FORDHAM VS UMASS
- January 31, 2026
- Bronx, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Fordham Sports
Bronx, N.Y. – (January 31, 2026) – The Fordham swimming & diving team celebrated Senior Day on Saturday, as the Rams hosted UMass at the Col. Francis B. Messmore Center.
WOMEN’S MEET
- Fordham defeated UMass, 184.5-113.5, to improve to 7-3 in dual meet action.
- Four Rams won two events in the meet, starting with Hayley Clark taking first in the 1000 freestyle in a season-best time of 10:20.08 and the 200 individual medley in 2:07.52.
- Saskia Aikman posted event wins in the 100 backstroke (56.56) and 100 freestyle (52.52), while Ella Montgomery swept the butterfly events in 2:09.33 (200) and 58.40 seconds (100).
- Katie Laverty was the final multi-event winner, sweeping the diving events with scores of 295.80 (1M) and 315.23 (3M).
- Other individual event wins came from Campbell Stever in the 500 freestyle (5:08.51) and Tera Brilmyer in the 200 backstroke (2:10.55).
- In the relays, Aikman, Magdalena Wlodarkiewicz, Mongtomery, and Lexi Lundell won the 200 medley relay in 1:45.04, while Allison Kim, Aikman, Lundell, and Wlodarkiewicz took first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:35.74.
MEN’S MEET
- The Rams fell to UMass by a 163-137 score.
- Quinn MacPhail was a dual event winner, taking first in the 200 freestyle (1:41.52) and the 200 individual medley (1:54.62).
- Max Maycher took the top spot in the 100 butterfly in 50.67 seconds, while being second in the 50 freestyle (21.14).
- David Vargas won the three-meter diving event with a score of 391.28.
- Fordham swept the relay events, as Daniel Ribeiro, Maycher, Misha Semenov, and David Topi won the 200 medley relay in 1:31.64, while the same group (Maycher, Ribeiro, Topi, and Semenov) won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:23.46.
WHAT’S NEXT
- Fordham will now prepare for the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship, which will be held February 18-21 at the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, Virginia.
Courtesy: UMass Athletics
BRONX, N.Y. – The University of Massachusetts men’s swimming and diving team defeated Fordham, 163-137, on Saturday afternoon at Col. Francis B. Messmore Aquatic Center, while the women’s swimming and diving team fell 184.5-113.5 to the Rams.
Both the Minutewomen and Minutemen combined for 14 first-place finishes on the day, with the men’s team earning 10 and the women’s team tabbing four.
Women’s Swimming & Diving
The Minutewomen totaled 19 top-three finishes on the day to go along, while collecting four gold medals.
Starting off the individual events in the 1,000 freestyle, freshman Flora Klimesch placed second with a time of 10:32.96. Junior Diya Ackerman-Vallala took the gold in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:55.79.
In the 100 backstroke, sophomore Maria Grishaeva swam a time of 58.09 to finish second in the event. Freshman Kate Baranova (1:05.23) and junior Lindsay Burbage (1:05.86) claimed first and second in the 100 breaststroke.
The 200 butterfly saw sophomore Hannah Schoenauer swim into second with a time of 2:10.26, as fellow classmate Karinne Everly followed in third with a time of 2:10.27. Sophomore Courtney Tedesco sat atop the podium in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.13.
Tedesco took second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 53.11, followed closely behind by Ackerman-Vallala in third with a time of 53.87. Klimesch earned a silver medal in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:10.66. Junior Sophie Porter was third in the event with a time of 2:15.59.
Grishaeva touched the wall first in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:20.87, while Burbage tied for second in the event with a time of 2:26.53. Junior Ece Yildirim finished the 500 freestyle in second with a time of 5:15.99, while Everly was second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 58.49.
Grishaeva earned her third top-three finish of the day, placing second in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:11.48.
In the relays, the 200 medley relay team of Grishaeva, Baranova, Everly and Tedesco combined for a time of 1:46.35 to take second. The 200 freestyle relay team of Burbage, Ackerman-Vallala, Everly and Tedesco swam a time of 1:38.53 to finish second.
Men’s Swimming & Diving
The Minutemen tallied 25 top-three finishes, adding 10 gold medals on the day.
Junior Jude Boukarroum kicked off the individual events with a first-place finish in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 9:50.27, freshman Miles Smyczek followed behind in second with a time of 9:50.56. Sophomore Liam Rayson was second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:42.98.
Freshman Liam Hickey touched the wall first in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.03, as sophomore Zach Szbao took second in the event with a time of 52.22. Freshman Hudson Bawduniak picked up the gold in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 55.65, followed by fellow classmate Eli Panachyda in third with a time of 58.21.
In the 200 butterfly, junior Aydin Erkan claimed the gold with a time of 1:53.08, while sophomore Chase Keeler earned the silver with a time of 1:56.04. Senior Sammy Quigg sat atop the podium in the 50 freestyle with a time of 21.09. Freshman Macek Vandermolen finished first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 47.46.
Hickey (1:51.19) and Keeler (1:52.68) placed first and second, respectively, in the 200 backstroke. Bawduniak garnered his second gold medal of the day in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:04.39. Freshman Chase Dai finished the event with a time of 2:08.83 to place second.
The 500 freestyle saw freshman Sota Kawahata place first with a time of 4:42.63, while Quigg took second with a time of 4:44.32. Erkan earned the bronze in the 100 butterfly with a time of 51.47.
Sophomore Nate Derby closed out the individual events with a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley with a time of 1:55.35.
During the relay events, the team of Brooks, Dai, Bawduniak and Quigg placed third with a time of 1:34.18 in the 200 medley relay. The 200 freestyle relay team of Vandermolen, Hickey, senior Aidan Shepston and Quigg took second with a combined time of 1:23.95.
On The Boards
The Minutewomen saw senior Salem Howes take fourth in the one-meter dive with a score of 245.18. Sophomore Danielle Guerin finished fourth in the three-meter dive with a six-dive total of 245.78.
For the Minutemen, sophomore Alex Kreidler secured first-place with a six-dive total of 335.33 in the one-meter dive. Freshman Carson Harrington finished second with a score of 317.78.
In the three-meter dive, Harrington was second with a total of 358.50, while Kreidler finished third with a score of 312.75.
Up Next
The Massachusetts diving team will head to Piscataway, New Jersey, for the Rutgers Platform Invitational on Saturday, February 7, at 11 a.m.
