Cleveland State Cruises To Sweep of St. Bonaventure In Home Opener

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State opened the home portion of its schedule with a 157-143 victory over St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon.

Ellie Seiter won both diving events, 1-meter (263.93) and 3-meter (281.10).

Isabella Caraballo won both distance events on the weekend: the 1650-yard freestyle (17:07.71) and 500-yard freestyle (5:06.65).

Cleveland State claimed the 200-yard medley relay after Audrey Butcher, Ella Ciez, Rosie Whitten, and Gracie Chelf finished in 1:44.27.

The Green and White went first and second in the 100-yard breaststroke with Ciez (1:05.71) and Skyler Turner (1:06.65).

Butcher (2:08.79) won the 200-yard butterfly with Riley Ogilvie (2:10.41) as the runner-up.

Chelf sprinted to a time of 23.69 to win the 50-yard freestyle.

The 200-yard breaststroke went to Turner (2:25.85) and Ciez (2:27.30) coming in second.

The Vikings remain home to face Youngstown State on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland State opened the home portion of its schedule with a 200-100 victory over St. Bonaventure on Saturday afternoon.

Xander Austin won 1-meter diving with a score of 312.38.

Noah Lang claimed the 1650-yard freestyle after putting up a time of 15:52.75.

The Vikings took the 200-yard medley relay behind Jaden Davillier, Tyler Schultze, Justin Schneider, and Daniel Lyngaas with a time of 1:30.87.

Gabe Hudgens claimed the 200-yard freestyle after touching in 1:43.97.

The 100-yard backstroke went to Davillier as the freshman put up a time of 50.58.

Cleveland State dominated the 100-yard breaststroke, taking the top four spots, led by Alex Cucu (56.80).

Aidan Rush sprinted to a time of 21.94 to win the 50-yard freestyle.

The Green and White took the top three spots in the 100-yard freestyle behind Lyngaas (46.05), Parkhurst (46.69), and Hudgens (46.80).

In the 200-yard backstroke, Brock Wallace (1:52.23) won the event with Tanner Beck (1:53.03) in second, and Noah Greer (1:56.24) in third.

Schultze (2:06.35) claimed the 200-yard breaststroke with Gorkem Sulun (2:07.83) in second and Aidan Florio (2:08.76) in third.

Ahmad Abdalhak claimed the final individual race, the 200-yard IM, with a time of 1:54.47.

The meet concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay of Lyngaas, Jacopo Lanzo, Hudgens, and Parkhurst winning with a time of 3:03.79.

The Vikings remain home to face Youngstown State on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 1 p.m.

Courtesy: St. Bonaventure Athletics

CLEVELAND, OH – The St. Bonaventure women’s swim and dive team delivered a strong performance at Cleveland State, collecting multiple individual wins and relay victories across the two-day meet. Despite falling to the Vikings, 157–143, the Bonnies posted standout efforts from underclassmen and program veterans alike.

Freshman Kate Hill continued to shine, winning the 100-freestyle (52.38), finishing runner-up in the 50-free (24.11), and contributing to the winning 400-freestyle relay team (3:31.73) alongside Sophie Baker, Laila Chance, and Nele Vetter.

Baker also claimed victories of her own, taking first in the 100-backstroke (56.03) and 100-butterfly (58.40) while earning a third-place finish in the 50-free (24.59).

Junior Anna Bojana Forjan posted wins in the 200-backstroke (2:04.53) and 200-individual medley (2:10.68) while adding a fourth-place finish in the 100-breaststroke (1:09.42).

Senior Katie Beyer captured the top spot in the 200-freestyle (1:54.72) and added a runner-up mark in the 200-back (2:07.75). Teammate Chance was third in the 200-free (1:55.87) and fourth in the 100-free (54.55) while Freshman Cameron Darnell added a podium finish in the 200-fly (2:11.82).

In distance events, Phoebe McClaren placed second in the 1650-free (17:18.29) and 500-free (5:10.66), while Alessandra Ren took third in the 500-free (5:13.16).

The Bonnies earned key relay points as the 200-medley relay team of Daciana Colon, Paris Christie, Vetter, and Forjan placed third (1:50.59), and the second Bona’s 400-free relay of Beyer, Mia Hill, Maris Sadowski, and Sarah Gonzalez placed third (3:41.07).

On the boards, sophomore Dhavgely Mendoza was runner-up in both the 1-meter (241.80) and 3-meter dives (260.63), while freshman Lia Doskoris finished fourth on each.

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“Women swam awesome again. Our record isn’t reflective of our performance. We have some holes in events, but ultimately this meet proves we have the ability to compete at the top half of the A10 in a championship meet format.”

UP NEXT
The Bonnies will cap off their opening bout of road meets next weekend at Niagara.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Senior Ben O’Neill, sophomore Mark Mizsei, and freshman Matheus Rinaldi led the way for the St. Bonaventure men’s swimming and diving team in a 200-100 loss at Cleveland State. The meet began on Friday evening and continued through Saturday afternoon.

O’Neill found early success on Friday, winning the 3-meter dive with a score of 327.45, defeating his competition by over 25 points. He also tabbed a second-place finish from the 1-meter board, scoring 298.80 points.

Rinaldi also had a hot start, placing second in the 1650-free on Friday with a time of 15:56.52. He would continue on to win the 500-free on Saturday, clocking in at 4:43.68.

Mizsei collected two event wins, pacing the field with a time of 1:49.55 in the 200-free before capturing a victory in the 100-fly with a mark of 49.37.

Freshman Emanuele Zingaro and junior Joseph Pyon finished back-to-back in the 50-free, giving Bona’s two podium spots in the event. Zingaro tabbed a time of 21.38 and Pyon followed him closely with a mark of 21.43.

Senior Luigi Termine turned in another good performance in the 100-back, placing second with a time of 50.90 and narrowly missing out on first place.

Other Bonnies with strong appearances were freshman David Mutter, who earned second place in the 200-free with a mark of 1:44.46, and junior Kevyn Collazo Torres, who collected a second-place finish of his own in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.62.

QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH MIKE SMIECHOWSKI
“We raced well, but raced tired. We showed some things that I like to see, and we look forward to coming back to Cleveland State in midseason and seeing how we stack up in a championship format. Cleveland State is always well-coached and is a great competitor. We are excited to see them again at the Magnus Cup in November.”

UP NEXT
Bona’s returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 1 as the team will go on the road to match up against Niagara.