Montclair, NJ - The Montclair State University swimming and diving teams registered a sweep of Vassar College on Friday.
The women's side (3-0) down the No. 25 Brewers 164-132 as the men's team picked up their first victory of the year in a 166-107 triumph. In the women's 50-meter freestyle, sophomore ROURKE PERALTA broke the Panzer Pool record with a time of 24.24.
HOW IT HAPPENED (WOMEN'S)
- The Red Hawks opened the meet with a win in the 200-medley relay as the foursome of SOPHIA SHOPOVICK, ABBY BROCK, MADDY WISHNOW, and Peralta won by nearly three seconds with a mark of 1:51.49. JULIE TIEDEMANN notched the first individual victory of the evening as she edged her Vassar competitor by .05 seconds, winning in 2:03.18 in the 200-free.
- Shopovick (1:01.69) and ABBY PANZARELLA (1:03.1) went 1-2 in the 100-backstroke, with Brock earning a win in the 100-breaststroke with a time of 1:10.07. Peralta hit the mark midway through meet, winning by over a second.
- The sophomore made it two individual wins as she tallied a time of 54.00 in the 100-free, as JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO was second in 56.69. MARIANNE TASSINARI recorded the final individual win of the night, clocking in at 2:15.53 in the 200-IM. AUDREY HITCHENS won both sections of diving, scoring 140.55 in the first portion and 180.7 in the second.
HOW IT HAPPENED (MEN'S)
- Montclair won the meet-opening 200-medley relay as DENNIS DELARGY, SPENSER DUBOIS, LUCAS GOMES, and Matthew Dettlinger touched the wall in 1:37.56. The Red Hawks went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-free as LUCAS MIGLIN won in 10:37.58. Behind him was ANTHONY FERRARO (10:37.76) and MICHAEL WOJCIECHOWICZ (11:04.02).
- Gomes picked up first place in the 200-free (1:47.12) as Adrian Gonzales was second in 1:52.6. Dubois earned a first place time of 58.12 in the 100-breaststroke as Dettlinger was second in 1:01.99. JOHN ENGLERT (2:02.96) and TRISTAN LEE (2:09.48) claimed the top two times in the 200-fly, with Gomes adding his second victory in the 50-free (22.1).
- Dubois matched Gomes with a second win in the 100-free (49.64) as Gomes claimed a third in the 200-back (2:00.75). Behind Gomes was teammate RYAN KAPPES, who was second in 2:02.51. Miglin (5:05.61) and Ferraro (5:09.97) were 1-2 in the 500-free before JOHN MORRIS registered the final individual victory in the 200-IM as he touched the wall in 54.59.
FROM THE POOL
"Great night for both teams. Third meet in a row where we had very, very good competition. 3 hours of some very tight races. I thought our divers did a great job.Finally,Â
ROURKE PERALTA is having an incredible start to her season." - Head Coach Brian McLaughlin.
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks return to action next Saturday at the College of Staten Island. The women's team will also face Felician, with the meet starting at 1:30 pm.