Women's Swimming and Diving | November 2, 2018
PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle University women's swimming & diving team won nine events in a dual meet against Atlantic 10 foe Rhode Island on Friday.
Freshman
Phoebe Shaya continued the stellar beginning to open her collegiate career, earning victories in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Classmates
Anne Moser and
Sara Rizzetto also impressed, each coming away with multiple wins. The team competition came down to the final event, with Rhode Island narrowly beating the Explorers in the 200 free relay to win the meet, 151-148.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Moser started off the individual events of the meet with a resounding win in the 1,000 free, as she bested URI's Keely Hemminger by over 13 seconds.
- Rizzetto followed with victory in the 200 free, touching just over a second in front of second-place Sarah Wyatt.
- Senior Olivia DiStefano made a three straight with a first-place finish in the 100 back.
- Junior Emily Wolbert was the fourth different winner for the Explorers, as she swam the 200 fly in 2:08.99.
- Shaya led a 1-2-3 finish for La Salle in the three-meter dive, which also featured sophomore Julie D'Amore (2nd) and freshman Kaitlyn Smykowski.
- Later in the meet, Rizzetto won the 200 back, junior Carrie Horan took first in the 200 back and Moser completed the distance double with a win in the 500 free.
- With the Explorers leading 144-138, the 200 free relay saw the Rams four-person team finish in a time of 1:38.91, beating the La Salle team by 43 hundredths of a second.
UP NEXT
- The Explorers return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 7 with a meet against Penn at Kirk Pool.
