Holy Cross v. Sacred Heart (Women) vs Connecticut College (Men)
- January 26, 2025
- Worcester, Mass.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: Holy Cross Athletics
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross women’s swimming and diving team picked up a 179-121 victory on Senior Day against nonconference opponent Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon.
The win levels the Crusaders’ mark to 3-3 on the campaign while Sacred Heart falls to 7-5 overall.
Freshman diver Brenna Short placed first on the one-meter board (279.75) and three-meter board (303.15). Her three-meter dive score mark established a new pool record.
The 200-yard medley relay team of freshman Laura Arciniegas, freshman Natalie Neno, sophomore Devin Brindle and junior Nora Smillie began competition with first place at 1:49.17.
Junior Ainsley Nalen brought home first in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 10:42.98. It was one of two first place finishes for Nalen as she also placed first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.72). Sophomore Courtney Boghosian (2:09.03) and senior Ginger Berry (2:11.37) followed Nalen in the backstroke event.
Sophomores Devin Brindle and Kat Anticev finished 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle with 1:59.17 and 1:59.82 times. Brindle also hit the wall first in the 100-yard freestyle (54.43).
Arciniegas (59.39), freshman Ellie Reinhart (1:00.44) and senior Caroline Mahoney earned podium finishes in the 100-yard backstroke. In the 50-yard freestyle, Smillie (24.95) and Nalen (25.14) posted first and second place showings.
Senior Emmy Mazzacano rounded out her home meet career with first place in the 400-yard individual medley (4:45.57).
Holy Cross will be back in action for the Patriot League Championship on Feb. 19 to Feb. 22 hosted by Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa.
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men’s swimming and diving team won by a 157-139 score on Senior Day against nonconference opponent Connecticut College Sunday afternoon in the Hart Center Pool.
The victory was the third in a row for the Crusaders (4-2) while the Camels fall to 3-3 on the season.
The 200-yard medley relay team of junior Jack Greiner, junior Zach Bubonovich, junior Alex Michael and sophomore Will Clark earned the win at 1:35.87.
Greiner and freshman Peter Mottolese were 1-2 in the 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:44.06 and 1:44.51 respectively. Greiner tallied another first place showing in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:55.51. Mottolese also was first in the 100-yard freestyle at 47.41.
Michael (51.91), senior Rory Hess (51.97) and Mottolese (52.76) swept first, second and third in the 100-yard butterfly.
During the final swimming event, the 200-yard freestyle, Mottolese, sophomore Jake Thompson, Clark and Michael hit the wall first at 1:25.98.
In the diving events, sophomore Luke Parada placed first on the one-meter board at 286.70 while freshman Griffin Casey posted a 336.25 score in the three-meter dive.
Holy Cross will be back in action for the Patriot League Championship on Feb. 19 to Feb. 22 hosted by Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa.
Courtesy: SHU Athletics
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Sacred Heart University women’s swim and dive team dropped their final dual meet of the season to Holy Cross on the road Sunday, 179-121. The Pioneers finish their season with an 8-5 record.
Senior Rosemery Nieto secured the win in the 100 breaststroke out touching her opponent in a time of 1:08.73.
Sophomore Sophia Velleco paced the Pioneers in the 200 butterfly with a winning time of 2:08.06. Melanie Sanchez was right behind her in second with a time of 2:10.28.
Senior Lola Barrett placed second in the 1M and 3M dive with a score of 278.60 and 276.80, respectively.
Securing another breaststroke win, Nieto finished the 200 in a time of 2:29.61.
Velleco dominated the pool in the 500 freestyle, winning by over 10 seconds in 5:11.24.
Melanie Sanchez secured the win in the 100 butterfly in 59.13.
The 200-freestyle relay team of Emma Haas, Velleco, Sanchez and Emma Davis secured the win in by two tenths of a second in 1:40.43.
The Pioneers head to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship for the first time February 12-15 at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Courtesy: Camel Athletics
WORCESTER, Mass. – The Connecticut College men’s swimming and diving team fell by a 157-139 final against Division I Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon at Hart Center Arena.
Evan Lyons (Longmeadow, Mass.), Jack Mattison-Gulotta (Florence, Mass.), and Carrick Shea (Grafton, Mass.) each contributed a pair of wins on the day. The Camels finished with eight total wins in the swimming events—including four 1-2 finishes—as Tyler Choedak (Austin, Texas) and Nicholas Holovacs (Hingham, Mass.) chipped in solo victories.
Lyons opened the meet with a strong swim in the 1,000 free (9:42.83), winning by nearly 17 seconds to get the Camels off to a good start. He later clipped teammate Ryan Karaca (Schenectady, N.Y.) by seven-tenths of a second in the 400 IM (4:11.20), although the Conn duo finished more than seven seconds ahead of the nearest Holy Cross swimmer.
Shea was victorious in both the 100 breast (57.97) and 200 breast (2:09.99). He won the former by over a second and took the latter by more than four.
Mattison-Gulotta bested teammates to win both of his events. He finished a half-second ahead of Lyons to claim the 500 free (4:49.91) and touched the wall just over a second ahead of Stepan Ignatiev (Swampscott, Mass.) in the 200 fly (1:55.41).
Choedak’s win came in the 100 back (53.24) where he out-touched Matthew Morris (Alexandria, Va.) at the finish. Holovacs took the win in the 50 free (21.67) and finished just one-hundredth of a second off his season-best time.
The Camels posted several other runner-up finishes. Cam Bizjak (Willoughby, Ohio) took second in both the 1M and 3M dives, and Holovacs came up a half-second short in the 100 free. Morris finished ahead of Choedak in the 200 back but couldn’t catch Holy Cross’s Jack Greiner.
Conn will next compete at Wheaton College on Friday, January 31 at 7:00 p.m.
