Men's Swimming and Diving | January 21, 2019

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- In the second home meet in three days, the results were the same as vs. Fordham but an upward trajectory became clear. The men, continuing their rise, demolished Loyola by a score of 213-80. The women, without a win going into the meet, are still winless; however, they hung in against a Loyola team that was 5-2 entering Monday and lost by the thinnest of margins, 155-145. Sometimes it's easy to see when a team is heading in the right direction; coach Jamie Platt said as much over the weekend.

MEET NOTES

• Zachary Wolbert continued the rather crazy trend of winning every individual event he's thrown into. Against the Greyhounds, he was victorious in the 100 and 200 Fly, as well as the 200 IM; that trifecta makes it four consecutive meets where he has won three events. He also maintained the streak of taking gold in the 200 Fly at every single-competition meet this season, underlining a fantastic debut year.
• In addition to Wolbert, the Explorers had three other men with multi-event days at the pool: Daniel Johnson (500 and 1000 Free), Marcus Forsgren (100 Breast and 100 Free), and Ian Venter (100 and 200 Back). Kyle McElwee (200 Free), Norman Gregory (50 Free), and Christoff Ras (200 Breast) each emerged with one victory.
• Not to be outdone, the women had Anne Moser at the long-distance double; she touched first in the 500 and 1000 Free. Sara Rizzetto (200 Free) and Emily Wolbert (200 Fly) also had winning times to be proud of.
• The diving teams won't be getting bored of their dominance on the boards at Kirk Pool. After sweeping Fordham for the 1-meter and 3-meter a few days ago, Phoebe Shaya repeated the feat against Loyola. In fact, the women went 1-2-3 at the 3-meter with Kaitlyn Smykowski and Julie D'Amore in tow, and 1-2 on the 1-meter with Smykowski in second.
• Men's diving, meanwhile, took the trick they played against the Rams on Saturday and pulled it off to the same effect on Monday. Blake Griffith won the 1-meter with Steven Stasolla at the silver, while Stasolla claimed gold in the 3-meter with Griffith behind him. At the end of the day, not a single Loyola diver finished better than third.
• Two is better than one: La Salle completed 14 of the 32 events with at least a 1-2 finish. On four occasions they locked up the podium entirely by going 1-2-3.

UP NEXT

• The Explorers have a few days off until they take a short ride to Emmitsburg, Maryland on Saturday. There they'll take on Mount St. Mary's in a dual meet that starts at 12 p.m.