Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State University women's swimming & diving team closes out the regular season against William Paterson on Tuesday.
MEET INFO
The meet will be held in Haledon, NJ, beginning at 6 pm.
LAST TIME OUT
The Red Hawks, who topped TCNJ 160-126 on Saturday, 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.
SERIES HISTORY
Montclair is 36-14 against William Paterson and has notched 14 straight wins. The Pioneers' last victory came on February 7, 2009, as they downed Montclair 165-133.
LAST MEETING
Montclair State, who topped the Pioneers 153-58 win in their last meeting, saw
JULIE TIEDEMANN set a Panzer Pool-record of 18:26.95 in the 1,650-freestyle. After Tiedemann's victory,
ROURKE PERALTA led three Red Hawks to top times in the 200 free. The rookie clocked in at 2:03.43, with
KATE CIPOLETTI placing second (2:04.49) and
AVA MAFFUCCI third (2:08.73).
JULIANA SKOPP-CARDILLO notched a win in the 50-free (26.06) before
JULIET DI PASQUALE was victorious in the 400-IM (4:52.7). The Red Hawk divers claimed first and second in the 1-meter dive, as
AUDREY HITCHENS scored 144.9 and
EMMA BOWERS tallied a mark of 141.55.
SARAH BENT and
GIANNA ANTONELLI went 1-2 in the 100-fly, with Bent winning by .45 seconds.
CATTY GEYER notched a win in the 100-free (56.89) with
ABBY BROCK and
SOPHIA SHOPOVICK behind her.
ERIN BARRETT (100-backstroke – 1:03.42) and Skopp-Cardillo (500-freestyle – 5:37.95) capped off the swimming wins before Hitchens scored 200.05 in the second session of diving.
UP NEXT
The Red Hawks open the four-day New Jersey Athletic Conference Championship Meet on Thursday, February 15.
