Niagara Falls, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams traveled to take on Niagara University in a pair of dual meets on Saturday afternoon. The men's team fell to the Purple Eagles, 68-194, while the women's squad dropped the contest, 63-199.
Women's Squad:
The 200 medley relay team of freshman Selena Snow (Ijamsville, Md. / Oakdale), junior Madeleine O'Dea (Milton, O.N. / Milton District), senior Brooke Sommo (Guilderland, N.Y. / Guilderland), and junior Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y. / Bethlehem) placed second with a time of 1:51.75.
Freshman Sophia Stinnett (Hillsborough, N.C. / Cedar Ridge) took third in the 200-meter freestyle with a final time of 2:01.85 while placing third in the 500-yard freestyle with a final time of 5:25.29.
O'Dea came in first in the 100-meter breaststroke event with a final time of 1:07.20 while freshman Katelin Fawcett (Littleton, Colo. / Thunderridge) took third, coming in at the 1:09.17 mark. O'Dea added a second place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke with a final time of 2:27.56.
Fawcett added a second place finish in the 200-meter IM, coming in at the 2:14.04 mark.
Bigwarfe finished third in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 25.24.
Sommo came in at the 2:15.13 mark in the 200-meter backstroke, placing her third in the event.
Freshman Shea Gillespie (Oro Medonte, O.N. / St. Joseph's) earned second place in the 100-meter butterfly with a final time of 1:01.76.
Men's Team:
The 200 medley relay squad consisting of freshman Owen Daniels (Rhinebeck, N.Y. / Redhook), sophomore Lucas Clay (Baldwinsville, N.Y. /C.W. Baker), sophomore Alexander Pilieci (Ottawa, O.N. / John McCrae), and senior Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y. / Hilton) took second in the event, coming in at the 1:34.23 mark.
Sophomore Michael White Jr. (Baldwinsville, N.Y. / C.W. Baker) earned third place in the 200-meter freestyle with a final time of 1:45.44 before taking third once more in the 500-meter freestyle, coming in at 4:59.11.
Clay earned first place in the 100-meter breaststroke with a final time of 56.66, while taking second in the 200-meter breaststroke after coming in at the 2:04.95 mark.
Pilieci came away with second place finishes in both the 100 and 200-meter butterfly events, finishing with final times of 51.65 and 1:55.88, respectively.
Enser took first place in the 50-meter freestyle, coming in at the 21.74 mark.
Junior Michael Han (Auckland, N.Z. / Pakuranga College) placed third in the 100-meter freestyle event with a final time of 48.21.
What's Next:
The Dolphins will compete in Rochester, N.Y. as they take on Roberts Wesleyan University in another pair of dual meets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1.