Cortland, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed out the regular season on Saturday against SUNY Cortland at Harriet Holsten Pool. The Red Dragons swept the meet, taking the women's portion, 180.5-117.5, and the men's side, 181-112.

"The meet today ended a 10-day period with four swim meets," said head coach Adam Zaczkowski '04. "It's hard to sustain a level of continued results and today was a culmination of that. The mental toughness never wavered, but our bodies are tired. The Red Dragon squad is a capable opponent and tested us in every facet today. We were good in so many ways, we just ran out of gas. We are looking forward to regrouping, resting and tapering for the Northeast-10 Conference meet in 19 days. We've put in the work and the results will be there. I'm so proud of the Le Moyne men and women. They always rise to the task, whether meet or training, and the end result will be fantastic."
 
The women's quartet of senior Genevieve Kikukawa (Kalaupapa, Hawaii/University Laboratory School), sophomore Ella Kaback (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem), senior Caitlyn Longway (Sauquoit, N.Y./Sauquoit Valley) and redshirt sophomore Lily Buchholz (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay by over one and one-half seconds with a time of 1:55.16.

Redshirt sophomore MaryLauren Burke (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton) was victorious in the 100-yard backstroke by almost two seconds with a time of 1:01.86.

Kikukawa won the 50-yard freestyle by just 0.02 seconds by touching the wall in 26.30 seconds.

Sophomore Hannah Kellogg (Cazenovia, N.Y./Chittenango) claimed the 100-yard freestyle by 0.18 seconds with a time of 58.09 seconds.

Buchholz topped the field in the 500-yard freestyle by over five seconds with a time of 5:36.57.

Senior Charles Morris (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) earned the first win of the day for the men's team with a time of 21.85 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle to win by almost one second.

Sophomore Belal Aly (Syracuse, N.Y./PSAL at Fowler) was victorious in the 100-yard freestyle by 0.17 seconds with a mark of 49.11 seconds.

Sophomore Dominic Fratto (Waterloo, N.Y./Waterloo) earned first-place points in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.15 seconds.

Morris, redshirt sophomore Logan Bronecki (Hemlock, N.Y./Livonia), freshman Keegan Stafford (Charlton, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and Aly won the meet-ending 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:16.56.

The Dolphins return to the pool at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, which will be held February 9-12 at WPI in Worcester, Mass.