UMASS VS LA SALLE VS RHODE ISLAND
- December 6, 2025
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UMass Athletics
PHILADELPHIA – The University of Massachusetts women’s swim team defeated La Salle, 155-143, and Rhode Island, 183-115, in a tri-meet, hosted by La Salle on Saturday afternoon at Kirk Pool.
The Minutewomen totaled 17 top-three finishes on the day to go along, while collecting seven gold medals.
Freshman Flora Klimesch kicked off the individual events with a first-place finish in the 800 freestyle with a time of 8:25.56, followed by junior Ece Yildirim with a time of 8:36.00 in second.
In the 150 freestyle, junior Beren Cakiroglu swam a time of 1:23.70 to take third. Sophomore Maria Grishaeva placed third in the 50 backstroke with a time of 27.92.
Freshman Kata Baranova secured the gold in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 29.75, as junior Lindsay Burbage swam into third with a time of 30.46. Sophomore Hannah Schoenauer earned the bronze medal in the 150 butterfly with a time of 1:33.51.
During the 50 freestyle skins, sophomore Courtney Tedesco sat atop the podium in the event with fellow classmate Karinne Everly finishing third. The event started with six swimmers, eventually moving to the final four and then the final two. Tedesco completed the entire event with a time of 24.56, while Everly had a time of 25.00.
In the individual 50 freestyle, Cakiroglu grabbed her second medal of the day, this time taking the gold with a time of 24.62. Grishaeva and Burbage also secured their second medals of the afternoon, as Grishaeva earned the gold in the 150 backstroke (1:33.48) and Burbage picked up the silver in the 150 breaststroke (1:45.11).
Klimesch secured her second gold medal of the day after swimming a time of 4:06.82 in the 400 freestyle. Tedesco placed second in the 50 butterfly with a personal-best time of 50 butterfly. Junior Diya Ackerman-Vallala touched the wall second in the 100 individual medley with a personal-best time of 1:00.17.
In the relays, the 200 medley relay team of Grishaeva, Baranova, Everly and Tedesco grabbed the silver with a combined time of 1:45.91. The 200 freestyle relay team of Tedesco, Everly, Ackerman-Vallala, and Cakiroglu swam a time of 1:37.78 to take first.
Up Next
Both the men’s and women’s swim team return to action after the new year, hosting Bryant on Monday, January 5, at 11 a.m., at Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool.
Courtesy: La Salle Athletics
Philadelphia, PA — La Salle women’s swim and dive competed in a tri-meet against Rhode Island and UMass at Kirk Pool Saturday. Overall, the women beat Rhode Island by a score of 183-114, but fell to UMass 155-143.
La Salle started the morning with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay, as seniors Rosalia Marin Martinez, Carlota Ungo, Tori Fenn, and Gabriela Herbreder teamed up for a winning time of 1:45.55, edging out UMass by just three-tenths of a second.
Herbreder continued to anchor the Explorer lineup with another dominant outing, earning three individual wins on the day. She claimed the 150-yard butterfly in 1:31.33, took the 150-yard breaststroke in 1:43.17, and capped off the session with a victory in the 100 IM at 58.39. Fellow senior Felicia Rogell backed her up with a runner-up finish in the 150 fly (1:32.32) and third in the IM (1:00.79).
In the sprints, Fenn delivered a series of strong results, placing second in the 50 free skins (24.70) and later winning the 50-yard butterfly in 25.91. Senior Maren Schermerhorn added a clutch second-place finish in the 50-free with a time of 25.20.
The Explorers closed the meet with another impressive relay performance, finishing second in the 200-free relay at 1:37.84, just behind UMass. The squad of Marin Martinez, sophomore Shailla Mejia, Schermerhorn, and Fenn kept La Salle in the mix until the final touch.
Both teams return to action next month in a road dual meet against Bucknell.
Courtesy: URI Athletics
Team Scores | Swimming Results
Team Scores
La Salle 188, Rhode Island 114
Massachusetts 188, Rhode Island 115
Massachusetts 155, La Salle 143
How It Happened
Olivia Winslow’s incredible senior season continued as she swept the 1- and 3-meter diving events in a tri-meet with La Salle and Massachusetts Saturday. Despite another record-setting day from Winslow, the Rams fell to both the Explorers (188-114) and UMass (188-115).
Winslow set the program record with a score of 304.40 in the 1-meter dive. That score put her 11.1 points ahead of the rest of the field. It also broke the mark set by teammate Anna Petke (303.68) last January.
It was the second time this season Winslow has set a program record. On Nov. 21 she set the URI record in the 3-meter dive with a score of 326.60 at the Harold Anderson Invitational. Winslow’s score of 309.55 on Saturday was enough to give her a sweep of the diving events, as she was nearly 17 points ahead of the field.
Winslow has won 11 of the 12 diving events she has competed in this season.
Standouts from the Pool
- Freshman Molly Beckwith delivered a victory for Rhode Island in the 150-yard freestyle, winning in thrilling fashion.
- Beckwith finished in 1:23.56, just .07 seconds ahead of La Salle’s Beren Celik.
- It was the 12th race that Beckwith has won this season.
- The 12 wins have come in nine different races, the 50-meter butterfly; 100-meter butterfly; 100-yard butterfly; 200-yard freestyle; 200-yard medley relay; 400-meter freestyle relay; 400-yard freestyle relay; the 800-yard medley relay; and now the 150-yard freestyle.
- Mary McCormick and Ella Arbeiter placed second and third, respectively, in the 400-yard freestyle.
- Julia Havice gave Rhody a third-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle.
Up Next
Rhode Island is off until it travels to New Hampshire for a head-to-head meet on Monday, Jan. 12.
