Duquesne Swims To Victory Over Toledo

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November 14th, 2016 College, NCAA Division I Mid-Major

Meet Stats

  • Complete results
  • Hosted by Duquesne
  • November 11, 2016
  • Score
    • Duquesne 159, Toledo 100

Press Release

Courtesy of Duquesne Athletics

FINAL: Duquesne 159, Toledo 100

TEAM RECORD:
 7-1

QUICK RECAP: The Duquesne swimming team defeated Toledo 159-100 Friday afternoon at Towers Pool.

The 400-yard medley relay team of Abby Watson, Abigail Stauffer, Kayla Owens and Heather Svitavsky opened the meet with a first place finish with a time of 3:54.86. The team comprised of Morgan Fink, Erin Kuhn, Lexi Santer and Morgan Smith took second in 3:57.73, ahead of Toldeo.

Next, in the 1000-yard freestyle, Summer Svitavsky(10:40.43), Carson Gross (10:44.80) and Lauren Devorace(10:49.63) had top three finishes for the Dukes.

Stauffer’s 100-yard breaststroke finish of 1:05.87 gave Duquesne a first place finish with Kuhn (1:07.52) following in second and Owens (1:07.64) taking third.

The Dukes had another first place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with Smith’s time of 2:07.27. In the next event, McKnight (24.78), Thirion (24.82) and Michelle Heim (25:06) finished top three in the 50-yard freestyle.

Stauffer took another top finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:25.44. Kuhn (2:26.90) and Kirsten Hillsley (2:27.49) followed in second and third place.

In the 200-yard individual medley, Stauffer (2:08.63), Santer (2:10.30) and Owens (2:11.48) finished top three for Duquesne.

The Dukes closed out the meet with the 200-yard freestyle relay team of McKnight, Thirion, Heim and Smith taking first.

COACH SHEETS QUOTE: “One thing we really preached today was that it’s not about the times that show up on the board, but how we race the races that we swim. I think that the team did a really nice job on really focusing on their races, especially the freshmen, and I’m really pleased with their performance today.”

UP NEXT: The Dukes head to Cleveland, Oh. Nov. 18-20 for the Magnus Cup Invitational.

Press Release

Courtesy of Toledo Athletics

Pittsburgh, PA – Toledo fell to Duquesne, 159-100, on Friday evening in Pittsburgh, PA but the Rockets managed to notch six victories on the night.

“We had some really nice swims today,” said head coach Jonas Persson. “Our freshman class did a really nice job. We started off a little slow but kept on fighting hard and got better throughout the meet. We are suffering from a few injuries that took a toll at our depth in each event, which unfortunately set us back this meet.

Freshman Izzy Jones took home the gold in the 200 free for the second-consecutive meet with a time of 1:54.77. Jones also placed first in the 200 back (2:04.21), with freshman Maureen O’Sullivan following in second (2:06.38).

O’Sullivan then went on to record her own victory in the 100 back with a time of 58.29.

Sophomore Bailey Cahill placed first in the 100 fly, stopping the clock at 58.79, and also recorded second place in the 200 fly with a time of 2:10.45.

Junior Maggie Hack tallied nine points for the Rockets in the 100 free, touching the wall at 53.70.

Jones returned to the pool to capture her third first-place finish of the night in the 500 free (5:06.88). Freshman Anna Dunphy trailed in second with a time of 5:20.76.

Toledo will next travel to Akron for the Zippy Invitational on Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4.

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