TOWSON, Md. – Several multiple winners lifted the Susquehanna University women's swim team to their second Landmark Conference win of the season Friday afternoon. Susquehanna (2-3, 2-0 LC) posted a 125-71 victory over the host Goucher College Gophers (2-7, 0-5 LC) to spoil Goucher's Senior Day.
Susquehanna 125, Goucher 71
How It Happened
- Susquehanna captured eight events while swimming the 200 freestyle relay – the last event of the meet – as an exhibition.
- Sophomore Olivia Lee (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) tallied two wins on the afternoon, starting by swimming the breaststroke leg on the winning 200 medley relay. Joining Lee on the relay were senior Cate Welch (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West), sophomore Tara Caucino (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant Boro), and first-year Lauren Grove (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) as the quartet clocked a 2:03.08.
- Lee also captured the 100 butterfly in 1:05.73 while first-year Lizzie Axler (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks South) finished third in 1:12.28.
- Grove also notched two wins as a part of the 200 medley relay and by claiming top honors in the 50 freestyle in 27.80. Sophomore Caroline Lewis (Ellicott City, Md./Howard) took second behind Grove in 28.51.
- Junior Brooke Boes (Westwood, N.J./Westwood Regional) collected a pair of wins as well, winning the 200 individual medley in 2:25.03 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:16.34. Caucino took second both events in 2:31.15 and 1:18.59, respectively.
- First-year Caroline Nelson (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) came in first place in the 1,000 freestyle in 12:09.97 while senior Erin Wetmore (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) placed second in 12:16.31.
- Sophomore Larisa Calvo (Bath, Pa./Northampton) paced the River Hawks in the 200 freestyle with a first-place finish in 2:08.67 while sophomore Victoria Morin (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk) was second in 2:11.07.
- Junior Larissa MacDougall (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern) touched the wall first in the 1000 backstroke while Morin came in third in 1:09.56.
- Grove claimed a second-place finish in the 100 freestyle in 1:01.36 while Lewis came in third in 1:02.67.
- Welch led SU in the 500 freestyle with a second-place finish in 5:50.92 followed by Nelson in third in 5:52.09.
Up Next for the River Hawks
- Jan. 25 at Scranton (8-1, 5-0 LC) – Scranton, Pa. / Byron Recreation Center – Landmark Conference meet – 1:00 p.m.
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