Maryland-Baltimore County vs. Bucknell

LEWISBURG, Pennsylvania, October 1. SOPHOMORE Kelly Pontecorvo and freshmen Katie Hetherington and Lauren Perry were each double winners for the Bison as the Bucknell women's swimming and diving team opened its 2011-12 season with a non-scored dual meet against UMBC Saturday afternoon at Kinney Natatorium. Six different Bison combined for nine first-place finishes in the meet's 22 events.

In addition to the two double-winner freshmen, another rookie made her mark in the pool as Stephanie Koziol moved into the program's 400 individual medley top-10 list with a time of 4 minutes, 29.44 seconds, en route to one of her two runner-up finishes in the meet.

Pontecorvo's victories came in the 500 free (5:08.09) and the 1,000 free (10:25.03), while Perry won the 100 free (53.57) and the 200 free (1:55.97). Pontecorvo also finished third in a slower heat of the 200 free, while Perry posted a second-place showing in the 50 free.

Hetherington excelled off both diving boards in her first collegiate meet. She won the one-meter with a score of 264.68, which is the best in program history by more than six points. She scored a 252.53 off the three-meter, which ranks fourth on the all-time list. Another freshman, Tara Boyle, finished second in both disciplines behind Hetherington and she worked her way onto both top-10 lists as well. Boyle scored a 223.80 off the one-meter, good for ninth all-time, while her 236.25 off the three-meter lists her sixth.

Emily Wright (50 free), Marisa Taddeo (50 back) and Kaitlyn Sweeney (100 fly) rounded out the list of Bison winners.

Saturday's season-opening meet featured a different lineup of events than a typical dual meet.
Bucknell will be idle until Oct. 22 when it will host George Washington in a scored meet. The meet will begin at 1 p.m. inside Kinney Natatorium.

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