Ewing, NJ – The Montclair State University women's swimming and diving team knocked off The College of New Jersey 160-126 on Saturday afternoon.
 
The Red Hawks (9-2, 4-0 NJAC) have posted nine wins for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign. They moved to 8-44-1 all-time against the Lions and notched their second straight win over their South Jersey foe.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Hawks got off to a hot start as SOPHIA SHOPOVICK, ABBY BROCK, MADELINE ROGERS, and ROURKE PERALTA won the 200-medley relay. The foursome turned in a time of 1:51.36 and won by over a second. JULIE TIEDEMANN made it consecutive victories as she clocked in at 11:02.85 in the 1,000-freestyle.
• Shopovick recorded an individual win in the 200-free (1:01.35) as JULIA WEINREB (1:02.72) and ABBY PANZARELLA (1:02.85) were right behind her. Rogers picked up a triumph in the 200-fly, touching the wall in 2:13.99 before Peralta (24.47) and JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO (25.74) went 1-2 in the 50-free.
• Peralta recorded her second individual and third victory overall in the 100-free as she picked up a time of 54.75. Shopovick matched Peralta as she claimed a win over Weinreb in the 200-back, with the two times coming within .30 seconds of each other.
• Montclair claimed the top three marks in the 200 breaststroke, led by a time of 2:31.84 from MARIANNE TASSINARI. Behind her was SADIE CRISPELL (2:33.34) and ABBY BROCK (2:34.49). Tiedemann notched her second distance win of the day, taking first in 5:23.18 in the 500-free. The Red Hawks capped off their winning ways in the 100-fly, with Rogers notching a time of 1:00.63. Peralta was behind with a mark of 1:02.01.

FROM THE POOL
"This is certainly one of our biggest meets of the year so I am happy with how we swam today. Our women bounced back from their loss last Saturday against Coast Guard with a great win today. All in all this is exactly how I hoped we would be swimming at this point of the season." - Head Coach Brian McLaughlin.

UP NEXT
The Red Hawks close out the regular season on Tuesday as they head to Wayne, NJ, for a 6 pm meet against William Paterson.