Iona Men's Swimming & Diving Earns Third Straight Win In Dual Meet Split at LIU

The Iona University Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving team took to the road for the first time this season as they traveled to the Brooklyn Campus of LIU.

The Iona men continued their strong swimming winning eight individual and one relay of the 14 contested for a 145.5-116.5 win to raise their record on the season to 3-1. The Iona women took the first and last relay events, but then could only manage three other wins in the remaining 12 races to fall to 1-4 on the season, 150-112.

The Iona Men had two freshmen pick up their first career wins, as Nick Patino took the 50-yard Freestyle in a season best 21.66. Classmate Elijah Decasseres continued his strong personal charge with his third consecutive meet with a lifetime best performance, picking up a win in the 200-yard Freestyle at 1:46.39. Fellow freshmen Noah Giunta took the 200-yard Butterfly race at 1:57.07 and Kieran Egan touched first in the 200-Back at 1:54.85.

The men's other wins came from Senior Michael Faughnan who won the 1000-Free, 100-Back and 500-Free with respective times of 9:45.70, 50.63 and 4:47.19. Faughnan also combined Egan, Liam Pyatt and Nate Wales to win the 400-Freestyle Relay at 3:09.25.

The Iona women had wins from Megan Josephs (100-Breast at 1:09.51); Brennyn Veit (200-Breast at 2:28.86) and Isabella Nicholson (100-Free at 53.99).

The team returns home on Saturday to face off against Providence College at the Hynes Pool with diving at 11:00am and Swimming at 1:00pm.

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Players Mentioned

Michael Faughnan: Middle Free; 6' 6"; Senior

Liam Pyatt: Fly; 6' 2"; Senior

Megan Josephs: Breast/Sprint; 5' 8"; Senior

Isabella Nicholson: Mid-Distance; 5' 11"; Graduate Student

Brennyn Veit: Breast; 5' 7"; Sophomore

Nate Wales: Backstroke; 6' 3"; Freshman

Elijah Decasseres: Back; 5' 10"; Freshman

Kieran Egan: Back / Free; 6' 0"; Freshman

Noah Giunta: Butterfly; 6' 1"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Michael Faughnan
: 6' 6"; Senior
: Middle Free

Liam Pyatt
: 6' 2"; Senior
: Fly

Megan Josephs
: 5' 8"; Senior
: Breast/Sprint

Isabella Nicholson
: 5' 11"; Graduate Student
: Mid-Distance

Brennyn Veit
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: Breast

Nate Wales
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: Backstroke

Elijah Decasseres
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Back

Kieran Egan
: 6' 0"; Freshman
: Back / Free

Noah Giunta
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: Butterfly