Swim Results

Piscataway, N.J.- After holding a slim 13 point lead on Rutgers after day one of competition Friday, the Villanova women's swimming team (5-0, 2-0 BIG EAST) had a strong performance defeating the Scarlet Knights Saturday 198-153.

The Wildcats also beat Georgetown, 264-83, and Seton Hall, 261-86.

The women picked up six-first place victories, five-second place victories, and six-third place victories Saturday. They also swept three events.

The Wildcats got off to a good start Saturday as Darby Goodwin, Elise Pidutti, Fiona Hardie, and Kaisla Kollanus took second in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:44.43. They finished 25 hundredths of a second behind first place Rutgers.

The 'Nova "B" team of Gabby Daigneault, Kristin Haufler, Alexa Fabbri, and Taylor Wilson took third place in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.50.

The Wildcat women would take first and second place in the 400 IM as Daigneault and Caitlin Daday went 1-2 for Villanova. Daigneault finished with a time of 4:29.18, while Daday finished just 20 hundredths of a second behind her teammate at 4:29.38.

The 'Cats would sweep the 100 free as Kollanus (51.24), Jessie Randolph, and Fabbri went first through third.

Goodwin would pick up her fifth individual victory of the year in the 200 back as she upset Rutgers' Joanna Wu 2:01.27 to 2:01.79. Wu was an NCAA All-American last year in that event. Daigneault would place third with a 2:04.84 showing.

Villanova would sweep the 100 fly as Hardie (56.70), Goodwin (56.74), and Fabbri (57.48) went first through third. They would also sweep the 500 free as Emily Mayo (4:57.65), Cailtin Daday (5:03.08), and Mary Snyder (5:03.86) took home first through third place.

The Wildcats would close out the day by taking first and second in the 400 yard free relay. Fabbri, Randolph, Taylor Wilson, and Kollanus took home first place with a time of 3:27.06.

The Nova "B" team of Hardie, Samantha Cheruk, Elise Pidutti, and Goodwin finished first third with a 3:31.34 showing.

The women will return to action next Saturday, November 14 at noon as they travel down the road to UPenn to take on the Quakers. This meet was originally scheduled to be at Villanova, but due to the ongoing construction project and other campus events the meet had to be relocated to Penn.