WVU vs Villanova vs Iowa State (W) / WVU vs Villanova (M)
- Saturday, January 22, 2022
- Morgantown, W.Va.
- Swim Results (PDF)
- Dive Results (PDF)
- Scores
- Men: WVU 195, Villanova 96
- Women: Iowa State 198, WVU 101
- Women: Iowa State 150, Villanova 145
- Women: Villanova 177, WVU 120
Courtesy: Iowa State Athletics
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The Iowa State swimming and diving team (8-1, 2-0 Big 12) topped West Virginia (2-3, 0-1 Big 12) by a score of 198-101 and Villanova (6-3, 3-0 Big East) by 150-145. Iowa State posts the first eight-win season since 2009-10 and the best start to a season in program history.
Iowa State started off the meet with a pair of second-place finishes. The 200 medley relay team of Emily Haan, Martha Haas, Carley Caughron and Andie Quirke fired off a 1:44.92, a slim 1.02 behind Villanova. Sydney Jackson touched at 17:36.58 in the 1650 free, closely behind Villanova’s Nicole Welch who took the win in 17:30.75.
The Cyclones tallied a victory with a sweep in the 100 breast, the fifth breaststroke sweep by Cyclones this season. Haas cemented her third win in the event on the season with 1:04.58 while solidifying 500 career points. Lehr Thorson (1:04.94) and Alaina Breitbach (1:05.58) touched next to trim down Villanova’s lead.
Michelle Schlossmacher Smith handed in a top placement on the three-meter as she dove to 286.55. Schlossmacher Smith has now tallied eight Zone cuts in the event this season with nearly 90 percent of the senior’s three-meter performances resulting in a cut.
Schlossmacher Smith went on to sweep the boards as she won the one-meter with 265.65 to now total 13 Zone cuts on the season.
Haas continued her hot streak in the 200 breast as she hit the wall to grab her fourth-straight breaststroke victory. Haas claimed the win in 2:20.67 while Breitbach touched next at 2:22.46. Thorson notched fourth with 2:22.92.
Brinley Horras logged the top time in the 500 free with a commanding time of 5:00.26 to record the fifth and final Iowa State victory of the dual.
Rizzo slid into the top-10 upon the all-time point scorers list as she touched top three in back-to-back events. The senior hit the wall second in the 100 fly at 56.90 and third in the 200 IM at 2:07.11.
Numerous races came down to the final stretch including Lucia Rizzo’s 200 fly and Caughron’s 50 free third-place finishes. Rizzo touched 1.25 seconds behind the top time and Caughron timed in .49 seconds off first.
The double dual closed out with another second-place relay finish behind Villanova. Haas, Caughron, Sophia Goushchina and Ashley Bengtson came together in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:28.87, 1.96 seconds behind first.
“Beating West Virginia decisively and having a back-and-forth meet with Villanova was tremendous,” Head Coach Duane Sorenson said. “Martha had a great meet and Brinley with her finishes and anchoring the 400 free relay. The rest of the team was very solid.”
Courtesy: WVU Sports
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University men’s swimming and diving teams lead the way for WVU’s squad as they defeated Villanova Saturday afternoon, at the Aquatic Center at Mylan in Morgantown.
The men’s team was victorious over the Wildcats, earning a score of 195-96, while the women fell to both Villanova (177-120) and Iowa State (198-101). Fifth-year David Dixon led the way for West Virginia, with four total wins, including two three solos, in the contest. Seven Mountaineers tallied multiple victories, and 12 different Mountaineers earned a victory against the Wildcats and the Cyclones.
“I knew today was going to be a tough challenge for the teams, coming off our past two weeks of COVID-19 issues,” WVU coach Vic Riggs said. “I thought we had some bright spots, but we obviously have some work to do to be ready before the Big 12 Championship. If there is any group that can accept this challenge, this group can and I believe they will.”
West Virginia tallied their first win of the meet in the men’s 200 medley relay. The Mountaineers had a 1-2 finish led by sophomore Justin Heimes, senior Fausto Huerta, Dixon and fifth-year Max Gustafson, touching in 1:31.53. Freshman Zhenya Ingram, juniors Conrad Molinaro and David Snider, and freshman Braden Osborn took second, with a time of 1:33.84.
Next up, in the 1650, sophomore William Mullen took first on the men’s side for the first WVU individual victory of the day. Mullen finished with a time of 15:49.78, while freshman Emily Knorr notched third in the women’s event (17:41.97).
Gustafson led the Mountaineer men 1-2-3 finish in the men’s 200 freestyle, recording a time of 1:42.51. Sophomores Roanoke Shirk and Brendan Williams followed behind, with Shirk in second (1:43.00) and Williams in third (1:44.27). During the women’s event, sophomore Abby Reardon finished with a time of 1:52.11, good enough for second-place.
Heimes grabbed another victory for WVU, as he took first in the men’s 100 backstroke. The sophomore finished with a time of 49.42, followed by senior Josh Harlan in third (52.36).
The men’s squad had a dominating performance in the 100 breaststroke, led by Huerta in first (57.22). Molinaro notched a second place finish (59.63), while freshman Jake Young completed the Mountaineer sweep in third (59.66).
West Virginia tallied three more wins in the 200 butterfly and 50 freestyle events just before the first break. Freshman Mia Walters paced the women in the 200 fly in 2:04.62 and Dixon finished first for the men with a time of 1:49.76. In the 50 free, freshman Conner McBeth touched first in 20.94, with Osborn in second (21.00).
In the diving well, West Virginia another sweep in the men’s 1-meter springboard event. Senior PJ Lenz led the way for the Mountaineers with a 292.30, senior Nick Cover followed in second (266.95) and freshman Glenn Eloriaga in third (252.60). On the women’s 3-meter, senior Camille Burt paced the women, taking second with a score of 286.55. Freshman Sarah Krusinski followed in third with a mark of 259.90.
Lenz again led the way for the men on 3-meter, as he notched a season-best score of 318.70. Junior Owen Johns took second place on the event with a 293.15 mark. For the women, Krusinski secured second place on 1-meter to lead the Mountaineers, earning a score of 260.20. Burt followed in third (249.35), while junior Marian Tiemeier finished third (246.90).
“We got off to a slow start, however there were a handful of divers returning from several days off,” diving coach Karla Helder said. “By the next event, most were firing on all cylinders and were ready to compete. We’ve got a couple weeks to the Big 12 Championship, we are focused on staying healthy, strong and moving towards our season finals.”
Back in the competition pool, McBeth then added his second solo victory of the day in the 100 free with a time of 45.66, while Gustafson finished second (45.77) and Osborn closed the WVU sweep in third (46.92). Next up, in the women’s 200 back Knorr took first (2:03.47) and junior Paige Dressel finished second (2:04.14).
Another trio of wins came from the men’s squad in the 200 breast and 500 free. First junior Jonathan Bennett claimed the 200 breast (2:09.40), then Mullen took the 500 free (4:39.77).
To wrap up individual competition, Dixon tallied two more individual victories in the 100 fly (49.89) and 200 IM (1:52.00). The day then concluded with the 400 freestyle relay. The men’s team of Osborn, McBeth, Snider and Gustafson finished in second place, as they combined to post a time of 3:04.89. In the women’s event, Reardon, fifth-year Ana Zortea, juniors Ginger Hansen and Jacqueline McCutchan closed the day with a fourth-place finish in 3:22.18.
With Saturday’s victory, the Mountaineer men’s team improves to 1-0 in dual meets, while the squad remains at 1-0 in the Big 12. The win was the eighth consecutive victory over the Wildcats for the men’s team. The women fall to 0-2 in dual-meet competition, and they are 0-1 in the Big 12.
The Mountaineers are back to competition next week as they travel to South Bend, Indiana on Friday, Jan. 28 and Saturday, Jan. 29, to compete against the Fighting Irish. This meet marks the eighth all-time meeting between West Virginia and Notre Dame. Competition is set to begin at 5 p.m. ET on Friday and 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Courtesy: Villanova Athletics
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Villanova women’s swimming and diving collected nine winning swims in Saturday’s tri-meet split, defeating West Virginia, 177-120, and falling to Iowa State, 150-145, at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park.
Seven Villanova (6-3) swimmers were a part of winning performances throughout the meet with West Virginia (2-3) and Iowa State (8-1), as the ‘Cats logged seven individual victories and two relay wins. Kelly Montesi (Greenwich, Conn.) led the team with another sweep of her four events, winning the 100 Back (55.44), 100 Fly (55.37) and 200 IM (2:02.86) and swimming the opening leg of the 200 Medley Relay where she teamed up with Perri Stahl (La Grange, Ill.), Elizabeth Bailey (Brookhaven, Ga.) and Abbey Berloco (Cranbury, M.J.) for a winning time of 1:43.90. That team beat Iowa State’s group by just over a second.
Milly Routledge (North Ascot, U.K.) was in the top two of her four event appearances. She won the 200 Free (1:50.91), 100 Free (51.34) and swam the anchor leg of the 400 Free Relay for a 3:26.91 finish with Berloco, Lexi Elkovitch (New Albany, Ohio) and Stahl. Her other finish was a second-place showing in a close 50 free (23.87) where Stahl edged her by two-hundredths of a second with a winning time of 23.85.
Nicole Welch (Beverly, Mass.) was victorious in the 1650 Free (17.30.75), leading the rest of the field by nearly six seconds. Brenna McLaughlin (Milford, Conn.) finished fifth in the that race with a 17:54.63 time.
Berloco picked up a podium-worthy swim in the 200 Free, finishing three second behind Routledge in third (1:53.62). She also went 1-2 with Routledge in the 100 Free, taking second with a 51.81 time that was just 47-hundreths of a second out of first. Kaitlin Gravell (Ashton, Md.) and Emily Zimmermann (Brielle, N.J.) went 4-5 in the 100 Breast with respective times of 1:07.38 and 1:08.43.
Bailey tacked on a second-place showing in the 200 Fly (2:04.86) while Hannah Wasmuth (Peachtree Corners, Ga.) finished fourth in the 200 Back (2:05.46). Gravell and Stahl added top-five finishes in the 200 Breast, touching the wall in the third (2:22.59) and fifth (2:24.80), respectively.
In the 500 Free, Welch finished second in 5:01.59 with Molly Benson (Kensington, Md.) taking fifth in 5:10.55. Bailey finished third in the 100 Fly (57.16) with Gravell taking second in the 200 IM (2:06.48). Benson, Lainey Quinones (Clarendon Hills, Ill.), Cara Stapleton (Dublin, Ireland) and Welch landed fifth in the 400 Free Relay in 3:32.25 time. Andrea Holtz (Rosemount, Minn.) added on fifth-place dives in the 1-meter (235.20) and 3-meter (196.30).
The Wildcats stay in the Keystone State this week as they head to Penn State on Friday, Jan. 28. The meeting with the Nittany Lions starts at 5 p.m. in McCoy Natatorium.
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Villanova men’s swimming and diving had 15 competitors with at least one top-five performance but fell 198-92 to West Virginia at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park on Saturday.
Of those 15 Wildcats, 12 recorded at least one top-three showing between individual and relay events for Villanova (3-4). Ethan Brown (West Hartford, Conn.) recorded the lone win for the team on Saturday in the 200 Back (1:51.96). He edged out the closest West Virginia (1-1) swimmer by one-tenth of a second. The win is his fifth top-five showing in the event this season. Of those finishes, two have been in the top-two. He also won the 200-meter Back at Providence on Jan. 15.
In diving, both Nicholas Jubilee (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Michael Ackert (Rye. N.Y.) recorded top-five scores in their dives. Jubilee was fifth in both the 1-meter (245.20) and 3-meter (233.30) while Ackert was fourth in the 1-meter (246.65) and third in the 3-meter (273.05).
Two relay teams picked up top-three times for the ‘Cats. Jesse Marsh (Kingston, Jamaica), Ryan Maher (Phoenixville, Pa.), Reid Hutcherson (Richmond, Va.) and Patrick Hemingway (Harrisburg, Pa.) finished second in the 400 Free Relay (3:10.13). Charlie Hinckley (New York, N.Y.), Henry Halloran (Brookhaven, Ga.), Marsh and Hemingway landed third in the 200 Medley Relay (1:34.22).
Jake McIntyre (Essex, Vt.) went head-to-head in the 1650 Free with WVU’s William Mullen, finishing second (16:16.58). Hutcherson and Hinckley went 4-5 in the 200 Free, respectively, with times of 1:44.47 and 1:45.10.
Brown was the second-fastest swimmer in the 100 Back (51.94), sitting just under two seconds out of the lead. Aubrey Bowles (Richmond, Va.) and Carson Brockette (Dallas, Texas) were fourth (52.94) and fifth (53.06), respectively. Halloran touched fourth in the 100 Breast (59.84).
Nolan Danus (Morris Plains, N.J.) picked up a second-place showing in the 200 Fly (1:53.86) with Kevin Geist (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) behind him in fourth (1:57.68). Hemingway was the lone Wildcat in the top-five of the 50 Free, finishing third with a 21.44 time that had him three-tenths of a second out of first. He also finished fourth in the 100 Free (46.94).
Villanova had three of the top-five finishers in the 200 Back, led by Brown’s winning performance. Bowles took third (1:52.70) with Brockette tagging fifth (1:55.16). The same was said in the 200 Breast, with the ‘Cats going 2-3-4 in a race where just 57-hundredths of a second separated first and fifth. Danus took second (2:09.55) followed by Richard Nolan (Wilton, Conn.) in third (2:09.72) and Halloran in fourth (2:09.84).
Hinckley and McIntyre were top-three swimmers in the 500 Free, finishing in second (4:43.08) and third (4:45.32), respectively. The 100 Fly brought a close finish with Geist in fourth (51.25) and Marsh in fifth (51.30). Danus finished third in the 200 IM (1:54.64) with Brown following him in fourth (1:56.86).
Villanova stays on the road this week, heading to Penn State on Friday, Jan. 28. That meet is set to begin at 5 p.m. from the McCoy Natatorium.
