Syracuse, N.Y. – Freshman Haley Synan (Belchertown, Mass./Belchertown) registered three first-place finishes to lead the Le Moyne College women's swimming and diving team to a 128-103 win over Nazareth College on Friday evening at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool. The men fell to the Golden Flyers, 134-105.
 
The quartet of seniors Kelsey Smith (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley), Annie Steve (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) and Alyssa Baker (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua) and sophomore Jamie Alexander (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:53.15.

Synan captured her first win of the night in the 1000-yard freestyle by over 15 seconds with a time of 11:14.07. She later was victorious in the 200-yard IM by over two seconds with a time of 2:17.24. Her third victory came in the 100-yard butterfly, where she won by 0.24 seconds with a time of 1:01.37.

Sophomore Haley Decker (Vernon, N.Y./Vernon-Verona-Sherrill) turned in two victories on the evening. She won the 200-yard freestyle by over 5.5 seconds by posting a time of 2:01.91. She also claimed the 500-yard freestyle by over 9.5 seconds with a time of 5:28.09.

Smith also claimed a pair of victories on the evening. She registered a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke by over four seconds by touching the wall in 1:00.35. She closed out the individual portion of the meet by winning the 100-yard breaststroke by one second in 1:07.81.

The team of sophomores Nicholas Buff (Latham, N.Y./Shaker), Michael Dierolf (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) and Matthew Walton (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) and senior Travis May (Mount Kisco, N.Y./Fox Lane) started off the men's portion of the meet by claiming the 200-yard medley relay in 1:37.68.

Freshman Austin Richardson (Oswego, N.Y./Oswego) won the 1000-yard freestyle by over nine seconds by touching the wall in 10:14.20.

Senior Andy Raiola (Brooklyn, N.Y./Xavier) topped the field in the 200-yard freestyle by almost three seconds with a time of 1:47.12.

May earned the win in the 100-yard butterfly by over two seconds with a time of 51.71 seconds.

May, Raiola and Walton teamed with freshman Nathan Gdula (Warners, N.Y./West Genesee) to win the meet-ending 200-yard freestyle relay in a season-best 1:27.96.

The Dolphins, who honored the 11-member senior class (Baker, Smith, Steve, May, Raiola, Madison Allen, Calee Coleman, Sarah Gaffney, Lindsey Wright, Evan Davis and Pat McCormick) prior to the beginning of the meet, close out the regular season next Saturday at SUNY Cortland at 1:00 p.m.