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Bucknell Women's Swimming & Diving Suffers 174-124 Setback Against Colgate
1/12/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Jan. 12, 2008
HAMILTON, N.Y. - Six members of the Orange and Blue posted individual wins, but it was not enough to help the Bucknell women's swimming and diving team to victory as the squad suffered a 174-124 setback to Colgate on Saturday afternoon. The loss leaves the Bison at 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the Patriot League, while the Raiders improve to 4-3, 2-1 against league opponents.
Bucknell saw its best success of the day come in the 200-yard backstroke as sophomore Abigail Atkinson (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) led a Bison trio that went one-two-three in the event. Atkinson reached the wall in two minutes, 10.73 seconds, followed by freshman Sinead O'Dwyer (Green River, Wyo./The Peddie School (N.J.)) with a time of 2:12.19 and sophomore Abigail Paules (York, Pa./Baltimore Lutheran) with a time of 2:12.48.
Sophomore Courtney Warren (Montour Falls, N.Y./Watkins Glen) claimed first in the 100 back in 1:00.19, while Atkinson took third (1:02.08) and O'Dwyer fifth (1:03.17).
Freshmen Molly Goebel (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) and Macey Keath (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) rounded out the individual winners for the Orange and Blue in the swimming events as Goebel recorded a first-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 24.90 and Keath was victorious in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:27.81.
Senior Kristen Skroski (North Haven, Conn./Hopkins) registered two runner-up finishes against Colgate, which came in the 1,000 free (10:43.24) and the 500 free (5:14.30). Sophomore Sarah Pease (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Senior High) recorded a second-place showing as well, with her time of 2:11.50 in the 200 fly.
Two additional third-place finishes were posted by Bucknell in the individual swimming events as sophomore Megan Mongan (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) was third in the 200 free (1:57.82) and Atkinson finished third with a time of 2:14.02 in the 200 IM.
The Bison swept the diving portion of the meet with sophomores Rebecca Bersani (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) and Allison FitzPatrick (Berwyn, Pa./Episcopal) collecting one win apiece. Bersani posted the highest three-meter score, 225.74, while FitzPatrick led the way with a mark of 230.40 in the one-meter competition.
In the relays, the 200 medley squad of Warren, junior Kelly Morris (Metuchen, N.J./Metuchen), Goebel and Mongan placed second in 1:49.82, and the 200 free contingent of junior Alexandra Lovallo (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield), Skroski, Warren and junior Susan Horstmann (Havertown, Pa./Cardinal O'Hara) finished third with a time of 1:42.96.
Bucknell will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 18, with its 2007-08 home finale against Columbia slated to begin at 5 p.m.
