Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving
at WPI | Friday, October 30 | 5 p.m. | Sports and Recreation Center Pool, Worcester, Mass.
vs. Clark | Saturday, October 31 | 2 p.m. | Morse Pool, Babson Park, Mass.

WHAT TO KNOW
• The Babson men's and women's swimming & diving teams will compete in a pair of meets this weekend, traveling to WPI for a multi-team meet on Friday and hosting the home opener Saturday. 
• The Beavers will compete against the host Engineers, Brandeis, Coast Guard and Smith on Friday at WPI before hosting Clark in a dual meet on Saturday afternoon.

SERIES NOTES
vs. Brandeis
• The Babson men are 14-11 versus the Judges dating back to 1997 and have won seven consecutive meets in the series. 
• The Babson women own five victories over Brandeis since 2013, which includes wins in 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025
vs. Coast Guard
• The Beavers and Bears have competed in all but three seasons (2011, 2014, 2020) going back to 2000. 
• The Babson men last defeated Coast Guard back in 2001.
vs. Smith
• The Beavers have won five consecutive matchups with the Bears since 2019 on the heels of a five-meet losing streak to Smith from 2014-18.
vs. WPI
• The Babson men are 13-14 all-time against the Engineers and recorded their first win in the series since 2012 back in 2022. The Beavers snapped a two-meet skid against the Engineers with last year's victory.
• The Babson women are 12-16 against WPI dating back to 1997.
vs. Clark 
• The Babson women have won six straight dual meets against the Cougars going back to 2018, while the men boast a 16-meet winning streak and have gone 21-7 versus Clark since 1998. 

2025 MEET RESULTS
MEN
Babson 191, Brandeis 86
Babson 162, WPI 131
Coast Guard 161, Babson 129
Babson 189, Clark 34
WOMEN
Babson 188, Brandeis 72
Babson 134, WPI 125
Babson 147, Smith 144
Coast Guard 200, Babson 85
Babson 117, Clark 87

ABOUT THE BABSON MEN
• The Beavers (1-0) finished first in 11 events on the way to opening the season with a 179-121 victory over Bentley back on October 9 at the Dana Center Pool.
• Seven different competitors recorded event victories for the Beavers, highlighted by senior David Krol and first-year Thomas Iglar, who collected two first-place finishes apiece. Krol posted scores of 304.10 on the 1-meter board and 249.90 on the 3-meter board to sweep the diving events, while Iglar claimed the 50-yard freestyle in 21.68 and the 100-yard freestyle in 47.68 in his collegiate debut.
• Sophomore Matthias McFarlane touched the wall first in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.94), junior Nathan Huynh won the 200-yard breaststroke (2:19.26), and senior Anthony Taslakov captured the 200-yard individual medley (2:01.76). Junior William Iglar was victorious in the 500-yard freestyle (4:57.14), and first-year Cam Kuhn took first in the 100-yard butterfly (52.17).
• Thomas Iglar swam the anchor leg to help McFarlane, Kuhn and junior Thomas Ambelang win the 200-yard medley relay by more than a second in 1:36.77. Sophomore Evan Hong and first-year Aly Hassanien teamed up with Iglar and Kuhn to claim first place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:12.09. Hong was runner-up in both the 100-yard butterfly (52.32) and 200-yard freestyle (1:47.78), while first-year Dalton Brooks finished second in both the 200-yard breaststroke (2:22.19) and 200-yard individual medley (2:02.22) in his collegiate debut.

ABOUT THE BABSON WOMEN
• The Beavers (1-0) got victories from six different swimmers and finished first in 12 events en route to a 172-116 win over Bentley in its season-opening meet back on October 9 inside the Dana Center Pool. Babson, which has opened the season with a victory in its first dual meet every year since 2018, defeated the Falcons for the first time since 1999. 
• Junior Julia Netishen and first-year Ryan Vender both won a pair of individual events in addition to contributing to two relay victories. Netishen captured both the 50-yard freestyle (24.65) and 100-yard freestyle (54.52), while Vender outpaced the field in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.67) and 500-yard freestyle (5:19.21). They teamed up with first-years Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti and Leni So to win the 200-yard medley relay (1:51.02), while Netishen, Vender, Jacobson-Bertanzetti and senior Sylvie Racicot claimed the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:39.68).
• Junior Tuana Turhan finished first in the 100-yard butterfly (1:00.37) and the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.11), while So won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.17) and also touched the wall first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:34.54). Jacobson-Bertanzetti took first in the 200-yard back (2:11.72), and first-year Maya Wen won the 100-yard back (1:02.49).
• Racicot was the runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.12); junior Marta Gershanok came in second in the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.29); So was the runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley (2:20.10); and sophomore Becky Hwang added a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:18.19).

NEWMAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
• Babson made it a clean sweep when the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its first weekly award winners of the season back on October 13.
• Thomas Iglar and Krol were named NEWMAC Men's Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, and the foursome of Iglar, Hassanien, Kuhn and Hong were tabbed as the NEWMAC Men's Relay Team of the Week.
• Netishen was named NEWMAC Women's Swimmer of the Week, and the trio of Jacobson-Bertanzetti, So, and Vender joined Netishen as the NEWMAC Women's Relay Team of the Week.
 
REIGNING SCHOOL RECORD HOLDERS
• The Babson men have returning school record holders in six individual events and two relays while the women's squad has returning record holders in four individual events and three relays.
• Taslakov owns men's standards in the 200 free (1:38.71), 200 IM (1:51.83) and 200 back (1:48.76) and McFarlane holds the record in the 100 breast (54.62). Taslokov, William Iglar, Hong and junior Tommy Hannenian broke the 800 free relay record (6:43.84) last year; Taslakov was on the record-setting 400 medley relay (3:21.72) in 2024; and Ambelang and Huynh were members of the record-setting 200 medley relay in 2025.
• Netishen in the 50 free (23.86), Racicot in the 100 free (53.13) and Turhan in the 100 fly (57.35) and 200 fly (2:06.72) all set individual program records at last year's NEWMAC Championships. Current Beavers are part of four relay standards, as junior Samantha Gilbert, sophomore AJ Hallbert, Racicot and Netishen set the record in the 200 free relay (1:35.98); Gilbert, Racicot and Netishen were part of the record-setting 400 free relay (3:32.96); and Netishen, Gilbert, Turhan and Racicot combined on the 200 medley relay mar (1:47.58); while Netishen, Turhan, and Racicot were parts of the 400 medley relay record in 2025.

UP NEXT
• Babson returns to the pool with another home dual meet next Friday, November 6, against Roger Williams, beginning at 3 p.m.