BELLARMINE VS EVANSVILLE
- February 1, 2025
- Evansville, Ind.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Bellarmine Athletics
EVANSVILLE, In. – Competing in its last regular season event of the season, the Bellarmine University men’s and women’s swim teams came out on top, defeating Evansville on Saturday afternoon.
The men secured a 134-88 win over the Purple Aces while the women pulled out a 139-85 win.
On the men’s side, Evan Dickson and Brandon Thomas led the charge with two golds each. Dickson claimed first in both the 200 and 500 freestyle, winning with times of 1:43.80 and 4:44.93, respectively. Thomas touched the wall first in the 200 IM (1:57.19) and the 200 breaststroke (2:09.72).
Additionally, three other Knights in Sam Jones, Emir Nigdelioglu and Cason Henderson all topped the podium once. Jones claimed his win in the 1000 freestyle (9:49.75) while Nigdelioglu took first in the 50 freestyle (21.41), as did Henderson in the 200 IM.
The Knights also won both the 200-medley relay (Colin Jackson, Andrew Nguyen, Metzner and Caleb Howard; 1:33.42) and the 400-freestyle relay (Britton Pianki, Reece Pennington, Dickson, Jackson; 3:08.51).
On the women’s side, Micaela Godfrey and Lily Wolfe led the way with a pair of wins each. Godfrey touched the wall first in the 200 IM (2:08.44) and the 200 backstroke (2:05.84) while Wolfe won both the 500 and 1000 freestyle with times of 5:18.29 and 10:49.39, respectively.
Joining them, the Knights had four other swimmers win one event each in Kate Ryan, Lily Epley, Erin Dall’Agnol and Alexandra Pierce. Ryan took first in the 200 freestyle while Epey won the 50 freestyle, Dall’Agnol won the 100 freestyle and Pierce won the 200 breaststroke.
The foursome of Godfrey, Dall’Agnol, Pierce and Epley combined for a first-place finish in the 200-medley relay.
Up next, Bellarmine will look ahead and begin prepping for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, scheduled for February 19-22 in Knoxville, TN.
Courtesy: Evansville Athletics
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Ten seniors were recognized on Saturday as the University of Evansville swimming and diving teams completed their home slate. Logan Anderson, Sveva Brugnoli, Jakob Grundbacher, Benjamin Hasanovic, Titus Jabedo, Mari Mueller, Maddie Rollett, Daniel Santos Lopez, Carlos Souto, and Patrik Vilbergsson comprise the Class of 2025.
UE vs. Bellarmine – Results
Saturday’s meet saw the Purple Aces take on Bellarmine. The men dropped a 139-85 contest while the ladies fell by a score of 134-88.
Maddie Rollett swept the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. Her score in the 3-meter was a 234.53 while her score in the 1-meter finished at 235.65. Teammate Leah Gardner took second in both dives. She scored a 175.88 in the 3-meter event while posting a 119.40 in the 1-meter.
Sveva Brugnoli, Amanda Denny, Delaney Miller, and Evelyn Chin took top honors in the 400-free relay. Their time of 3:42.86 topped the competition by just under two seconds. Ane Madina, Rafaela Markarewicz, Brugnoli, and Chin swam a 1:50.86 in the 200-medley relay to take second place.
Brugnoli’s stellar outing continued in the 200-fly as she dominated the competition with a 2:09.58. Her time bested the competition by over three seconds. Fellow senior Mari Mueller picked up a runner-up finish in the 200-breaststroke. She recorded a 2:26.30. Ane Madina also had a second-place finish. With a 2:11.39 in the 200-backstroke, she took second out of nine participants.
Patrick Vilbergsson grabbed a win for the men in the 200-backstroke. Swimming a 1:52.58, he finished just under three seconds in front of second place. UE swept the top two positions in the 100-free. Daniel Santos Lopez won with a 47.64, edging Michael Pruett by just 0.02 seconds. Gabe Lett took top honors in the diving events. His 138.75 gave him the win in the 1-meter while his score of 119.93 gave him the win in the 3-meter.
The men had multiple runner-up efforts. Vilbergsson, Santos Lopez, Carlos Souto, and Jakob Grundbacher posted a 1:33.69 in the 200-medley relay to finish just 0.27 off the winning pace. Joseph Capo put forth an admirable effort in the 1000-free. With a 9:54.20, he was just under five ticks behind the winner. Adam Pawlak’s 1:57.70 in the 200-fly was 1.54 off the winning pace.
