PITTSBURGH, Penn, January 7. FOR the first time since the 1997-98 season, the Princeton Tigers were on the losing end of a dual meet score, falling to Pittsburgh by a score of 165-135 at Trees Pool on Monday afternoon. The Panthers ended the Tigers' winning streak and bettered their own season record to 4-1.<\/p>\n
Despite losing 30 of 38 points in the two diving events to the Tigers, Pittsburgh battled back to win 157 of a possible 262 points in the swimming events to register the victory. Michelle Demond of Princeton won both diving events with scores of 293.78 on the 1-meter board and 258.07 points in the 3-meter competition.<\/p>\n
Things started out very well for the Pittsburgh swimmers as the 200 medley relay team of Andrea Shoust (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario\/White Pines C & VS), Ryan Redman (Pittsburgh, Pa.\/North Hills), Kelli Tielking (Damascus, Md.\/Gaithersburg) and Jenny Livingstone (Endwell, N.Y.\/Union-Endicott) won with a time of 1:44.60, over two seconds better than Princeton's top team. The Tigers dominated the distance freestyle events with a 1-2-3 finishes in the 1000 and a 15-4 point advantage in the 500. Libby Engelmeier won the 1000 free with a time of 10:17.93 for the Tigers and won the 500 as well with a time of 5:03.48.<\/p>\n
Senior Carolyne Savini (Egg Harbor Twp., N.J.\/Holy Spirit) earned the first of two individual victories in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.92. Her time was seven-tenths of a second better than teammate Kristin Brown (East Berlin, Pa.\/Bermudian Springs). Kitsie Kerner of Princeton picked up another victory for Princeton in the 100 backstroke, edging Shoust by four-hundredths of a second, 58.10 to 58.14.<\/p>\n
Redman started a streak of Panthers' victories in the 100 breaststroke, touching in at 1:04.59 to defeat Stephanie Hsiao of Princeton by nearly a half of a second. Sophomore Amy Miteff (Wellington, Fla.\/Wellington) then won the 200 butterfly for the Panthers with a time of 2:06.33, edging Eileen Altenburger of Princeton by just 0.06 seconds. In the 50 freestyle, Livingstone headed a 1-2 finish by winning in 24.40 seconds, followed by Kelly Redcay (Reading, Pa.\/Wilson) with a time of 24.61 seconds.<\/p>\n
Brown added a first-place finish in the 100 free to her second-place time in the 200 free, winning the event with a time of 52.40 seconds. She was followed by Livingstone with a time of 52.89 seconds. Savini won her second race in the 200 backstroke, finishing 0.76 seconds ahead of Shoust for another 1-2 finish by the Panthers. Then, in one of the more exciting finishes in the meet, senior Sarah Grant (Simi Valley, Calif.\/Seneca Valley) touched in with a personal-best and team season-best time of 2:22.56, defeating Lauren Rossi of Princeton by 0.47 seconds. Grant came into the meet ranked fourth on the Panthers in the event but earned the nine points for Pittsburgh on Monday.<\/p>\n
Tielking won the 100 butterfly for the Panthers with a time of 56.81 seconds, almost a second and a half faster than Kelly Hannigan of Princeton, the second-place finisher. In the 200 IM, Savini notched a third individual victory with a time of 2:08.19, just 0.03 seconds faster than teammate Jennifer Koch (Cincinnati, Ohio\/Mother of Mercy). In the meet's final event, the 400 freestyle relay team of Brown, Livingstone, Redcay and Savini placed first with a time of 3:32.01, winning the event by almost a second and a half over the Tigers.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh is back in action Saturday, Jan. 10 against the rival Mountaineers in Morgantown, W.Va. The meet begins at noon. After the meet, the newly-renovated locker rooms for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams were dedicated by head coach Chuck Knoles, while fans and alumni were invited to view the rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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