Iona vs Providence
- Friday, October 29, 2021
- New Rochelle, N.Y.
- Results
Courtesy: Iona Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – In an action pack meet that saw race upsets, ties, disqualifications, come from behind victories and season best times all in front of a large raucous crowd, the Iona College men’s and women’s Swimming and Diving team came away with a pair wins Friday night at the Hynes Athletics Center Pool over Providence College.
The Iona women raised their season mark to 4-1 with a hard fought 140.5 to 133.5 win as the Iona men took control late to win 147.5 to 123.5 to remain perfect on the season with a 4-0 record.
KEY PERFORMERS
The Iona women were led by three wins from Isabella Nicholson (200-free, 100-free, 200-IM) and double wins from juniors Tristan Urso (1000-Free, 500-Free) and Julia Moser (100-Breast, 200-Breast).
The Iona men had sophomore Michael Faughnan remain undefeated with 3 wins (1000-Free, 200-Free, 500-Free) and was backed up by two each from Graduate students Spencer Moran (100-Back, 200-Back) and Conor Mullin (100-Fly, 200-Fly) with a pair each. Junior Emil Bajramovic continued his strong swimming with a win in the 100-Breast.
WOMEN’S MEET
The meet started off with swim meet rarity, a tie in the Women’s 200-Medley Relay with the Iona quartet of Rebecca Sembrano, Moser, Grace Curry and Katherine Lee touching at the wall with the Providence team. The Iona women went back-and forth with Urso (1000-Free) and Nicholson (200-Fre) building a small lead. However, Providence came back with second and thirds in the races, before taking the 100-Back. The Iona women returned with what was the turning point in the meet with Moser, Megan Josephs and Kate DiRaimo going 1-2-3 in the 100-Breaststroke and backed it up with a 1-2 effort in the 200-Fly from Taylor Spillman and Isabelle Pabon.
The Friars answered with a 1-2 effort in the 50-Free, the 1-M Diving before Isabella Nicholson took the 100-Free. Providence returned with a win in 200-Back, but the Iona duo of Moser and Josephs went 1-2 200-Breast, followed by wins by Urso in the 500 and Nicholson in the 200-IM.
“Today was about every woman on the roster getting out there and contributing. We had 15 different women score today and that depth is what allowed us to win,” commented Coach Nick Cavataro.
MEN’S MEET
The Iona men were stunned in the opening 200-Medley Relay, getting touched out by .4 by the visitors, but things were snapped back by Faughnan, who repeated one of swimming’s toughest doubles, taking the 1000-Free and 200-Free in back to back races in the span of about 3:00 minutes.
“Michael is a special freestyler who enjoys the challenge of trying to do something difficult. Where his 1000-Free today was 9:54.29 and very controlled over the 40-lengths, the 200-Free was all gas with a 1:40.59 swim, which was one of our fastest regular season times ever at Iona. The big thing is that teammate Daniel Hadary chased him to a season best at 1:43.77. Both men are in a good spot right now,” commented Cavataro.
Moran (100-Back), Bajramovic (100-Breast), Mullin (200-Fly) each took the next three races before Providence’s Will Layden took the 50-Free and 100-Free to close the gap. Moran combined with David Son for a 1-2 effort in the 200-Back and Faughnan and Hadary duplicated the 200-free finish in the 500-Free. Mullin closed the winning run with a 51.05 100-Butterfly win and then the quartet of Faughnan, Moran, Aidan Holbrook and Hadary touched at 3:07.85. 5 ahead of the Friars to close-out the meet.
UP NEXT
Iona returns to action in a week as they hit the road for a conference meet with Monmouth University in New Jersey on November 5th. The meet is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start time.
Courtesy: Providence Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The Providence College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams competed at Iona on Friday, Oct. 29 in New Rochelle, N.Y. The men’s team fell to the Gaels, 147.5-123.5. The women’s team lost by just seven points to Iona, 140.5-133.5.
On the women’s side, Sally Alrutz paced the Friars with three individual first-place finishes and also swam the first leg of the winning 200-yard medley relay team. Her victories came in the 100-yard backstroke (59.68), 200-yard backstroke (2:08.99) and 100-yard butterfly (59.98). In the medley relay victory, she teamed up with Hannah Weber, Liliana Dimmig and Taylor Loud and the squad completed the event in a time of 1:46.00.
The Friars also got a first place finish from Taylor Loud in the women’s 50-yard freestyle (25.19). Courtney Reilly took second in the event with a time of 25.48. Loud later anchored the Friars’ win in the 400-yrd freestyle relay, with the help of Reilly, Jennifer Bankes and Grack Erickson (3:38.72).
On the men’s side, Will Layden claimed the 50-yard freestyle (21.36) and 100-yard freestyle (47.13) in the meet. In addition to his two individual victories, he anchored the winning 200-yard medley relay team comprised of McGovern Brown, Kevin Hood and Ryan Sharp to a razor-thin victory in a time of 1:34.90. The team touched the wall less than a second ahead of Iona’s team of Spencer Moran, Mathhew Loftus, Conor Mullin and Aidan Holbrook (1:35.32).
Layden also anchored the 400-yard freestyle relay and was joined by McGovern Brown, Alex Beauchene and Aidan Hughes. The team finished less than a second behind Iona’s first-place team with a time of 3:08.37. The Gaels claimed victory with a time of 3:07.85.
Other notable performances included Parker Keller’s victory in the men’s 200-yard breaststroke (2:11.39), while Justin Viotto took first in the 200-yard IM (1:57.51).
The Friars return to action against Fairfield on Saturday, Oct. 30 in Fairfield, Conn. The action is set to begin at 1:00 p.m.