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Elizabeth Riccio - IonaGaels.com

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IUSD Takes a Pair From Providence

NEW ROCHELLE, NY - Less that 24 hours after dropping a pair of Men's and women's swimming and diving dual meet to the visiting Crusaders of Holy Cross, the Iona Men's and Women dominated from start to finish to sweep the visiting Friars of Providence College at the Hynes Pool.

MEET SUMMARY

The Iona women raised their season mark to 5-1 with a 186.5-106.5 win. The Iona men climbed to 3-2 with a 172-102 victory. Both Providence squads drops to 0-2. The Iona women took 12 of the 14 individual swimming events as well as both 200-yard Relay events.
 
The quartet of Raegan O'Brien, Francesca Fields, Victoria Mordaunt and Mary Grace Waring claimed the 200-Medley relay 15 :1:45.16. more than 4 seconds ahead of Providence. The women later closed the meet with an exhibition win in the 200-Free Relay by over 3 seconds at 1:37.91 as Waring, Paige Fiorino, Nianna Thomas and Mordaunt combined.
 
In between Relay wins freshmen Marissa Hengesbach touched first in the 1000-Free at 10:38.61 and in the 200-Butterfly at 2;10.10. Sophomore O'Brien grabbed the top spot in the 100 and 200-Backstroke events with respective times of 56.81 and 2:04.37. Mordaunt added wins in the 50-Free at 24.55 and the 100-Butterfly at 57.21. Single wins came from Fields in the 100-Breaststroke at 1:06.42; Kate Kennedy in the 100-Freestyle at 53.28. Freshmen Maddie Lauria picked up her first collegiate win with a roaring last 50 to take the 500-Freestyle at 5:15.94. Senior Brennyn Veit made it back-to-back 200-Breastroke wins touching first as she did against Holy Cross at 2:23.93. waring posted her best 200-Freestyle of the season, winning at 1:55.14.
 
The Iona also won both the opening Medley and ending Freestyle Relays. The 200-Medley saw Wyatt Julian, Max Buchen, Jovannie Avila and Nicholas Patino cruise to a 3.3 second win at 1:31.66 over the Friars. The team of Nate Wales, Mikel Palaj, Patino and Kieran Egan posted an exhibition win on by 4.07 seconds at 1:23.33 in the 200-free Relay.
 
In between relays Senior Matt Woyksnar dominated the 1000 and 500-yard Freestyle events with wins at 9:38.48 and 4:39.72, respectively. Harry Platt and Max Buchen also picked up a pair of individual wins. Platt touched first in the 200-Free at 1:41.24 and in the 100-Free at 46.68. Buchen took the top spots in the 200-Breaststroke and in an exhibition win in the 200-Individual Medley at 1:55.13.  Senior Springboard diver Dylan Ricco won both the 1 and 3-Meter events. 
 
Four other Gaels won events including Kieran Egan in the 100-Back at 49.80; Elijah Decasseres in the 200-Butterfly at 1:55.35; Juniors Patino and Noah Giunta took top honors in the 50-Free at 20.57 and 100-Butterfly at 51.37, respectively.

COACH THOUGHTS

"This was a solid day for us, bouncing back from a long Friday night of racing Holy Cross and an early turn-around, I wasn't sure exactly how our group would handle the experience. We have a great blend of freshmen, combined with experienced upper classmen and the intensity was strong through the entire meet," commented Head Coach Nick Cavataro. "This was a positive two days of hard racing."

UP NEXT

The men and women travel to face former MAAC rival Monmouth University next Saturday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jovannie Avila

Jovannie Avila

Fly
5' 7"
Senior
Elijah Decasseres

Elijah Decasseres

Back
5' 10"
Junior
Kieran Egan

Kieran Egan

Back / Free
6' 1"
Junior
Noah Giunta

Noah Giunta

Fly / IM
6' 1"
Junior
Mikel Palaj

Mikel Palaj

Fly / Breast
6' 0"
Senior
Nicholas Patino

Nicholas Patino

Free / Breast
5' 10"
Junior
Harry Platt

Harry Platt

Sprint Free
6' 5"
Junior
Nate Wales

Nate Wales

Sprint Free / Backstroke
6' 3"
Junior
Kate Kennedy

Kate Kennedy

Distance
5' 8"
Junior
Raegan O

Raegan O'Brien

Back / IM
5' 9"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jovannie Avila

Jovannie Avila

5' 7"
Senior
Fly
Elijah Decasseres

Elijah Decasseres

5' 10"
Junior
Back
Kieran Egan

Kieran Egan

6' 1"
Junior
Back / Free
Noah Giunta

Noah Giunta

6' 1"
Junior
Fly / IM
Mikel Palaj

Mikel Palaj

6' 0"
Senior
Fly / Breast
Nicholas Patino

Nicholas Patino

5' 10"
Junior
Free / Breast
Harry Platt

Harry Platt

6' 5"
Junior
Sprint Free
Nate Wales

Nate Wales

6' 3"
Junior
Sprint Free / Backstroke
Kate Kennedy

Kate Kennedy

5' 8"
Junior
Distance
Raegan O

Raegan O'Brien

5' 9"
Sophomore
Back / IM