Waltham, Mass. – 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 150-148 win over Bentley University on Sunday afternoon at the Dana Center. Freshman Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) had three individual first-place finishes and teamed on a relay victory in a 168-130 loss for the women.

On the men's side, Buff won the first individual event of the meet, the 1000-yard freestyle, by over 18 seconds with a time of 10:20.13. In the 10th event of the day, Buff recorded a time of 2:01.19 to win the 200-yard backstroke by over two seconds. He picked up his third win of the afternoon in the final individual event, the 200-yard IM, with a time of 2:02.03 to top the field by almost five seconds.

Juniors Ben Verdi (Buffalo, N.Y./St. Joseph's) and Daniel Tarbrake (Beltsville, Md./Gonzaga College High) each won two individual events and teamed on a relay victory. The duo joined classmate Chris Mosconi (Gloversville, N.Y./Gloversville) and senior Ricky Divaccaro (Woodstown, N.J./Woodstown) to win the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay in 1:40.15. Verdi earned his first individual victory by almost three seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:01.57, while capturing the 200-yard breaststroke by 5.65 seconds in 2:16.91. Tarbrake picked up his first win of the afternoon by four seconds with a time of 2:03.46 in the 200-yard butterfly, while recording a time of 54.16 seconds to win the 100-yard butterfly by over one second.

Junior Josh Byrne (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) was also a dual-winner by sweeping the two diving events. He posted a score of 286.65 to win the first one-meter diving event, while registering 301.13 points to claim the second one-meter diving event. Freshman Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) won the 500-yard freestyle by over four seconds with a time of 5:02.07 for Le Moyne's 11th victory of the meet.

For the women, Smith teamed with junior Tara O'Donnell (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem) and classmates Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Lindsey Wright (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) to win the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay by over two seconds with a time of 1:54.41. She earned her first individual win of the day by almost two seconds with a time of 1:10.40 in the 100-yard breaststroke. She completed the sweep of the breaststroke events with a time of 2:35.11 to win the 200-yard by over three seconds. Smith recorded her third victory with a time of 2:16.83 in the final individual event, the 200-yard IM.

O'Donnell and Wright also were dual-winners for the Dolphins. O'Donnell registered her team's first individual win of the afternoon by touching the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:01.78. After being edged for the 100-yard freestyle by just 0.05 seconds, O'Donnell won the 100-yard butterfly by almost two seconds with a time of 1:02.58. Baker recorded her first win of the day by 3.34 seconds with a time of 1:03.72 in the 100-yard backstroke. She swept the backstroke events with a time of 2:19.81 in the 200-yard event.

The Dolphins return to the pool on Sunday at Saint Michael's College at 1:00 p.m.

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Women's Team Results
Bentley 168, Le Moyne 130
 
Women's Individual Results
200 Yard Medley Relay – Le Moyne (Tara O'Donnell, Kelsey Smith, Alyssa Baker, Lindsey Wright) 1:54.41, 1000 Yard Freestyle – Nadine Edwards (Bentley) 11:21.24, 200 Yard Freestyle – Tara O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 2:01.78, 100 Yard Backstroke – Alyssa Baker (Le Moyne) 1:03.72, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Kelsey Smith (Le Moyne) 1:10.40, 200 Yard Butterfly – Anne Warren (Bentley) 2:18.27, 50 Yard Freestyle – Nadine Edwards (Bentley) 26.26, 1 Meter Dive – Paige Wilde (Bentley) 176.93, 100 Yard Freestyle – Kaitlin McGahie (Bentley) 55.83, 200 Yard Backstroke – Alyssa Baker (Le Moyne) 2:19.81, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Kelsey Smith (Le Moyne) 2:35.11, 500 Yard Freestyle – Nadine Edwards (Bentley) 5:30.93, 100 Yard Butterfly – Tara O'Donnell (Le Moyne) 1:02.58, 1 Meter Dive – Paige Wilde (Bentley) 258.44, 200 Yard IM – Kelsey Smith (Le Moyne) 2:16.83, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Bentley (Danielle Hellstern, Jessica Chen, Nadine Edwards, Kaitlin McGahie) 1:43.75.
 
Men's Team Results
Le Moyne 150, Bentley 148
 
Men's Individual Results
200 Yard Medley Relay – Le Moyne (Chris Mosconi, Ben Verdi, Daniel Tarbrake, Ricky Divaccaro) 1:40.15, 1000 Yard Freestyle – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 10:20.13, 200 Yard Freestyle – Davis Wilson (Bentley) 1:50.43, 100 Yard Backstroke – Christopher Vukas (Bentley) 55.80, 100 Yard Breaststroke – Ben Verdi (Le Moyne) 1:01.57, 200 Yard Butterfly – Daniel Tarbrake (Le Moyne) 2:03.46, 50 Yard Freestyle – Sebastian Bury (Bentley) 22.56, 1 Meter Dive – Josh Byrne (Le Moyne) 286.65, 100 Yard Freestyle – Sebastian Bury (Bentley) 49.72, 200 Yard Backstroke – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 2:01.19, 200 Yard Breaststroke – Ben Verdi (Le Moyne) 2:16.91, 500 Yard Freestyle – Andy Raiola (Le Moyne) 5:02.07, 100 Yard Butterfly – Daniel Tarbrake (Le Moyne) 54.16, 1 Meter Dive – Josh Byrne (Le Moyne) 301.13, 200 Yard IM – Tim Buff (Le Moyne) 2:02.03, 200 Yard Freestyle Relay – Bentley (Liam Bartlett, Davis Wilson, Christopher Vukas, Sebastian Bury) 1:29.85.