Iona Men and Women Swim Fall at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, MA - The Iona Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Team took to the road for their second back-to-back pair of weekend meets this season as they traveled to Worcester, Mass to face the College of Holy Cross dual meet match-up at the Hart Center Pool.

The Crusaders came out strong winning six of the first seven events to roll to respective 207-91 and 171.5-126.5 victories on the women's and men's side. The Iona women picked up wins in both the 100 and 200-yard Breaststroke events as graduate student Julia Moser touched first in the 100-yard race at 1:08.15 and Freshman Hailey Baker took the 200-yard race at 2:29.15.

The Iona men grabbed seven wins, with the quartet of Michael Faughnan, Matthew Loftus, Noah Giunta and Nate Wales taking the 200-yard Medley Relay at 1:34.76. Graduate Student, Faughnan went on to win the 100-yard Backstroke at 49.50 and the 500-yard Freestyle at 4:42.75. Sophomore Kieran Egan posted wins in the 50-Free and 200-Back with times of 21.72 and 1:52.96. Sophomore Wales touched first in the 100-Free at 47.78.

Egan, Wales, Harry Platt and Faughnan remained undefeated in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay on the season winning the meets final race at 3:08.18.

The teams travel to Providence for a match-up with the Friars at 11:00am

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Players Mentioned

Julia Moser: Breast; 5' 7"; Graduate Student

Kieran Egan: Back / Free; 6' 1"; Sophomore

Michael Faughnan: Middle Free; 6' 6"; Graduate Student

Noah Giunta: Butterfly; 6' 1"; Sophomore

Matthew Loftus: Breast / IM; 5' 11"; Senior

Harry Platt: Sprint Free; 6' 5"; Sophomore

Nate Wales: Sprint Free / Backstroke; 6' 3"; Sophomore

Hailey Baker: Breast; 5' 6"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Julia Moser
: 5' 7"; Graduate Student
: Breast

Kieran Egan
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: Back / Free

Michael Faughnan
: 6' 6"; Graduate Student
: Middle Free

Noah Giunta
: 6' 1"; Sophomore
: Butterfly

Matthew Loftus
: 5' 11"; Senior
: Breast / IM

Harry Platt
: 6' 5"; Sophomore
: Sprint Free

Nate Wales
: 6' 3"; Sophomore
: Sprint Free / Backstroke

Hailey Baker
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: Breast