SUNY New Paltz Claims Pair Against Mount Saint Mary

NEWBURGH – SUNY New Paltz Swimming took down both the men and the women of Mount Saint Mary College.

SUNY New Paltz Press Release

The State University of New York at New Paltz men’s swimming team won eight of 11 events en route to knocking off Mount Saint Mary College, 127-69, Friday night at Kaplan Center Pool.

Senior Jack Spader (Larchmont, N.Y./Mamaroneck) and freshman Chad Plante (Naples, N.Y./Naples) each won two individual events. Spader touched first in the 200 freestyle (1:53.48) and the 200 backstroke (2:12.05), while Plante paced the field in the 400 individual medley (4:49.15) and the 200 breaststroke (2:29.00).

New Paltz rises to 3-2 with the victory and next hosts SUNY Oneonta tomorrow at 1 p.m. in its final home meet of the year. Mount Saint Mary falls to 6-5 with the loss and will spend the next week gearing up for the Skyline Conference Championships, which run from Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31.

The Hawks posted wins in each of the relay events. The 400 medley relay contingent of freshman Caleb Treadwell (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland), sophomore Matt Alfultis (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) and freshmen Colin Duell (Glens Falls, N.Y./Glens Falls) and Tyler Newman (New Hartford, N.Y./New Hartford) charted the winning time of 3:58.18, while the 400 freestyle relay team of junior Will Koenig (Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley), sophomore Luke Zenir (Cherry Valley, N.Y./Cooperstown Central), Treadwell and junior Ryan Lindgren (Hurley, N.Y./Kingston) posted the top standard of 3:21.76 in the final event of the meet.

In addition to Spader and Plante, sophomore Rob Cahn (Bellmore, N.Y./John F. Kennedy) and Newman registered individual victories. Cahn led a 1-2 New Paltz finish in the 200 butterfly (2:10.65), while Newman also keyed a 1-2 result for the Hawks, doing so in the 100 freestyle (51.26).

Second-place finishes came from freshman Brett Pinsky (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy) in the 1,000 freestyle (11:51.45), junior Ethan Cooke (Middletown, Conn./Middletown) in the 50 freestyle (23.72) and the 100 freestyle (51.40), junior Rod Taskindoust (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown North) in the 200 butterfly (2:13.31), freshman Jay Czerwinski (Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury) in the 500 freestyle (5:21.60) and junior Tom Anderson (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.81).

The State University of New York at New Paltz women’s swimming team won both relays and added five individual event victories in a 115-87 win over Mount Saint Mary College Friday night at Kaplan Center Pool.

Freshman Molly McCulloch (Rome, N.Y./Holland Patent) was a double event winner for the Hawks, taking first in both the 50 freestyle (25.76) and the 100 freestyle (56.62).

New Paltz rises to 5-0 in dual meets with the win and faces perhaps its toughest test yet this season tomorrow when it hosts SUNY Oneonta at 1 p.m. in its final home meet of the year. Mount Saint Mary falls to 9-3 with the loss and will spend the next week gearing up for the Skyline Conference Championships, which run from Friday-Saturday, Jan. 30-31.

The Hawks set the tone of the meet early with a victory in the 400 medley relay, as the foursome of juniors Cassidy Griger (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown Central), Krista VerMeersch (Newark, N.Y./Newark) and Ella Graffin (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) and sophomore Kyrstin Gallagher (Walden, N.Y./Valley Central) charted a winning time of 4:18.79 in the opening event. New Paltz also closed the meet strong, winning by more than 10 seconds in the 400 freestyle relay; the Hawks’ quartet of Griger, sophomore Aimee Del Favero (Auburn, N.Y./Home School), senior Samantha Granan (Hyde Park, N.Y./Franklin D. Roosevelt) and junior Maggie Heaton (New Milford, Conn./New Milford) posted the top standard of 3:49.60 in the event.

Granan clocked the winning time in the 200 freestyle (2:05.43), freshman Megan Joseph (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) touched first in the 400 individual medley (4:54.12) and senior Rachael Cummings (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro) placed first in the 200 butterfly (2:30.94).

Second-place performances came from sophomore Ann Fici (Hauppauge, N.Y./Hauppauge) in the 400 individual medley (5:08.00), Graffin in the 100 freestyle (57.00) and freshman Lindsay Feminella (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph by-the-Sea) in the 500 freestyle (5:43.17).

Mount Saint Mary Press Release

The Mount Saint Mary College men’s and women’s swimming teams honored their two seniors, Jason Lorch (Plainview, N.Y.) and Danielle Rodriguez (Highland, N.Y.), in a Senior Night ceremony prior to Friday evening’s meet against the State University of New York at New Paltz. The New Paltz men beat the Knight men, 127-69, while the Hawk women defeated the Knight women, 115-87. The MSMC men’s team falls to 6-5 overall, while the women dropped to 9-3 on the season.

Lorch set season-low times of 23.98 in the 50-yard freestyle, and 54.14 in the 100-yard freestyle Friday evening. Rodriguez just missed a season-best time in the 50-yard freestyle, as she took second at 26.77. She missed her best time in the 100-yard freestyle by less than a second with a time of 1:00.45.

The Knight women bounced back from a defeat in the 400-yard medley relay to start the day by following it up with a first, second, third finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Sophomore Jessica Daigle (Trumbull, Conn.) touched first at 11:43.88, then freshman Rachael Stone (Wallingford, Conn.) took second at 11:52.45, and freshman Jessica McClure (West Haven, Conn.) finished third at 12:15.37. In the next women’s event, junior Lauren Becerra (White Plains, N.Y.) was narrowly edged out by New Paltz’s Samantha Granan for the top time, touching in 2:05.49 to miss first place by 0.06.

Becerra recovered later in the evening to win the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:36.63. Daigle finished fourth in the same event, but set her best time of the season at 5:43.53. The Knights had a nice showing in the 200-yard backstroke, as freshman Kate Bell (Wilton, Conn.) and sophomore Regina Zeoli (Washingtonville, N.Y.) took first and second with times of 2:24.67 and 2:26.49, respectively. Both times were season-lows for Bell and Zeoli.

Junior Christopher Sagan (West Hempstead, N.Y.), fresh off back-to-back Skyline Conference Men’s Swimmer of the Week awards, had another solid meet for the Knights. He started his evening with a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:20.46, beating his previous season-best by more than 12 seconds. He also set his best time of the year in the 500-yard freestyle at 5:31.62 to place third, but freshman Ryan Ward (Brooklyn, N.Y.) took first with a season-low time of 5:20.31.

Freshman Jake Schoenherr (Scarsdale, N.Y.) took first place in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.56. He set a personal-best time of 51.78 in the 100-yard freestyle later in the evening to take third in the event. The relay team of Ward, Schoenherr, junior Sam Watson (Groton, Conn.) and Lorch set a new season-best at 3:29.33 in the 400-yard freestyle relay to take second place.

Saturday’s scheduled dual-meet against Lehman College was canceled due to the expected snow storm. Therefore, the Knights will next swim on Friday, Jan. 30, at the Skyline Conference Championship meet, hosted by Maritime College. Friday’s portion of the event will begin at 6:30 p.m., and then continue on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 12 p.m.

Mount Saint Mary vs. SUNY New Paltz Dual Meet – Results

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