UConn Closes Dual Meet Seasons With Wins Over CCSU, UNH

UConn vs CCSU

• Friday, January 27, 2023
• Storrs, CT
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Score: UConn 188, CCSU 111

UConn vs New Hampshire

• Saturday, January 28, 2023
• Storrs, CT
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results
• Team Score: UConn 186, UNH 114

Courtesy: UConn Athletics

Storrs, CT – The University of Connecticut women’s swimming and diving team defeated both Central Connecticut State University and the University of New Hampshire in a home dual meet this weekend with final scores of 188-111 and 186-114 respectively. The team is now undefeated in dual meets this season, a program first.

“The more intensive dual meet format will help prepare the team for competition later this month. Mia Galat said, “Our Coach gave us a really good talk about how we need our mindset right for back-to-back sessions since that’s what conference will be like.”

The talk seemed to work as strong performances from Mia and the team resulted in dominant wins across several events. UNH had previously bested the Huskies in Durham, NH last season by a score of 158-142. The Huskies responded with strength. Ella Epes, who placed high in Butterfly events and 400 Free relay said, “We knew they were going to be tough opponents and had a very strong season but so have we. We are hungrier than ever for a conference title right now. We knew that staying strong together through this meet as we’ve done for every other meet would result in the strongest results possible and that’s what we did.”

On her first place 100y Butterfly finish, Epes said, “I was really just trying to stay strong. We were coming off a meet last night that was a huge success but at the end of the day it’s about who is the hungriest.” On preparing for next week’s meet and the Big East championship she said, “We definitely have things we need to work on, it’s all about the minor details at the end of the day. That’s what we’ll continue to work on these last few weeks leading to conference.”

Up Next – The Huskies approach conference and their last home meet with winning momentum. They host Providence College in their final home meet of the season February 4^th.

Courtesy: CCSU Athletics

The Central Connecticut swimming and diving team took to the road for a dual meet for the final time Friday evening. The Blue Devils fell 188-111 the UConn

CCSU will host Senior Day, versus URI, at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 28th.

• Abbey Keane continued her strong distance performances, coming from behind over the last 300 yards to win the 1,000 freestyle, 10:32.96
• Taylor Demarest placed third in the 1,000, swimming a time of 10:58.13
• Katie Czulewicz gave the Blue Devils a win in the 200 free, touching at 1:52.99, with Shannon Welcome third at 1:55.57
• Cassidy Stotler and Ella Discala went 1-2 in the 100 breaststroke, with swims of 1:04.90 and 1:06.33
• Gabi Wroblewski came from 0.5 seconds behind in the final 50 to win the 200 fly at 2:08.52
• Welcome placed second in the 500 free at 5:11.92, while Czulewicz was second in the 100 frestyle, at 53.28
• Cassidy Stotler touched second in the 200 IM, wimming a 2:09.72
• Jewelle Maziarz was the Blue Devils top finisher on both boards
• The Blue Devils won the 200 free relay comprised of Kelly Stotler, Welcome, Czulewicz and Gabby Spaciano with a swim of 1:38.79

Courtesy: UNH Athletics

• New Hampshire returns to action Feb. 22-25 at the 2023 America East Championships at the WPI Sports & Recreation Center (Worcester, Mass.).
• The Wildcats have won three consecutive conference titles.
• America East Championship home page

• Senior Jamy Lum (Honolulu, Hawaii) was fastest in the 200 breaststroke with a winning time of 2:21.30. She also swam to a second-place finish in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.25.
• The Wildcats finished 2-3-4 in the 1,000 free. Junior Hannah Devine (Hamilton, N.J.) was the top ‘Cat in 10:30.80 and was followed by freshman Carolyn Nelson (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) in 10:37.667 and senior Paige Edmier (Bartlett, Ill.) in 1038.18.
• Devine and Edmier went on to place second and third, respectively, in the 500 free with times of 5:12.50 and 5:14.25.
• In the 200 free, Pradissitto out-touched McKinney at the wall to earn second place with a time of 1:55.66. McKinney was clocked in 1:55.75.
• Senior Madison Linstedt (Marion, Ohio) recorded a second-place effort of 2:07.96 in the 200 butterfly.
• Freshman Ella Guilfoil (Fairport, N.Y.) was runner-up in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:11.32.
• The quartet of grad student Shelby Kasse (Hoofddorp, Netherlands), Lum, Pradissitto and Mahoney opened the meet with a second-place time of 1:47.60 in the 200 medley relay.

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