VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova logged eight victories on Saturday, including a pair of individual wins for Claire Feick and Audrey Pastorek, but ultimately fell to Georgetown, 161-139, at the Villanova Swim Complex.
The winning pair had sweeping wins for Villanova (0-2) in its first head-to-head loss to Georgetown (3-1) in 15 meetings. Feick had a stellar showing in her second event as a Wildcat, taking the 1 meter and 3 meter dives with scores of 237.68 and 238.80, respectively. After a win in the 200 IM last week's season opener, Pastorek picked up two more wins, this time in the 100 Back (57.60) and the 200 Back (2:03.68).
Katie White won the 200 Fly for a second consecutive meet, this time posting a 2:01.90 that shaved nearly a second off of her time last week. She was just a second shy of tacking on two others wins, finishing second in the 500 Free (5:05.21) and the 100 Fly (57.25).
The 100 Free saw Lexi Elkovitch and Cara Stapleton both touch with a winning time of 53.29.
The Wildcats split relay action against the Hoyas. Villanova's 400 Free A unit of Stapleton, Perri Stahl, Lainey Quinones and Elkovitch had a winning time of 3:31.70, finishing two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. The B team of Molly Benson, Pepper Ritchey, Francesca Raimondi and Mary Kate Farrell landed third at 3:40.34. The 200 Medley A team of Pastorek, Margaret Kleinsmith, Quinones and Stahl finished a second shy of first, touching second in 1:46.04. The B group of Hannah Wasmuth, Kaitlin Gravel, White and Cara Stapleton posted a fourth-place time of 1:50.10.
Pepper Ritchey posted a fourth-place time of 10:51.56 in the 1000 Free, followed closely by Brenna McLaughlin at 10:52.79.
Farrell was just six-tenths of a second shy of winning the 200 Free, touching second in 1:53.90. Elkovitvh joined her in the top three, finishing behind her in 1:56.66 while Gravell also scored points for the 'Cats with a 1:57.70 showing that was good enough for fifth.
Outside of Pastorek's 100 Back win, Wasmuth also earned points for Villanova with a fourth-place, 59.58 finish. Three of the top five times in the 100 Breast belonged to the 'Cats. Kleinsmith touched third at 1:06.39 while Stahl and Farrell trailed her at 1:06.71 and 1:08.79, respectively.
Benson joined White as a point-scorer in the 200 Fly, touching fourth at 2:11.21. In the 50 Free, three of the top four spots were held by Villanova. Quinones was 13-hundredths of a second out of the lead, touching second at 24.45. Not far behind her were Elkovitch and Stapleton who went 24.63 and 24.70, respectively.
Villanova had a 1-2 finish in the 200 Back with Wasmuth finishing second behind Pastorek at 2:05.27. The pair was also in the top five of the 200 IM, going third (2:08.84) and fifth (2:11.53), respectively while Gravell finished between them at fourth (2:11.52). Gravell and Kleinsmith both added points for the 'Cats in the 200 Breast, finishing third (2:25.16) and fourth (2:26.87). Ritchey and Quinones recorded fourth (59.29) and fifth (59.53) swims in the 100 Fly.
Caroline Blankenbecler recorded a third-place showing in the 3 meter dives with a score of 226.05. She also finished fourth in the 1 meter at 203.33.
Villanova's next meet will take it on the road to Penn on November 9. That meet is set to start at 5 p.m. at Sheerr Pool.