Happened
Rhode Island fell to both Connecticut and Northeastern in its season-opener tri-meet. Held at UConn’s Wolff-Zackin Natatorium, it was a two-day meet that began Friday evening and concluded Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Rylee Kelly was Rhode Island’s best individual performer in the meet. She placed second in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:29.25. Connecticut’s Norah Rome topped the field of six swimmers with her time of 17:47.57.
Kelly also had a strong showing in the 500-yard free race, taking third place out of 13 swimmers with a time of 5:18.08. Once again, it was Rome besting the field with her time of 5:08.10. URI’s Lyndsey Warner placed sixth in the event with a time of 5:22.25.
Rhode Island’s best event of the meet was the 200-yard butterfly, where freshman Ella Hacker was second and junior Jenna Salem placed fifth. Hacker’s time of 2:10.84 was just behind the winning time of 2:09.65 by UConn’s Ella Epes.
Standouts From the Pool
- Freshman Lily Hsu had URI’s top finish in the diving events, placing fifth in the 3-meter event. Hsu posted a score of 229.30, coming in just behind the Northeastern duo of Anelisa Kim (232.60) and Lizzie Meschisen (231.95). Northeastern’s Kiki Murphy won the event with 248.40 points.
- Freshman Emily Makin placed fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:27.01. She was two spots in front of sophomore Hannah Benevides (2:29.04. Makin and Benevides were sixth and seventh, respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke.
- Freshman Lyndsey Warner offered a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.95. Classmate Abigail Zadorozny was right behind her with a time of 1:58.07.
- Rhode Island’s top finish in the relays came in the form of fourth-place times in both the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard free relay. In the 400, the team of freshman Abigail Zadorozny, freshman Lyndsey Warner, junior Mia Bonvissuto and senior Camryn Kreuscher placed fourth with a time of 3:37.92. In the 200, it was Kreuscher, Zadorozny, Warner and sophomore Quinn Frost posting a time of 1:39.88.
What’s Next
Rhode Island has its first home meet of the season when it hosts Assumption and Siena on Saturday, Oct. 15 in the Tootell Aquatic Center. Competition begins at 12:30 p.m.
