New Haven, Conn. - Sophomore Drew Acquaviva (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) won two individual events to lead the Le Moyne College men's swimming and diving team to a fifth-place finish at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships hosted by Southern Connecticut State at Hutchinson Natatorium from Friday to Sunday. Sophomore Katie O'Donnell (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) led the women's squad to a third-place finish with three individual second-place finishes.

In the women's team competition, the Dolphins tallied 524 to place third. Southern Connecticut State placed first with 988.5 points to win the team title for the seventh consecutive season. Saint Rose finished second with 732.5 points, while Bentley placed fourth with 483 points. Pace (387), Assumption (306), Saint Michael's (271) and Adelphi (164) rounded out the standings. On the men's side, Le Moyne scored 420 points to place fifth. Bentley University came in first with 818.5 points to claim its first Northeast-10 Championship. Southern Connecticut registered 743 points to place sixth, while Saint Rose scored 526.5 points for third. Adelphi tallied 457 points for fourth, Saint Michael's recorded 405 for sixth and Pace wrapped up the standings with 131 points.

On the men's side, Acquaviva picked up his first victory of the competition by placing first in the 100-yard backstroke in an NCAA "B"-cut time of 52.16 seconds. In the fourth event on Sunday, Acquaviva touched the wall first in the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 1:54.99, his fastest time of the year.

Acquaviva also teamed on a pair of relays that finished in the top three. In Friday's finale, Acquaviva joined juniors Jerry Dumary (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballston Spa) and Sean Hosford (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) and freshman Scott Thieke (Jamesville, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) to place third in the 400-yard medley relay in a time of 3:36.35. The quartet opened Saturday's competition by finishing third in the 200-yard medley relay in 1:39.48. Hosford added three top-5 finishes over the three days. He placed third in the 50-yard freestyle (22.19), fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (48.92) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (54.81). Dumary registered a second-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:01.47.

O'Donnell picked up her first second-place finish of the three-day invitational in the 100-yard butterfly. Last year's Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Year, O'Donnell touched the wall in an NCAA "B"-cut time of 58.85 seconds in being edged for first place by just one one-hundredth of a second. Three events later, O'Donnell eclipsed the previous NE-10 record in the 100-yard backstroke, which she set last season, but came in second in a time of 59.64 seconds. In Sunday's second event, O'Donnell completed the 200-yard backstroke in 2:09.39 to place second.

O'Donnell was also a member of three top-3 relay squads. She teamed with seniors Sarah Casey (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) and Kayla Ehle (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) and junior Sarah Salanger (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) to place third in the 200-yard freestyle relay in the opening event of the meet with a time of 1:40.86. In Saturday's first event, Casey, Ehle, O'Donnell and senior Nicole Murphy (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) posted a time of 1:51.50 to place third in the 200-yard medley relay. In the final event of the Championship, O'Donnell, Ehle, Salanger and sophomore Mary Chidsey (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool) registered a three-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:41.75.

Salanger added three top-5 finishes over the three days, while Murphy added a pair. Salanger placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.18), fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (55.57) and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:22.01). Murphy finished third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:29.71) and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.28). Sophomore Mary Walton (Syracuse, N.Y./Nottingham) turned in a third-place finish in the three-meter diving event with 344.55 points.

The Le Moyne women's team returns to the pool for the four-day UNYSCSA Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 17, while the men's team competes in the UNYSCSA Championships beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

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Women's Team Results
1. Southern Connecticut State 988.5, 2. Saint Rose 732.5, 3. Le Moyne 524, 4. Bentley 483, 5. Pace 387, 6. Assumption 306, 7. Saint Michael's 271, 8. Adelphi 164.

Women's Individual Winners 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Christine Slie, Amanda Thomas, Jennifer O'Neil, Nicole Huerta) 1:38.98, 500 Yard Freestyle - Nicole Huerta (Southern Connecticut State) 5:09.25, 200 Yard IM - Amanda Thomas (Southern Connecticut State) 2:04.89, 50 Yard Freestyle - Jennifer O'Neil (Southern Connecticut State) 24.62, 1 mtr Diving - Amanda Burden (Southern Connecticut State) 400.60, 400 Yard Medley Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Amanda Thomas, Jennifer O'Neil, Cody Hall, Nicole Huerta) 3:52.41, 200 Yard Medley Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Amanda Thomas, Jennifer O'Neil, Cody Hall, Christine Slie) 1:46.09, 400 Yard IM - Cody Hall (Southern Connecticut State) 4:24.67, 100 Yard Butterfly - Anne Kaduboski (Bentley) 58.84, 200 Yard Freestyle - Cody Hall (Southern Connecticut State) 1:53.74, 100 Yard Breaststroke - Jennifer O'Neil (Southern Connecticut State) 1:05.20, 100 Yard Backstroke - Amanda Thomas (Southern Connecticut State) 57.29, 800 Yard Freestyle Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Amanda Thomas, Cody Hall, Nicole Huerta, Meghan Fay) 7:49.35, 1650 Yard Freestyle - Emily Sundel (Southern Connecticut State) 17:20.43, 200 Yard Backstroke - Amanda Thomas (Southern Connecticut State) 2:02.12, 100 Yard Freestyle - Cody Hall (Southern Connecticut State) 53.16, 200 Yard Breaststroke - Jennifer O'Neil (Southern Connecticut State) 2:20.21, 200 Yard Butterfly - Anne Kaduboski (Bentley) 2:07.97, 3 mtr Diving - Amanda Burden (Southern Connecticut State) 396.90, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Saint Rose (Erin Ludeke, Alicia Robinson, Caitlin Peterson, Caitlin Brauer) 3:39.44.

Men's Team Results
1. Bentley 818.5, 2. Southern Connecticut State 743, 3. Saint Rose 526.5, 4. Adelphi 457, 5. Le Moyne 420, 6. Saint Michael's 405, 7. Pace 131.

Men's Individual Winners
200 Yard Freestyle Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Matt Sorena, Thomas Hardy, Christopher Wright, Miguel Nesrala) 1:25.87, 500 Yard Freestyle - Matt Sorena (Southern Connecticut State) 4:36.28, 200 Yard IM - Vadim Yafayev (Saint Rose) 1:53.10, 50 Yard Freestyle - Miguel Nesrala (Southern Connecticut State) 21.14,
3 mtr Diving - Jon Andrews (Bentley) 414.35, 400 Yard Medley Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Miguel Nesrala, Austin Mizzell, Matt Sorena, Thomas Hardy) 3:39.62, 200 Yard Medley Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Miguel Nesrala, Austin Mizzell, Matt Sorena, Steve Cusano) 1:36.41, 400 Yard IM - Vadim Yafayev (Saint Rose) 4:02.04, 100 Yard Butterfly - Matt Sorena (Southern Connecticut State) 52.71, 200 Yard Freestyle - Miguel Nesrala (Southern Connecticut State) 1:40.71, 100 Yard Breaststroke - Austin Mizzell (Southern Connecticut State) 57.53, 100 Yard Backstroke - Drew Acquaviva (Le Moyne) 52.16, 1 mtr Diving - Jon Andrews (Bentley) 406.20, 800 Yard Freestyle Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Miguel Nesrala, Matt Sorena, Thomas Hardy, Austin Mizzell) 6:53.19, 1650 Yard Freestyle - Mike Diverniero (Southern Connecticut State) 16:44.18, 200 Yard Backstroke - Drew Acquaviva (Le Moyne) 1:54.99, 100 Yard Freestyle - Miguel Nesrala (Southern Connecticut State) 45.84, 200 Yard Breaststroke - Austin Mizzell (Southern Connecticut State) 2:04.33, 200 Yard Butterfly - Matt Sorena (Southern Connecticut State) 1:56.27, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - Southern Connecticut State (Austin Mizzell, Christopher Wright, Thomas Hardy, Mike Diverniero) 3:14.40.