Women's Swim & Dive Travels to Columbia for Neutral-Site Meet with NYU on Sunday

11/19/2016 4:51:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

By: TBD

Setting the Scene
What: Bucknell (3-3) vs. NYU (3-0) (at Columbia)
When: Sunday, Nov. 20 – 1 p.m.
Where: Uris Pool (New York, N.Y.)
Live Results: GoColumbiaLions.com

About the Bison
• Bucknell is 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the Patriot League after going 2-1 against three league opponents at the Navy Quad on Nov. 5. The Bison posted wins over American (218-78) and Lafayette (239-44) and a loss to the host Mids (170-120).
• Freshman Emma Hadley swept the backstroke events at the four-team meet. She moved into the Bucknell record books with the 10^th-fastest time (56.97) in the 100 back in program history.
• Hadley has won the 100 back twice and the 200 back once this season. She has finished in the top three of all 10 of her races, which also include the 50 fly and 100 fly.
• Adding individual wins for the Bison at the Navy Quad were freshman Brooke Collins (400 IM) and junior Julianna Foss (100 fly). Their wins came in a field of Bucknell, American, and Lafayette swimmers.
• Also competing against the Eagles and Leopards, the Bison 200 free relay team of Rachel Perry, Caroline Edelman, Katherine O'Shea, and Abigail Rosenberg finished first.
• Freshman diver Isabel Gardner established a new personal-best score on the one-meter board while taking third at the Navy Quad.

Program Top-10 Times Set by the Bison This Season
• 100 back (10. Emma Hadley, 56.97)

Weekly Awards Won by the Bison
• Patriot League Swimmer of the Week – Julie Byrne (10/4), Julianna Foss (11/1)
• Patriot League Diver of the Week – Christine Kehrli (10/4)

Scouting NYU
• NYU is 2-0 with wins over SUNY Cortland, West Chester,and The College of New Jersey. The Violets also finished first of three teams at their home invitational.
• The Violets won all 18 events at their home invitational, led by three wins (50 free, 100 free, 200 free) by Noel Leung.
• NYU is unbeaten in 21 straight meets, a span that includes competition against Division I schools Canisius (twice) and Iona.
• The Violets finished eighth at the 2016 NCAA Division III Championships.

Series History with NYU
• The teams will meet for the first time.

Up Next
• The Bison will host the Bucknell Invitational at Kinney Natatorium on Dec. 2-4.