Swimming & Diving at Springfield
Saturday, February 6 | 11 a.m. 
Art Linkletter Natatorium | Springfield, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY
•    The Babson men have won six of their last eight meets against Springfield and are 9-15 overall in the series since 2001.
•    The Babson women have competed against the Pride just four times since 1997 and last year's victory snapped a three-meet losing streak. 

LAST MEETING
•    The Babson women won the final event of the meet to secure a 121-118 win, while the Babson men suffered a 135-108 loss to Springfield on February 8, 2025, in Babson Park. 
•    Kendall Garvey '25 won both the 500 free and 1000 free, sophomores Julia Netishen (50 free), Samantha Gilbert (200 free), Tuana Turhan (200 butterfly) and Marta Gershanok (200 back) each one victory, and the quartet of Netishen, Gilbert, junior Sylvie Racicot and Anya Pelshaw M'25 came in first by almost three seconds in the 200 free relay to push the Beavers past the Pride. 
•    Junior Anthony Taslakov came in first in the 200 free and 500 free, sophomore Thomas Ambelang won the 200 back and classmate William Iglar finished first in the 200 breaststroke and added a second-place result in the 200 IM for the Babson men. 

ABOUT THE BABSON WOMEN
•    The Beavers (6-4-1) won five events in a 168-109 loss to Wellesley last Saturday. 
•    Turhan touched the wall first in both the 200 butterfly (2:12.72) and 100 butterfly (59.30), Racicot posted a time of 24.95 to finish first in the 50 free, Netishen claimed the 100 free in a time of 54.35 and first-year Middy Hinckley won the 500 free in a time of 5:27.94. 
•    Gilbert (100 butterfly), Racicot (100 free), Hinckley (1000 free) and first-year Finn Bergquist (200 butterfly) each recorded a runner-up finish for the Beavers, who also placed second in both the 200 medley and 200 free relays. 
•    Turhan currently owns top-10 times in the NEWMAC in both the 100 butterfly (57.91) and 200 butterfly (2:06.72), which Gilbert's top mark of 1:03.33 in the 100 IM is tied for ninth in the conference.

ABOUT THE BABSON MEN
•    The Beavers (7-1) won nine of 13 events on the way to defeating Bridgewater State, 145-85, back on January 24. 
•    Junior David Krol came in first on both the 1-meter (312.75) and 3-meter (319.20) diving boards to lead six individual winners for the Green and White. 
•    Ambelang won the 200 backstroke and paired with sophomore Nathan Huynh and seniors Zackary Cheung and Hawken Hammen to begin the meet with a victory in the 200 medley relay, while Taslakov (1000 free), Iglar (200 IM), sophomore Tommy Hannenian (200 free), first-year Evan Hong (500 free) and fellow rookie Josh Adler (200 butterfly) recorded one victory apiece. 
•    Six different Babson swimmers own top-10 times in multiple events among NEWMAC competitors, highlighted by Cheung (100 IM, 200 IM), who ranks second in the 100 IM, and Huynh and first-year Matthias McFarlane who are both among the top six in the 50 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke.

ABOUT THE PRIDE
•    The Springfield men (3-6) has dropped back-to-back dual meets after falling to Amherst, 166-75, back on February 23. 
•    Christian Butler swept the diving events scoring 249.22 points on the 1-meter board and 306.53 points on the 3-meter board, Nick Hall finished second in the 500 free and Dawson Milligan came in third in both the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. 
•    The Springfield women (1-10) have dropped eight straight dual meets after falling to Wellesley 212-84 and Smith 225-71 back on January 24.
•    Ally Burnett came in third in both the 500 free and 100 free, Bridgette Hogan was the runner-up with a score of 233.85 on the 3-meter board and Elizabeth Santos totaled 228.70 points to come in right behind her in third. 

HISTORY LESSON
•    A victory over Springfield for the Babson men on Saturday would give them their highest dual-meet winning percentage since the 1972-73 squad finished 13-1 (.929). 
•    A win would also mark just the fourth time the Beavers have finished with a dual-meet winning percentage above .800 in program history joining the 1972-73, 1989-90 (10-2, .833) and 2019-20 (10-2, .833) squads. 
•    The Babson women, who have recorded at least six wins in seven consecutive seasons going back to 2018-19, can reach seven victories for just the ninth time in the 38-year history of the program by beating the Pride on Saturday. 

MOVING ON UP
•    Gilbert improved her best time and now ranks 10th on the top performers list in the 1000 free with a mark of 11:37.10 against Bridgewater State on January 24. 
•    Hinckley moved up to eighth with her time of 11:23.57 in the 1000 free last Saturday at Wellesley. 
•    Taslakov is now seventh on the men's 1000 free list with his time of 10:06.43 against Bridgewater State. 

UP NEXT
•    The Beavers will travel to MIT for the four-day NEWMAC Championships beginning on Thursday, February 19.