NEW ROCHELLE, NY - Before a near capacity crowd at the Hynes Athletics Center Pool, the Iona College women came from behind to defeat the visiting College of the Holy Cross swimming & diving team. In the last race, the Gaels needed six-tenths of a second to win 141-139 to raise their season mark to 2-0.

The Iona College Men cruised to a 185-95 victory to raise its dual meet record to-2-0.

"There was as much purple and white in the stands today as maroon and gold. Holy Cross has a number of area swimmers on their team as well as alumni and they were loud today and it was a great environment to race in," commented head coach Nick Cavataro.

WOMEN'S RECAP

• The 400-yard Freestyle Relay was the final race of the meet. Sophomore Willow Lopez-Silvers, sophomore Gabriella Kuehhas, junior Simone Sturrup and sophomore Kate Flynn combined for a 3:38.43 to Holy Cross' 3:39.05 to seal the win.
• Lopez-Silvers had three wins on the day; the additional two coming in the 100 and 200-Freestyle events with respective times of 53.53 and 1:56.23.
• Sophomore Adrienne Bilello, junior Alyssa Chain and Flynn all added big individual.
• Bilello, rebounded from a third place in the 200-Fly to win the 500-Free at 5:19.60.
• The 50-Free saw Flynn and Chain go one-two with times of 24.73 and 24.74, respective. Chain returned to take the 100-Fly at 59.79.
• The Iona women also took the opening 200-Medley Relay as rookie Rebecca Sembrano, sophomore Kate DiRaimo, Chain and Flynn combined for a season best of 1:49.50. For Sembrano, it was her first win at Iona.

MEN'S RECAP

• The Iona men were led by Freshmen Jackson Madonia, who continues to impress early in the season. The Wisconsin native posted three individual wins in addition to a strong breaststroke leg in the opening winning 200-Medley Relay. Madonia took the individual 100 and 200-Breaststroke races along with the 200-IM with respective times of 1:00.26, 2:12.45 and 1:59.02.
• Co-Captain senior Matthew Bosse posted a pair of individual wins in the 50-Free at 22.17 and the 200-Back at 1:56.71.
• Freshmen Daniel Hadary added a pair of victories in the 100-Back and 500-Free at 53.21 and 4:54.83.
• Co-Captain junior Matt Anderson, sophomore Delano Townsend, junior James Whaley and sophomore Conor Mullin all touched first to add to the gold pile. Anderson took the 1000-Free at 9:53.80; Townsend tied Bosse in the 50-Free at 22.17 as did Whaley and Mullin in the 200-Butterfly, both at 2:00.04.

UP NEXT

The team returns to action next Saturday, Oct. 20 for the annual "Quad Meet" which features the Iona women squaring off against Wagner, Sacred Heart and ST. Francis (NY), with the men facing the Terriers in a dual meet.

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