Swimming & Diving at Bentley
Sunday, January 21 | 1 p.m.
Dana Center Pool | Waltham, Mass.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Babson men have gone 5-16 against the Falcons dating back to 2001, with the last Beaver victory coming in 2013.
• The Beaver women enter Sunday's meet looking for their first victory over Bentley since 1999.
• Both schools competed in the 12-team, men's-women's combined scoring Gompei Invitational at WPI last month, with Bentley placing fourth (3490.5 pts) and Babson taking fifth (3025.5 pts).

LAST MEETING
• Babson was swept by Bentley last season, falling 132-99 in the men's meet while suffering a 167-63 setback in the women's half of the meet on January 17, 2023, in Babson Park.
• Junior Pat Anutarasoti recorded the lone individual win for the Beavers, touching the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 51.82. He also teamed with junior Aidan Downey-Lamprey, sophomore Zackary Cheung and senior Nathan Ford to post a winning time of 1:26.56 in the 200 free relay.
• Anutarasoti added a second-place showing in the 50 free with a time of 21:64, while senior Joshua Kim produced a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 free (48.61) and 200 free (1:46.74).
• The Beavers' lone first-place finish on the women's side came in the first event as Molly Cox '23, junior Audrey Daniels, senior Vera Belfonti and sophomore Sophia Sznewajs won the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:54.96.
• Daniels added second-place finishes in both the 50 free (25.82) and 100 breaststroke (1:11.68), Cox was runner-up in the 100 back (1:01.68) and Sznewsajs came in second in the 100 free (56.24). Senior April Kupsky took second in the 200-yard individual medley (2:16.09) and sophomore Vangella Randall placed second in the 1000 free (11:41.98).

SCOUTING THE BABSON MEN
• The Beavers (3-5) are back in the pool after dropping a double dual meet last Saturday in Norton, Mass., falling to host Wheaton (146.5-141.5) as well as Connecticut College (216-82).
• The highlights for the Beavers came in the diving events, where first-year David Krol took first place on both the 1-meter (280.20) and 3-meter boards (240.37).
• Anutarasoti was the top performer for the Babson swimmers, taking second place in the 50 breaststroke in a time of 27.08 seconds and third place in the 50 free (22.01). Classmate Matthew D'Elia had a pair of strong finishes, taking third place in the 100 butterfly (53.14) and fifth in the 50 fly (24.72), while sophomore Spencer Ernst led the Beavers in the distance freestyle events with a pair of fourth-place showings in the 500 (4:55.87) and 1000 (10:17.24). 

SCOUTING THE BABSON WOMEN
• The Beavers (5-5) are also back in action following a pair of losses last Saturday in Norton, Mass., falling to host Wheaton (237-57) as well as Connecticut College (241.5-46.5).
• The top individual performance of the day for Babson came in the 50 backstroke where junior Emily Tran placed third with a time of 28.88. Daniels came in fourth in the 50 breaststroke with a season-best time of 32.38, while fellow junior Elina Sung came in fourth in both diving events, which included a season-best score of 116.32 on the 3-meter board.
• The quartet of Belfonti and sophomores Catherine Curry, Jenny Chung and Emma Chenski took fourth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:54.41.

SCOUTING THE BENTLEY MEN
• The Falcons (8-1) won for the third time in four meets this month with a 121-79 victory over Roger Williams on Thursday evening inside the Dana Center Pool.
• Sophomore Leighton Wielgoszinski won three events for the Falcons, the 1000 free (10:08.47), the 200 fly (2:01.24) and the 500 free (4:54.45). Sophomore Owen Angkatavanich swept the two diving events with scores of 141.45 and 210.22.
• Sophomore Carter Ferrara led a 1-2 finish in the 100 free (48.76), and three first-years touched the wall first in one event each, Daniel Ivanchikov in the 200 free (1:49.35), Danny Lehr in the 50 free (22.13), and Matt Walden in the 200 back (1:00.50).

SCOUTING THE BENTLEY WOMEN
• The Falcons (7-2) also won for the third time in four meets this month with a 117-83 victory over Roger Williams on Thursday evening inside the Dana Center Pool.
• First-year Skyla Lang won two events, the 200 breaststroke and 400 IM (4:42.64) and swam the anchor for the victorious 400 medley relay team. Junior Jordan Nuzback was also a double winner, taking the 200 free (2:00.34) and the 100 free (55.06), while junior Hilla Almog captured both diving events with scores of 190.13 and 294.53.
• Senior Emma Hapkiewicz brought home first place in the 1000 free (10:51.47), first-year Bella Montanari touched that wall first in the 50 free (25.21), and sophomores Caroline Ubert and Grace Motisi captured the 200 fly (2:14.77) and 500 free (5:27.87), respectively.

NCAA QUALIFIER
• Krol became the first Babson diver since 2010 to qualify for NCAA post-season competition when he clinched a spot in the NCAA Division III Diving Regionals on February 24-25.
• The Beaver rookie reached the qualifying standard of scoring 280 points in a meet twice during the season. He scored 288.80 points on 1-meter to win a dual meet against Regis back on October 14, and recorded a score of 280.20 points in the same event last Saturday at Wheaton.
• Krol is the first Babson diver since Aaron Paradis '10 to reach the NCAA Championships. Paradis placed 17th on 1-meter and 11th on 3-meter at the NCAA Division III Championships as a senior in 2010.

TOP NEWMAC TIMES (MEN)
• Anutarasoti has five top-five times among NEWMAC men's swimmers this season, ranking third in the 50 breast (25.91), fourth in the 100 breast (56.35), fourth in the 100 fly (49.64), and fifth in the 50 fly (22.97) and 50 free (21.05).
• Ernst has three top-seven times in distance free races, ranking fifth in the 1000 (9:51.44) and seventh in the 500 (4:45.37) and 1,650 (16:35.80). Ford ranks seventh in the 50 free (21.22) and eighth in the 100 back (51.92), senior Joshua Sellers is fifth in the 200 breast (2:05.96), Downey-Lamprey is sixth in the 50 fly (23.34), and senior Blake Albanese is seventh in the 100 breast (57.26).
• Babson has posted the top four and five of the top six 100 IM times among the NEWMAC men's swimmers this season, Cheung (1st/51.92), Ford (2nd/52.73), Albanese (3rd/53.35), Kim (4th/53.37) and Sellers (6th/53.77).

TOP NEWMAC TIMES (WOMEN)
• Sznewajs tops the Babson women among NEWMAC swimmers, ranking fourth in the 100 IM (1:02.80) while Belfonti is seventh in the 50 fly (26.55) and Tran is seventh in the 100 IM (1:03.67).
• Kupsky has five top performances for the Beavers, ranking 14th in the 200 back (2:12.08) and 200 fly (2:12.58), 15th in the 200 breast (2:33.27) and 500 free (5:21.07), and 17h in the 400 IM (4:52.65).
• Sznewajs is also 11th in the 50 fly (26.80); Tran is 12th in the 50 back (28.08); and junior Kendall Garvey (18:45.44) and Randell (19:09.55) are 12th and 15th in the 1,650 free, respectively.

UP NEXT
• The Green and White squads will host their final home meet of the season next Saturday, January 27, against Bridgewater State inside Morse Pool (11 a.m.).