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Le Moyne Swimming & Diving
Greg Wall

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

SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS OPEN SEASON WITH WINS AGAINST CAZENOVIA

Syracuse, N.Y. – Junior Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) won two individual events to lead the Le Moyne College women's swimming and diving team to a season-opening 106-77 victory over Cazenovia College on Friday evening at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. Senior Tim Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker) and junior Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) each won an individual event and teamed on a relay victory to lead the men's team to a 74-48 win over Wildcats.

Baker earned her first individual victory of the year in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 25.83 seconds. She later won the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.05.

To open the meet, juniors Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley), Madison Allen (Oneonta, N.Y./Oneonta) and Sarah Gaffney (Livonia, N.Y./Livonia) and sophomore Emily Nicastro (Rochester, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) combined to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:57.69.

Smith registered the team's first individual win of the season by placing first in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.58. Junior Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) earned the win in the 200-yard IM in 2:24.88, while freshman Haley Decker (Vernon, N.Y./ Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) claimed first place in the 500-yard freestyle in 5:39.81 for her first collegiate win. Junior Lindsey Wright (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) closed out the individual portion of the meet by winning the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:13.90. Sophomore Kylee Wilson (Conesus, N.Y./Livonia) captured the one-meter diving event with 184.55 points.

On the men's side, Buff and May teamed with freshman Michael Dierolf (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) and sophomore Eric Burdge (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) for a first-place finish in the meet-opening 200-yad medley relay in 1:41.97.

Individually, Buff registered the team's final victory by touching the wall first in the 200-yard IM in 2:02.82. May earned his first win of the season in the fourth event of the meet, the 50-yard freestyle, in 22.49 seconds. Junior Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, Xavier) claimed the team's first win of the year with a time of 1:49.43 in the 200-yard freestyle. Sophomore Connor Haldane (Homer, N.Y./Homer) captured his first collegiate victory with 179.80 points in the one-meter diving event.

The Dolphins are back in the pool on Friday and Saturday at the Colgate University Fall Classic. Joining the Dolphins and the Raiders will be the University of Massachusetts, St. Francis University, LIU Brooklyn and Cleveland State University.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Tim Buff

Tim Buff

BK/IM
Senior
Eric Burdge

Eric Burdge

FR/IM
Sophomore
Connor Haldane

Connor Haldane

FL/Diving
Sophomore
Travis May

Travis May

Spr. FR/IM
Junior
Andy Raiola

Andy Raiola

FL/IM
Junior
Michael Dierolf

Michael Dierolf

BR/FR
Freshman
Madison Allen

Madison Allen

BR/BK
Junior
Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

BK/FL
Junior
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

FR
Junior
Emily Nicastro

Emily Nicastro

FL/IM
Sophomore
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

IM/BR
Junior
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

BK/BR
Junior

Players Mentioned

Tim Buff

Tim Buff

Senior
BK/IM
Eric Burdge

Eric Burdge

Sophomore
FR/IM
Connor Haldane

Connor Haldane

Sophomore
FL/Diving
Travis May

Travis May

Junior
Spr. FR/IM
Andy Raiola

Andy Raiola

Junior
FL/IM
Michael Dierolf

Michael Dierolf

Freshman
BR/FR
Madison Allen

Madison Allen

Junior
BR/BK
Alyssa Baker

Alyssa Baker

Junior
BK/FL
Sarah Gaffney

Sarah Gaffney

Junior
FR
Emily Nicastro

Emily Nicastro

Sophomore
FL/IM
Kelsey Smith

Kelsey Smith

Junior
IM/BR
Annie Steve

Annie Steve

Junior
BK/BR