The
streak is over!!!
Last
Saturday the swim teams went to Springfield for dual meet matches against the
Pride and Hartwick. While both of
Union's teams lost to Springfield, both defeated Hartwick…the men by the score
of 135-105 and the women by the margin of 153-75. While the Dutchmen evened their dual meet record to 2-2, the
Dutchwomen snapped a 20-meet skid that began after the Garnet defeated
Rensselaer, 137-95, on January 16, 2002.
“The team really came together and wanted to finally
win,” said head coach Scott Felix.
“We have been focused on ending our winless streak for over a year now
and I can tell you it feels really good to finally get a win under our belt.
“Not only did we beat Hartwick, we had a good shot at
defeating Springfield,” continued Felix.
“They had a one point lead (113.5 – 112.5) after the 200 breaststroke
going into the last relay. They only
beat us by 10 points, a small margin in swimming. The reason why it was so close is because our women came to
compete and they swam hard.
“The weekend was a huge step the right direction for
our team and the future!”
Union's results against
Hartwick:
Senior Chrissie Duff (Westwood, MA), freshman Christa
White (Washington, DC) and
sophomore Sydnie Wells (Bolton Landing, NY) each won two events. Duff captured the 500 and 1000 freestyle
races, White took the 50 and 100 freestyle events and Wells won the 200 IM as
well as the 200 butterfly.
Freshman Ashley Braniecki (Cheektowaga, NY) was victorious
in the 200 backstroke, senior Sarah
Steuer (Wilton, CT) won the
three-meter diving event while freshman Molly Freeman (Barrington, IL) captured the one-meter board, and sophomore Brianne
Phillips (West Hartford, CT) won the 200 breaststroke.