Rutgers Women’s Swimming & Diving Wraps Up Home Schedule With Villanova

Courtesy: Rutgers Athletics

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The Rutgers women’s swimming & diving team and its nine Scarlet Knight seniors competed in its final home meet of the 2021-22 season on Monday afternoon at the Rutgers Aquatics Center where they were edged by the Villanova Wildcats, 133-108.

• Results

• A trio of Scarlet Knights captured two event wins against the Wildcats.
• Graduate student Abigail Knapton continued to shine on the boards with the top scores on 1M and 3M.
• Graduate student Alice Scarabelli and Sofia Chichaikina both helped the 400 medley relay team to the top time while Scarabelli put in a win in the 200 free and Chichaikina came in victorious in the 200 fly.

• The Scarlet Knights dominated the boards with the top five finishes on 1M and top four performances on 3M.
• It was another sweep for Abigail Knapton taking the 1M crown with a score of 328.10 and the 3M title scoring 279.85.
• Savana Trueb was the runner-up on 3M with 319.10 and placed third on 1M totaling 273.60.
• Newcomer Giulia Vittorioso made her Scarlet Knight debut taking second on 1M with 275.60 while Jenna Douglass claimed third on 3M with a PR of 297.35.

• The 400 medley relay kicked off the afternoon with a first-place result from Alice Scarabelli, Tina Celik, Sofia Lobova and Sofia Chichaikina in 3:49.58. The quartet had a seven-second margin over the Wildcats.
• The meet ended with a pair of seniors anchoring the 400 free relay. The A squad of Chichaikina, Erin Murphy, Natalie Schick and Cat Salladin teamed up for a runner-up finish in 3:36.57. The B entry of Liza Ryndych, Eleonora Trentin, Beatriz Zoppeidossantos and Yael Weber took third in 3:37.89.

• Alice Scarabelli collected a victory in the 200 free hitting the wall in 1:51.03 and was the runner-up in the 200 back posting 2:04.77.
• Sofia Chichaikina added another victory in the 200 fly in 2:01.04 with Katie Dougherty finishing third in 2:08.97 in her final home meet.
• Another trio of third-place finishes were recorded by Sofia Lobova in the 50 free in 24.20, Liza Ryndych in the 100 free in 53.28 and Tina Celik in the 200 breast in 2:23.39.

• Cat Salladin was RU’s top performer in the distance events taking second in both the 500 free in 5:06.67 and 1000 free in 10:27.22.
• Katie Dougherty also posted a new PR in her 500 free swim.

• COMING SOON

• COMING SOON

• The Rutgers women’s swimming and diving team concludes the dual meet season with a road trip to Nebraska. The Scarlet Knights and Cornhuskers meet on Jan. 28-29.

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