Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's swimming team collected eight event victories but fell to Rowan University 146-116 in dual-meet action Saturday afternoon.
Stevens opened and closed the meet with relay victories, while
Delaney Klaus and
Eszter Kiss each earned a pair of individual wins.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Ducks opened the meet with a victory in the 200-yard medley relay as Klaus,
Ashley Settle,
Samantha Gallo and
Caitlyn Baum combined for a time of 1:52.20, edging Rowan's top quartet by .74 seconds. After a second-place finish of 11:19.29 by
Dora Dvorkin in the 1,000-yard freestyle, Kiss picked up Stevens' first individual victory of the afternoon in the 200-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 2:00.25.
Julia McKinley added a fifth-place finish in 2:08.72. Klaus followed with a victory in the 100-yard backstroke, finishing in 1:00.11, nearly four seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Hanna Matheson gave Stevens another nine points with a first-place performance in the 200-yard butterfly, clocking in at 2:16.48. Gallo placed fourth in 2:22.52. The Ducks claimed the top two spots in the 50-yard freestyle, with Baum touching first in 25.73 and Kiss following just .19 seconds later in 25.92. Baum later added a runner-up finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.42.
Klaus completed her individual sweep of the backstroke events with a winning time of 2:13.03 in the 200-yard backstroke. Jessica Devito placed fifth in 2:23.94, with
Abigail Rosingana following in sixth at 2:24.35. Dvorkin tallied a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:35.35.
Kiss earned her second individual victory in the 500-yard freestyle, touching in 5:21.64, three seconds ahead of the runner-up. McKinley added a fifth-place showing in 5:45.62. Matheson closed out the individual top performances with a third-place finish of 2:22.07 in the 200-yard individual medley, with
Allie Halverson behind her in fifth at 2:30.28.
Stevens finished the meet strong with another relay victory as Klaus, Kiss, Gallo and Baum combined to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:42.46, more than two seconds ahead of Rowan's top entry.
UP NEXT
The Ducks visit Kean University on Oct. 23, with the action getting underway in Union, N.J., at 6 p.m.
