Swimming & Diving vs. Roger Williams
Friday, November 6 | 3:00 p.m.
Morse Pool | Babson Park, Mass.

Women's Swimming & Diving at Stonehill
Saturday, November 7 | 1:00 p.m.
Massassoit Community College Pool / Brockton, Mass.

WHAT TO KNOW
• The Babson men's and women's swimming & diving teams will host a dual meet against Roger Williams on Friday afternoon inside Morse Pool, and the women's squad will travel to Stonehill for a dual meet Saturday afternoon in Easton, Mass.

SERIES NOTES
vs. Roger Williams
• The Babson men are 3-3 all-time against Roger Williams in a series that dates back to 2018. 
• The Beaver women are also 3-3 all-time against the Hawks since 2018.
vs. Stonehill
• Babson is 1-2 all-time against Stonehill in a series that dates back to 2023, with all three of the previous meets held in Babson Park.
• The Skyhawks took the first meeting in 2023 (133-129), Babson won in 2024 (182-97), and Stonehill took last year's meet, 184-78.

LAST YEAR'S MEETS
vs. Roger Williams
• The Babson men captured 13 of the 14 events to defeat Roger Williams, 177-85, on October 18, 2025, as sophomore Matthias McFarlane registered three individual victories in his collegiate debut, winning the 100-breaststroke (58.39), the 200 breast (2:14.32) and the 100 fly (54.09).
• Junior William Iglar finished first in the 1000 free (10:30.12) and the 100 free (49.14), classmate Nehemiah Rhee was the winner of the 200 fly (1:58.29) and the 200 IM (2:01.10), and sophomore Evan Hong touched the wall first in his collegiate debut in the 200 free (1:46.38) and the 500 free (4:58.79). • The Green and White captured both backstroke events as junior Thomas Ambelang won the 100-yard event (54.91) and senior Anthony Taslakov took the 200 back (1:59.10).
• The Babson women captured 10 of the 14 events to defeat Roger Williams, 139.5-114.5.
• Juniors Samantha Gilbert and Tuana Turhan had two individual victories apiece for the Beavers. Gilbert captured the 200-free (2:01.93) and the 500-free (5:39.73) while Turhan touched the wall first in the 200-fly (2:16.49) and the 100-fly (1:00.86).
• Five other Beavers captured one individual event, as sophomore Middy Hinckley took the 1000 free (11:37.70), junior Marta Gershanok was the winner of the 100-back (1:04.87), classmate Julia Netishen out-touched the field in the 50-free (25.03), senior Sylvie Racicot came in first in the 100-free (55.35), and sophomore Becky Hwang (Needham, Mass.) garnered the 200-yard back (2:17.91).
vs. Stonehill
• The Babson women won two events and finished second in four others but suffered a 184-78 loss to Stonehill on November 7 inside Morse Pool.
• Turhan had a top performance for the Beavers with a first-place finish in the 100-butterfly (59.57), while Hinckley produced second-place finishes in both the 200-free (2:02.16) and 500-free (5:31.52). Racicot came in second in the 50 free (25.23) and Netishen was second in the 50 fly (27.29).
• The contingent of Racicot, Sophia Sznewajs '26, Gilbert and Netishen captured the 200 free relay in 1:40.51.

ABOUT THE BABSON MEN
• The Beavers (4-1) defeated Brandeis 214-52 and host WPI 145-138 while falling to Coast Guard, 208-87 in a quad-meet last Friday in Worcester before posting a 208-61 win over Clark in the home opener on Saturday.
• First-year Thomas Iglar placed first in the 200 freestyle (1:44.48) at WPI, and McFarlane had top-three finishes in the 50 free (21.17) and the 100 butterfly (51.88). They were joined by Ambelang and first-year Cam Kuhn on the 200 medley relay team that placed second and teamed up with Kuhn and Hong on the runner-up 200 free relay squad.
• Junior William Iglar produced a second-place showing in the 1000 freestyle (10:17.60), sophomore Hadi AlDayaa was runner-up in the 3-meter diving (182.30), and Taslakov touched the wall second in the 200 back (1:59.20).
• Hong placed second in the 200 butterfly in a career-best time of 1:56.95, which landed him seventh on Babson's all-time list of top performances in that event. 

ABOUT THE BABSON WOMEN
• The Beavers (5-1) got individual wins from five different swimmers and Babson came in first in seven events in a five-team meet at WPI last Friday. Babson defeated Brandeis (203-75), Smith (162-131) and the host Engineers (151-110) in addition to suffering a loss (164-115) to Coast Guard before downing Clark, 161-64, on Saturday in the home opener inside Morse Pool.
• Netishen placed first in the 100 back (58.85) and was runner-up in the 200 back (2:10.49) while Racicot touched the wall first in the 100 free (54.66) after claiming second in the 50 free (25.11). Turhan won the 200 breast (2:31.27) before coming in second in the 200 IM (2:14.17).
• First-year Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti came from behind to win the 200 free (1:57.69), and classmate Ryan Vender captured the 500 free (5:17.75).

ABOUT ROGER WILLIAMS MEN
• The Hawks won the Fisher Invitational back on October 24 with 763.5 points, comfortably ahead of Eastern Connecticut which finished second with 402 points.
• RWU set pool records in both relays. Carter Brown, Cam Hogg, Drew Hebert and James Augustin won the 200 medley relay in 1:35.12, and Liam Knight, Dylan Gourlay, Thomas Brown, and Augustin won the 200 free relay in 1:25.42.
• Augustin also captured the 50 free (21.26) and the 100 free (47.29) while Christian Antonucci won twice, taking the 50 breast (27.06) and the 100 breast (1:00.33). Hebert won the 200 IM (2:01.46), Thomas Brown took the 100 back (53.17), Brady Foley was the winner of the 50 back (25.88), and Gourlay finished first in the 100 fly (51.26).

ABOUT ROGER WILLIAMS WOMEN
• The Hawks won the Fisher Invitational back on October 24 with 795 points, outscoring Saint Michael's which finished runner-up with 503 points.
• Claire Dombrofski led the Hawks with individual wins in the 200-yard free (1:59.48), 100 free (54.76) and 50 butterfly (27.24). 
• Mattia McIntyre won the 50 breast (33.35) and finished second in the 100 breast and AvaGrace Zettler captured the 100 breast (1:10.22) and the 200 IM (2:18.77). Kallie Fournier won the 100 butterfly (1:01.31) and placed second behind Zettler in the 200 IM.

ABOUT THE STONEHILL WOMEN
• The Skyhawks (0-4) are coming off a 229-66 road loss to Sacred Heart last Saturday in Fairfield, Conn.
• The 200 medley relay of Grace Idowu, Isabella Morillo, Emma Richards and Abby Toepfer finished second (1:53.55). was second in the 100 backstroke (1:00.39) and third in the 50 freestyle (26.04).
• Idowu, along with Toepfer, Chihiro Bringman and Andraya Giagios, finished third in the 200 freestyle relay (1:43.18).
• Richard came in second in the 100 fly (1:01.15) and third in the 200 fly (2:17.76), Toepfer took third in the 100 free (55.46) and 200 free (2:00.65), and Emma Kawai placed second in the 200 IM (2:16.43) and third in the 200 back (2:14.74).

NEWMAC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
• The Babson contingent of Vender, So, Netishen and Racicot was named New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women's Swimming Relay Team of  the Week Monday morning.
• The Beaver quartet posted a time of 1:38.15 to finish first in the 200 free relay at WPI on Friday, finishing 1.06 seconds ahead of Coast Guard with a time that ranks second this season among NEWMAC programs.

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 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 competition at the Chuck Nugent Invitational on November 20-21 at Wheaton in Norton, Mass.