MARLBOROUGH, Mass.— After helping the Beavers defeat four out of five teams in two meets last weekend, Babson College first-years
Ryan Vender (Winnetka, Ill.) and
Leni So (New Canaan, Conn.), junior
Julia Netishen (Exeter, N.H.) and senior
Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) were named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Swimming Relay Team of the Week Monday morning.
The Babson quartet of Vender, So, Netishen and Racicot posted a time of 1:38.15 to finish first in the 200 free relay at a WPI multi-team meet on Friday night. The Beavers finished 1.06 seconds ahead of Coast Guard with a time that ranks second this season among NEWMAC programs.
The Beavers defeated host WPI (151-11), Brandeis (203-75) and Smith (162-131) but fell to Coast Guard (164-115) in the meet on Friday night before knocking off Clark in the home opener on Saturday, 161-64.
Babson (5-1) is back in the pool with a pair of meets this weekend, hosting Roger Williams on Friday at 3 p.m. inside Morse pool and traveling to Stonehill on Saturday at 1 p.m.