Massachusetts Swim And Dive Falls To Fordham On Senior Day

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts men's and women's swimming and diving fell to the Fordham Rams at Saturday's final regular season meet of the 2022-23 campaign.

On The Podium
For the women, Shreeya Sinha scored 243.45 in the 3-meter dive to take third place on the day. The 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Megan Mitchell, Maggie Desmond, Summer Pierce, and Caroline Mahoney captured second place in 1:45.98, while the team consisting of Bri Williams, Olivia Mozoki, Ashley Calderon, and Kirsten Ardis took third in 1:48.60. Anna Kwon was the third swimmer to finish the 200-yard freestyle race, recording a time of 1:55.30. In the 200-yard butterfly, Beatriz Olivieri finished in second place (2:04.69), while Pierce followed in third place (2:05.85). Pierce also recorded a podium finish in the 100-yard butterfly, swimming to third place in 57.96. Ardis joined the Minutewomen on the podium with her third-place 50-yard freestyle finish of 24.94 seconds. Desmond took second place in the 100-yard freestyle in 52.78 seconds, as well as third place in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.64. Mozoki earned a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.98), while M. Mitchell captured second place in the 200-yard backstroke (2:02.23). The Minutewomen 200-yard freestyle relay team of Katie Mitchell, M. Mitchell, Williams, and McKenna Johnson swam a 1:40.72 in the event, good for third place. Calderon was the runner-up in the 100-yard butterfly in 57.25, while Bella Snyder took third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:47.95.

For the men, Tommy Cotner recorded two runner-up finishes in the dives, recording a 300.68 in the 3-meter dive and a 317.25 in the 1-meter dive. Cotner's 3-meter dive score makes him No. 7 all-time in program history in the event. In the 200-yard medley relay, the team consisting of Jamie MacDonald, Jack Artis, Grant Beebe, and Sammy Quigg swam a 1:32.83, good for second place. The relay team of Noah Witt, Freddie Borg, Charles Blanc, and Juan Montori finished closely behind in third place, swimming the event in 1:35.71. Beebe recorded another podium finish on the day, taking third place in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.77 seconds. MacDonald took two second place finishes in both the 200-yard IM (1:54.30) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:53.88). Sam Haddad raced to third in the 200-yard IM in 1:56.36. Beau Bengston captured second place in the 100-yard backstroke, swimming the event in 52.51 seconds. Borg was the runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke on the day, recording a time of 58.64 seconds. Quigg also recorded a pair of runner-up finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (21.25) and the 100-yard freestyle (46.89). Artis took second place in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:09.49. Eric Eastham and Emerson Kiefer placed second and third in the 200-yard freestyle, clocking in at 1:42.91 and 1:42.99, respectively. In the 500-yard freestyle, Colby Vieira took second place (4:48.84) and Tyler Roethke (4:49.95) captured third place to complete the podium sweep for the event in combination with Kiefer's winning of the event. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Beebe, Montori, Blanc, and Quigg were the runners-up in the event, clocking a time of 1:24.86.

Top Finishes
Emma Petrovich was victorious in the 1-meter dive, recording a score of 264.45. Olivieri recorded two first-place, season-best finishes in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.51) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.92). Mahoney also took first in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.07) and 100-yard freestyle (52.00) on the day. M. Mitchell was the winner of the 100-yard backstroke race, swimming a time of 57.01. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Desmond, Calderon, Ardis, and Mahoney swam to first place in 1:35.87.

Andrew Bell swept the 1-meter and 3-meter dives on the weekend, recording personal best scores in both events. Bell scored a 364.73 in the 3-meter dive, good for the top score in the conference and a bettered No. 2 all-time record in program history, as well as a 331.80 in the 1-meter dive, good for a bettered No. 3 all-time record in program history. Jake Bailey was victorious in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9:52.44. Artis was victorious in the 100-yard breaststroke in 57.80 seconds. In the 200-yard backstroke, Eastham raced to first in 1:52.88. Sam Haddad won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:08.53, while Kiefer captured first in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:45.82.

Team Results
The Minutemen were narrowly defeated by the Rams by a score of 148 to 145, while the Minutewomen fell to the Rams by a score of 164 to 136.

Next Up
Massachusetts returns to the pool for the final time this season on Feb. 15-18 as they head to Geneva, Ohio for the Atlantic 10 Championship held at the SPIRE Institute.

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Players Mentioned

Kirsten Ardis

Jack Artis

Jake Bailey

Grant Beebe

Andrew Bell

Beau Bengston

Charles Blanc

Freddie Borg

Ashley Calderon

Tommy Cotner

Maggie Desmond

Eric Eastham

Sam Haddad

McKenna Johnson

Emerson Kiefer

Anna Kwon

Jamie MacDonald

Caroline Mahoney

Katie Mitchell

Megan Mitchell

Juan Montori

Olivia Mozoki

Beatriz Olivieri

Emma Petrovich

Summer Pierce

Sammy Quigg

Tyler Roethke

Shreeya Sinha

Bella Snyder

Colby Vieira

Bri Williams

Noah Witt

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