Rhode Island Women Dominate Siena, Assumption

Rhode Island vs Assumption vs Siena (W)

• Saturday, October 15, 2022
• Kingston, RI
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Scores:
  • URI 149.5, Siena 107.5
  • URI 181, Assumption 75
  • Siena 202, Assumption 60

Courtesy: URI Athletics

How It Happened
Rhode Island won nine of 15 events as the Rams swept Siena and Assumption on Alumni/Family Weeekend Saturday afternoon. The Rams beat Siena 149.5-107.5 and scored a 181-75 win over Assumption.

Senior Julia Renna and won three events on the day. She swam the opening leg of the 200-yard medley relay, teaming with sophomore Hannah Benevides, freshman Ella Hacker and freshman Abby Zadorozny for a winning time of 1:03.93.

Renna later won both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races. Her win in the 200 race led a 1-2-3 finish for URI. Renna won with a time of 2:10.92, while sophomore Maddie Tetreault (2:10.97) was second and junior Anna Bodycoat (2:14.92) was third.

Standouts From the Pool

• Freshmen Rylee Kelly and Emily Makin each won a pair of individual events for Rhode Island. Kelly won both the 1000- and 500-yard freestyle races, while Makin took the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events.
• In the 1000 free, Kelly was nearly 14 seconds ahead of the field with her time of 10:57.66. The second-place finisher had a time of 11:11.03.
• In the 500, Kelly just edged teammate Maddie Tetreault. Kelly won in 5:17.15, while Tetreault was right behind in 5:18.47.
• Makin’s time of 1:06.61 in the 100-yard breaststroke led a 1-4 finish for URI. Junior Mackenzie Thomas (1:07.69), sophomore Hannah Benevides (1:08.47) and senior Aimee Garcia (1:08.84) finish first through fourth.
• Freshman Ella Hacker won the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:09.68, nearly five seconds in front of the field.

What’s Next
Rhode Island is off until Saturday, Oct. 29 when it travels to Springfield, Mass. for a tri-meet with Springfield College and Coast Guard.