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Men's Swimming and Diving Craig Lane, Assistant Athletics Director for Sports Information

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING SWEEPS NAZARETH

Rochester, N.Y. – Four Dolphins tallied three wins each as the Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams recorded wins over Nazareth College on Friday night. The women recorded a 135-108 victory, while the men were 129-107 winners.

On the women's side, juniors Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley), Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland), Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and Sarah Gaffney (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) opened the meet by combining for a first-place finish in the 400-meter medley relay in 4:44.58.

Baker registered the team's first individual win and her first of two victories by touching the wall first in the 50-meter freestyle in 28.94 seconds. She topped the field in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:13.12.

Smith picked up her first solo win of the evening by recording a time of 2:32.84 to top her competition by almost seven seconds in the 200-meter IM. She registered the team's last win of the meet with a time of 1:18.11 in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Gaffney added an individual win to her relay victory by recording a time of 1:04.11 in the 100-meter freestyle.

Freshman Haley Decker (Vernon, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) won the 100-meter butterfly in 1:10.24 for her first collegiate win in the event.

For the men, freshmen Nick Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker), Michael Dierolf (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) and Matthew Walton (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) and junior Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) teamed for a victory in the meet-opening 400-meter medley relay in 4:07.35.

Walton tallied his first of two individual wins by topping the field in the 200-meter freestyle for his first collegiate victory with a time of 1:59.57. He was also victorious in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 53.80 seconds.

May was also a double-winner in individual events. He earned his first win by posting a time of 24.55 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle. May added his second victory by placing first in the 100-meter butterfly in 59.61 seconds.

Senior Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) earned the team's first individual victory of the evening by touching the wall first in the 800-meter freestyle in 8:58.37. Junior Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) collected the team's final win of the night by just 0.02 seconds with a time of 4:20.97 in the 400-meter freestyle.

Le Moyne is back in the pool on Sunday at Northeast-10 Conference foe Bentley University at 1:00 p.m.


 
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Players Mentioned

Tim Buff

Tim Buff

BK/IM
Senior
Travis May

Travis May

Spr. FR/IM
Junior
Andy Raiola

Andy Raiola

FL/IM
Junior
Michael Dierolf

Michael Dierolf

BR/FR
Freshman
Matthew Walton

Matthew Walton

FR.FL
Freshman
Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

BK/FL
Junior
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

FR
Junior
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

IM/BR
Junior
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

BK/BR
Junior
Haley Decker

Haley Decker

FL/Dist. FR
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tim Buff

Tim Buff

Senior
BK/IM
Travis May

Travis May

Junior
Spr. FR/IM
Andy Raiola

Andy Raiola

Junior
FL/IM
Michael Dierolf

Michael Dierolf

Freshman
BR/FR
Matthew Walton

Matthew Walton

Freshman
FR.FL
Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

Junior
BK/FL
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

Junior
FR
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

Junior
IM/BR
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

Junior
BK/BR
Haley Decker

Haley Decker

Freshman
FL/Dist. FR