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Swimming & Diving

Women’s Swimming and Diving tallies two victories in loss to Penn State

The 200 IM win and 400 Free Relay marked top performance for the Wildcats

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Kelly Montesi logged the lone win individual win while a top-three sweep of the 400 Free Relay marked the high points for Villanova in a 202-91 loss to Penn State on Friday evening at McCoy Natatorium.

Villanova (6-4) saw 15 competitors end the meet with Penn State (6-0) having at least one top-three performance in individual or relay action. Montesi's win in the 200 IM (2:02.85) marked one of her four top-three finishes on the day. She was second in the 200 Back (1:57.83), third in the 50 Free (23.47) and joined Milly Routledge,Perri Stahl and Abbey Berloco in the 200 Medley Relay for a third-place finish (1:43.59).

The top-three sweep in the 400 Free Relay saw the team of Berloco, Stahl, Nichole Welch and Routledge win with a 3:30.28 time. Second (3:37.77) belonged to Lainey Quinones, Molly Benson, Lexi Elkovitch and Grace Wielar while third-place (3:41.42) belonged to Francesca Raimondi, Cara Stapleton, Brenna McLaughlin, and Kaitlin Gravell.

Welch logged a second-place swim in the 500 Free (5:03.09) and the 1000 Free (10:22.84) with Francesca and McLaughlin touching in fourth (10:35.23) and fifth (10:37.08), respectively. Routledge added third-place swims in the 200 Free (1:51.09), finishing just under a second out of first, and the 100 Free (51.82).

The 100 Breast brought a 2-3-4 finish for the Wildcats, led by a second-place finish for Stahl (1:06.06). Gravell checked in at third (1:07.14) with Zimmermann in fourth (1:10.16). Bailey finished fifth in a close 200 Fly (2:03.61) that saw second through fifth separated by 25-hundredths of a second. In the 200 Breast, Gravell took second (2:24.41) and Zimmermann was third (2:31.55). Bailey was fourth in the 100 Fly (57.42).

In diving, Andrea Holtz was third in the 1-meter (216.68) and fourth in the 3-meter (228.53).

Sunday is SprintFest day for the 'Cats at noon in the home pool. They will honor their seniors at 11:45 a.m.

 
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Players Mentioned

Milly Routledge

Milly Routledge

Freestyle, Backstroke
Freshman
Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Sophomore
Abbey  Berloco

Abbey Berloco

Senior
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Sophomore
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

Junior
Andrea Holtz

Andrea Holtz

Senior
Brenna  McLaughlin

Brenna McLaughlin

Junior
Kelly  Montesi

Kelly Montesi

Senior
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Junior
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Milly Routledge

Milly Routledge

Freshman
Freestyle, Backstroke
Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Sophomore
Abbey  Berloco

Abbey Berloco

Senior
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Sophomore
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

Junior
Andrea Holtz

Andrea Holtz

Senior
Brenna  McLaughlin

Brenna McLaughlin

Junior
Kelly  Montesi

Kelly Montesi

Senior
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Junior
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Sophomore