Sacred Heart vs Stonehill
- October 7, 2023
- Easton, Mass.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: SHU Athletics
EASTON, Mass. – The Sacred Heart University women’s swim team opened the season with a 133-110 victory over Stonehill. Sophia Velleco won three events each to lead SHU. The Pioneers competed in 14 individual events and a pair of relays.
Velleco won the 400-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle, and the 100-yard freestyle.
First year Amanda Conti was victorious in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.63.
First-year Maeve English picked up her first collegiate win in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:00.12. English was also right behind Velleco in the 100-freestyle, placing second with a time of 56.06.
Junior Rosemery Nieto delivered the fastest time for the Pioneers in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:08.91; junior Melania Sanchez finished first among the Pioneers in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:12.86, and sophomore Charlotte Kaduson paced the Pios in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:21.86
Up Next:
The Pioneers travel to Iona University to face Wagner and Iona in a tri-meet on Saturday, October 14th, at 8:00 a.m.
Courtesy: Stonehill Athletics
BROCKTON, Mass. (October 7, 2023) – Senior Sydney Stockwell and sophomore Kristy Barry each earned event wins to lead Stonehill College in a women’s swimming dual meet with fellow Northeast Conference member Sacred Heart University at the Massasoit Community College Pool this afternoon.
Stockwell won both backstroke events in the meet, starting with first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.08, with postgrad Nika Sokolova second in 1:01.62. Stockwell also took first in the 200-yard backstroke in 2:12.85, while sophomore Mazy Karuzis finished fourth in 2:18.31 after posting a fifth-place finish in the 100-back in 1:04.45.
Stockwell was also scored first in the 100-yard butterfly by clocking in at 1:02.03, followed by senior Katie Keating in 1:04.46 for second. Stockwell also swam the lead leg of Stonehill’s 400-yard medley relay that finished second in 4:08.00. She was followed by junior Jami Hepburn, Keating and Barry.
Barry earned a win in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:33.33, followed by a win in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.65. Senior Morgan Gangi was scored second in the 200 IM in 2:33.31. Barry led three Stonehill swimmers in the 200-yard freestyle with a third-place finish in 2:05.97. Junior Julie Mastroianni was fifth in 2:13.06, while senior Maddie Conley was sixth in 2:14.40.
More Results:
- Hepburn finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.44 and third in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:36.79. Sophomore Taylor Belanger followed in fourth in the 200-yard 1:12.16, while Gangi was fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:19.56 and Conley was sixth in 2:46.29.
- Sokolova was also second in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:47.59 and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle in 57.87-seconds.
- Mastroianni took third in the 500-yard free, while sophomore Isabel Nelson was fifth in the 100-yard free in 1:00.44 and Keating was scored sixth in 1:01.90.
- Sophomore Azia Koser finished third in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:18.63 after posting a fourth-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:43.19.
- Belanger was scored fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in 27.35-seconds, followed by Karuzis in fifth in 27.39-seconds and Nelson was sixth in 27.49.
- Stonehill was also scored first in the 200-yard freestyle relay after finishing in 1:49.08. Mastroianni swam the lead leg, followed by Belanger, Hepburn and Karuzis.
Up Next
Stonehill returns to the pool in two weeks when it visits another fellow NEC member, Merrimack College, at the Andover/North Andover YMCA, on Saturday, October 21, at 2:30 p.m. Sacred Heart visits Iona College next Saturday at 8 a.m.
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