NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The first ever meeting between Long Island University and Iona University swimming and diving teams turned out to be very competitive where every one of the 28 races was highly contested, with the Gaels coming away with a pair of wins.
 
The Iona women took a 144-118 win, with the Iona men posting a 150-130 victory. The win raises the Iona women's season mark to 4-1 and the men go to 2-2, with a road trip to Providence next Saturday on the slate.

Meet Summary

The meet started off with the teams trading wins in the 200-Medley Relay with the Iona quartet of Victoria Novinsky, Julia Moser, Ashley Benkert and Megan Josephs winning by two seconds at 1:47.85. The LIU men won on a disqualification, but Iona picked up 2-3 points.

Pacing the Iona women with a pair of wins was Isabella Nicholson who touched first in the 100 and 200-Free at 53.27 and 1:55.09, respectively.  Other winners included benkert in the 100-Butterfly (57.67); Novinsky in the 200-IM at 2:09.51; Katherine Sarnes in the 1000-Free (10:47.64); and, Brennyn Veit in the 200-Breast (2:28.72).

The men were led by Michael Faughnan and Daniel Hadary with three wins each. Faughnan took the 100, 200 and 500-Freestyle races with respective times of 46.42, 1:39.72 and 4:42.13. Hadary claimed the top spot in the 100-Back, 200-Back and 200-Individual Medley at 53.27, 1:56.73 and 1:58.14, respectively.
 
Other winners on the men's side included Dylan Riccio, who took uncontested wins in the 1 and 3-Meter Springboard. David Son came from behind to win the 200-Butterfly with a season best effort of 1:55.61 and Freshmen Michael Woyksnar picked up his first collegiate win in the 1000-Freestyle at 9:55.45.

COACHES' comments

"The key today was scoring up and down our line-up" said, Nick Cavataro. "We had 18 different women score and 16 different men. That is a great recipe for success."

Up Next

Both teams will travel to Providence College for a dual meet scheduled for next Saturday, October 29 beginning at 11:00 am. I