BROCKTON, Mass. – The Babson College women's swimming & diving team claimed six individual event victories and recorded numerous top-three finishes but went down to defeat against Stonehill College, 146-101, in a dual meet against Stonehill College.
Stonehill picked up its first win of the season and improved to 1-4 while the Beavers suffered their second loss of the year and fell to 6-2 overall.
The Beavers were led by first-year
Ryan Vender (Winnetka, Ill.), who captured a pair of individual titles. She touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.37 before adding a victory in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:13.44. Vender also produced a second-place showing in the 100-yard butterfly (59.97).
Babson's other event winners included first-year
Leni So (New Canaan, Conn.) in the 50-yard breaststroke (32.03), classmate
Parker Jacobson-Bertanzetti (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) in the 50-yard free (24.69), junior
Julia Netishen (Exeter, N.H.) in the 100-yard free (54.56), and classmate
Tuana Turhan (Lake Forest, Ill.) in the 100-yard breast (1:09.81).
The Beavers also posted a number of runner-up finishes. Senior
Sylvie Racicot (Arlington, Mass.) placed second in the 200-yard free with a time of 2:02.75, while Netishen finished second in the 50-yard back in 27.59 seconds, and So came in second behind Turhan in the 100-yard breast (1:10.37). First-year
Maya Wen (Fremont, Calif.) also earned a runner-up finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:16.56.
Babson's third-place performers included sophomore
Middy Hinckley (Trent Woods, N.C.) in the 1,000-yard free (11:41.13), junior
Hailey Cronan (New Market, Md.) in the 100-yard free (58.00), junior
Samantha Gilbert (Arlington, Va.) in the 500-yard free (5:33.56), and Racicot in the 50-yard fly (27.31).
The Beavers also earned victories in both relay events. The quartet of Netishen, So, Turhan, and Racicot opened the meet with a first-place in the 400-yard medley relay (4:03.75), while Gilbert, Jacobson-Bertanzetti, Racicot, and Netishen closed the afternoon by winning the 400-yard freestyle relay in 3:41.35.
The Beavers return to action at the Chuck Nugent Invitational on November 20-21 at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass.