GLASSBORO, N.J. (October 21, 2023) – Sophomore Natalia Brunetti had three first-place finishes, but the Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team fell to Rowan University 157-105 Saturday in a non-conference dual at the Tony Lisa Natatorium.

Fellow sophomore Adriana Bertolotti won a pair of events and had a third-place finish and senior Keenan Yates also had a first-place finish for the Ducks, who dropped to 0-2. 

Ella Pennington won three events for Rowan, who opened 1-0. The Profs have won the last four meetings between the squads to even the all-time series at four wins each. Saturday's dual was the first in Glassboro since 2015.

Individually, Brunetti touched the wall first in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly races. In the 100, the Richmond, California native finished the race in 1:02.40, while posting a winning time of 2:17.97 in the 200. She also paired with junior Kai Wong, Bertolotti and sophomore Gabby Sokolik to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:52.30. Bertolotti, meanwhile, finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.01) in addition to her performance in the 200 medley relay. Yates had the Ducks' final victory, winning the 50-yard freestyle in 25.71 seconds. Brunetti also took third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:37.82).

As a team, the Ducks won five of the 14 events and had seven second-place finishes.

Top Performers

• Wong had a pair of second-place finishes, touching the wall in the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.23). She also joined Sokolik, Yates and junior Melissa Misurelli) in claiming second in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:47.53).  
• Misurelli also took second in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 2:03.68. Wong took third in the same race, finishing in 2:04.01.
• Junior Sophie Patz had three second-place finishes, First, the Severna Park, Maryland native took second in the 100-yard breaststroke, finishing the race in 1:12.06. Then Patz took second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:14.69), before capping her day by finishing second in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:15.34.
• Sokolik took second in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:35.36.

For the Opponents

• Emma Padros, Laura Jones, and Elizabeth Jones all took home two wins apiece. Padros captured the 500 Free (5:31.38) and 1000 Free (11:20.24). Laura Jones took first in the 100 Free (55.12) and Elizabeth Jones was first in the 200 Free (2:03.51).

Around the Middle Atlantic Conference

• FDU-Florham 138, College of Staten Island 83 (Oct. 14)
• FDU-Florham 150, Mount Saint Mary (N.Y.) 37 (Oct. 14)
• Stevenson 162, Goucher 38 (Oct. 14)
• Arcadia 144, York 60 (Oct. 14)
• Lycoming 49, Albright 33 (Oct. 14)
• Misericordia 133, Arcadia 128
• Salisbury 154, Arcadia 64
• Widener 137, Albright 27
• Lycoming 115, Lebanon Valley 68
• Messiah 210, Wilkes 28
• Mount Saint Mary's (Md.) 182, Messiah 77

Coach's Comments

• "Strong day of racing by both the men's and women's teams. Rowan has very talented teams and for us to hang around in the meet and even win some events was fantastic. For the Women, Sophie Patz had a tremendous triple of racing today placing second to teammate Adriana Bertolotti in the 100 Breast, second in the 200 Backstroke and second in the 200 IM. Natalia Brunetti won both the 200 and 100 Butterflys and Keenan Yates had a tremendous win the 50 Free and was part of our 400 Free Relay that dropped over two seconds from our time against Montclair. A lot of close races didn't go our way today, but we still raced fantastically, and are looking forward to some fast swimming in the near future." – head coach Adam Schneider

Up Next

• Stevens returns to the pool one week from today for a home dual with Kean with a start time of 12 p.m. The teams have split a pair of meetings and the Oct. 28 contest will mark the first meeting between the teams at the DeBaun Aquatic Center. 

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