Syracuse, N.Y. – Sophomore Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) won three individual events to lead the Le Moyne College men's swimming and diving team to a 128-113 victory over Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday afternoon at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. The Tigers earned a split of the meet by winning the women's competition, 124-114.

Buff, who won three events for the second time in three meets, earned his first victory of the afternoon by registering a time of 10:26.38 to win the 1000-yard freestyle by almost 10 seconds. Three events later, he topped the field in the 200-yard IM by almost four seconds with a season-best time of 2:00.62. He picked up his final win by almost three and one-half seconds with a season-best time of 1:59.73 in the 200-yard backstroke.

Freshman Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) recorded a pair of individual wins on the afternoon. In the second solo event of the day, the 200-yard freestyle, he was victorious by 1.27 seconds with a season-best time of 1:49.14. His second win came in the 500-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 5:00.41 to win by over five seconds.

The quartet of senior Ricky Divaccaro (Woodstown, N.J./Woodstown), juniors Ben Verdi (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's) and Daniel Tarbrake (Beltsville, Md./Gonzaga College High) and freshman Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) opened the meet by touching the wall first in the 200-yard medley relay with a season-best time of 1:39.67. Divaccaro added an individual victory by topping the field in the 50-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 22.74 seconds to win by 0.05 seconds. Tarbrake was a winner in the 200-yard butterfly by almost five seconds with a season-best time of 2:02.55, while Verdi touched the wall first in the final individual event, the 200-yard breaststroke, with a season-best time of 2:14.87 to win by over eight seconds.

Junior Tara O'Donnell (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) and freshman Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) each won two individual events for the Dolphins, while teaming on a relay victory. The duo joined freshmen Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Lindsey Wright (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) to win the 200-yard medley relay by over six seconds with a season-best time of 1:54.28.

O'Donnell registered her first individual victory of the day in the 200-yard freestyle by touching the wall first with a time of 2:00.89 to win by over seven seconds. Her second win came in the 200-yard backstroke, where she was victorious by over nine seconds with a time of 2:12.23. Smith picked up her first win of the day in the 200-yard IM with a season-best time of 2:14.87 to win by almost six seconds. Three events later, she captured the 100-yard freestyle in a season-best 54.86 seconds to win by just under three seconds.

Baker and Wright each added an individual victory to their relay win. Baker took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.17 seconds to win by 0.12 seconds, while Wright won the 200-yard breaststroke by one one-hundredth of a second over classmate Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) with a season-best time of 2:40.80.

Junior Katelyn Votapka (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) was victorious in the first individual event of the day, the 1000-yard freestyle, with a time of 11:29.16 to win by over seven and one-half seconds.

The Dolphins are back in action at home for the final time of the semester on Saturday against The College of Saint Rose at 1:00 p.m. The meet will determine the eighth and ninth points of the year-long "Upstate Challenge" between the two institutions, which Le Moyne currently leads 4-3.

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Women's Team Results
RIT 124, Le Moyne 114
 
Women's Individual Results
200 Yard Medley Relay – Le Moyne (Tara O'Donnell, Kelsey Smith, Alyssa Baker, Lindsey Wright) 1:54.28, 1000 Yard Freestyle – Katelyn Votapka (Le Moyne) 11:29.16, 200 Yard Freestyle – Tara O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 2:00.89, 50 Yard Freestyle – Alyssa Baker (Le Moyne) 26.17, 200 Yard IM – Kelsey Smith (Le Moyne) 2:14.87, 1 Meter Dive – Natalie Snyder (RIT) 163.30, 200 Yard Butterfly – Genna Senecal (RIT) 2:18.31, 100 Yard Freestyle – Kelsey Smith (Le Moyne) 54.86, 200 Yard Backstroke – Tara O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 2:12.23, 500 Yard Freestyle – Caitlin Foster (RIT) 5:37.30, 1 Meter Dive – Natalie Snyder (RIT) 244.75, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Lindsey Wright (Le Moyne) 2:40.80, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – RIT (Alex Timberlake, Caitlin Foster, Kelsey Schaefer, Colleen Manning) 3:52.86.
 
Men's Team Results
Le Moyne 128, RIT 113
 
Men's Individual Results
200 Yard Medley Relay – Le Moyne (Ricky Divaccaro, Ben Verdi, Daniel Tarbrake, Travis May) 1:39.67, 1000 Yard Freestyle – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 10:26.38, 200 Yard Freestyle – Andy Raiola (Le Moyne) 1:49.14, 50 Yard Freestyle – Ricky Divaccaro (Le Moyne) 22.74, 200 Yard IM – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 2:00.62, 1 Meter Dive – John Tellgren (RIT) 179.90, 200 Yard Butterfly – Daniel Tarbrake (Le Moyne) 2:02.55, 100 Yard Freestyle – Ryan Facchine (RIT) 50.66, 200 Yard Backstroke – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 1:59.73, 500 Yard Freestyle – Andy Raiola (Le Moyne) 5:00.41, 1 Meter Dive – Matt DePalo (RIT) 274.05, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Ben Verdi (Le Moyne) 2:14.87, 400 Yard Freestyle Relay – RIT (Derek Brown, Steven Paine, Sam Shpuntoff, Ryan Facchine) 3:21.23.