Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State swimming and diving teams return home to face Saint Peter's University and Kean University on Saturday.
MEET INFO
Both teams battle the Peacocks at 1:00 pm, while the women's team faces Kean inside the Panzer Pool.
LAST TIME OUT
The women's side moved to 4-1 as they topped Staten Island 171-56 but fell 106-99 against Felician on Saturday.
ROURKE PERALTA and
CATTY GEYER earned wins as
JULIE TIEDEMANN posted a pair of second-place times. On the men's side,
RYAN KAPPES and
LUCAS GOMES won a pair of events with
DENNIS DELARGY and
SPENSER DUBOIS picking up a victory in the 122-90 triumph over CSI.
SERIES HISTORY
The Montclair men are 11-8 against Saint Peter's and have notched two consecutive wins in the series. They met yearly from 2010 – 2017 but have not met since October 7, 2016. The women's team is 15-5 against the Peacocks and has tallied two straight wins versus their in-state rivals. The Red Hawks' women's team is 31-3 against the Cougars but had their 18-meet winning streak snapped last November. Montclair is a perfect 13-0 inside the Panzer Pool.
LAST MEETING
The women's team downed Saint Peter's 133-61 on October 7, 2016, while the men's team notched a 133-61 triumph over the Peacocks. Montclair fell 155-107 to Kean on November 12, 2022. The Red Hawks took second in the 200-medley relay as
SOPHIA SHOPOVICK,
ABBY BROCK,
CATTY GEYER, and
ROURKE PERALTA clocked in at 1:53.45.
ERIN BARRETT,
LILI SHAY,
JULIET DI PASQUALE, and
AVA MAFFUCCI was third in 1:58.29.
JULIE TIEDEMANN notched a first-place time in the 1,000-freestyle (11:14.58) as Brock and Shay went 2-3 in the 100-breaststroke. Peralta notched a victory in the 50-free (25.1) before placing second in the 100-free (55.44). Shopovick was second in the 200-back in 2:15.82 before Brock was second in the 200-breast (2:36.83) Tiedemann notched her second victory of the day in the 500-freestyle, touching the wall in 5:25.59. Geyer placed second in the 200-IM before the quarter of
JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO,
KATE CIPOLETTI, Shopovick, and Tiedemann, who were second in the 400-free relay (3:53.05).
UP NEXT
Montclair heads to Gettysburg, Pa., on December 1-2 for the two-day Gettysburg Swimming Invitational.
