Women’s Swimming & Diving Victorious Against TCNJ on Senior Day, 180-118

Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State Women's Swimming & Diving team (10-2) honored their eight seniors before the meet and were victorious in their final dual meet of the season against TCNJ, 180-118

HOW IT HAPPENED

Before the meet began, the Red Hawks honored their seniors SARAH BENT, ABBY BROCK, SADIE CRISPELL, SARAH FONDACARO, SOPHIA SHOPOVICK, Julianna Skopp-Cardillo, JULIE TIEDEMANN, and JULIA WEINREB for their contributions to the program in and out of the pool.
The Red Hawks were led by MARIANNE TASSINARI, who collected three first-place finishes on the afternoon. She touched the wall first in the 200 free (2:01.44), 200 breast (2:29.98), and 200 IM (2:14.02).
ROURKE PERALTA and Tiedemann each collected a pair of individual wins. Peralta notched wins in the 50 free (24.27) and 100 free (54.81) while Tiedemann won the 500 free (5:25.00) and 1000 free (10:57.84).
MADELINE ROGERS also found a duo of individual wins on the afternoon when she clocked a 100 fly time of 1:01.70 and a 200 fly time of 2:18.53.
Montclair also notched a win in the 200 medley relay. The quartet of Shopovick, Brock, Rogers, and Peralta clocked a 1:51.21 en route to winning the event.
In diving, the Red Hawks were led by AUDREY HITCHENS, who placed fifth with a score of 142.35. Following her in sixth was OLIVIA SALMONS who notched a score of 136.55

FROM THE POOL

"Today's win was a great way to send off our seniors. The energy in the building was incredible and our women fed off it. A perfect end to a dual meet season they can all be proud of when looking back" Head Coach Brian McLaughlin

UP NEXT

Montclair State University will have a few weeks to prepare before the four-day NJAC Championships down in Hampton, Virginia. The first day of the conference championship meet will be on Thursday, February 13.

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Players Mentioned

Sarah Bent: Senior; SJAC

Abby Brock: Senior; Pacers Aquatic Club

Sadie Crispell: Senior; Egg Harbor Twp Seahawks

Audrey Hitchens: Junior; Fanny Chapman Diving Team

Rourke Peralta: Junior; Hunterdon County YMCA

Madeline Rogers: 5' 7"; Junior; Greater Somerset County YMCA

Olivia Salmons: Sophomore; Sunnybrook Swim Club Diving Team

Sophia Shopovick: 5' 7"; Senior; YWCA Middies

Marianne Tassinari: Sophomore; Pocono Family YMCA

Julie Tiedemann: Senior; YWCA Middies

Players Mentioned

Sarah Bent
: Senior; SJAC

Abby Brock
: Senior; Pacers Aquatic Club

Sadie Crispell
: Senior; Egg Harbor Twp Seahawks

Audrey Hitchens
: Junior; Fanny Chapman Diving Team

Rourke Peralta
: Junior; Hunterdon County YMCA

Madeline Rogers
: 5' 7"; Junior; Greater Somerset County YMCA

Olivia Salmons
: Sophomore; Sunnybrook Swim Club Diving Team

Sophia Shopovick
: 5' 7"; Senior; YWCA Middies

Marianne Tassinari
: Sophomore; Pocono Family YMCA

Julie Tiedemann
: Senior; YWCA Middies