Lindsey Buzard

Women's Swimming & Diving

Nazareth falls to Lemoyne

Lemoyne defeats women's team 162-138; men's team 163-107

Results
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth fell 162-138 to LeMoyne in a non-conference women's swimming and diving meet Saturday afternoon. Junior  Lindsey Buzard placed first in the one-and three-meter diving events with 208.55 points and 210.90 respectively.  Freshman Jaclyn Conklin also swam well as she finished first in the 50-meter freestyle (:28.68) and second in the 100-meter fly (1:09), and second in the 100 freestyle (1:02.71).

With the loss to the Dolphins, Nazareth's women's team drops to 3-2 overall.

In addition to Buzard's strong diving, senior Hilary Ship finished second in the one-meter and the three-meter diving events with scores of 188.30 and 209.15 respectively, while junior Rebecca Kraft finished third in the one-meter diving event with a score of 170.30.

Other top performers included Erin Rappold who placed first in the 800-meter freestyle (9:41) and second in the 400 freestyle (4:47). Freshman Sara Weigel placed second in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:16 and second in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:36. Other second-place finishes came from junior Jeanne Falco, who placed second in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:58.31 following her second place finish of 1:21 in the 100-meter breaststroke. Junior Lauren McKinney also added a second place finish in the 200 fly and a third place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 2:34 and 1:09.77 respectively. 

Freshman Ashley Palmer also contributed a pair of third place finisher as she finished third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:24) and third in the 200-meter breaststroke (2:58.45)  Junior Courtney Pilc added a third place finish in the 800-meter freestyle (10:11) while sophomore Kristen Pedrotti added third place finish in the 100-meter backstroke (1:16).

The Golden Flyers' relay team of senior Brittany Beane, freshman Holly Gilligan, McKinney, and Conklin placed first and set a pool record in the 200 meter freestyle relay with a time of 1:55.08.  The Dolphins' Nicole Murphy also set a school record in the 200 meter breaststroke with a time of 2:49.69

In the men's meet, LeMoyne defeated Nazareth 163-107 behind a pool record by Rickey Chidsey in the 200-meter backstroke.  Freshman Dan Walton recorded one of Nazareth's two victories as he placed first in the 200-meter fly with a time of 2:36.56, which edged LeMoyne's swimmer by .01 seconds.  Walton also placed third in the 100 meter fly with a time of 1:08. Senior Mike Fritz had Nazareth's other first place finish as he placed first in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:12). 

After falling to the Dolphins, the Golden Flyers' record falls to 0-5 overall.

Junior Matt Brown also added a pair of second place finishes in the diving events.  Brown tallied 187 points in the one-meter event and 173.95 points in the three-meter event.  Junior #R.C. Weston# also added two second place finishes; Weston finished second in the 100-meter backstroke (1:05) and second in the 200-meter backstroke (2:26)

Junior Rob Wortel placed second in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of :58.72 while sophomore Jeffrey Dick finished second in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:53.  He also had a third place finish in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:16.  Additionally, sophomore Paul Thompson added a third place finish in the 200-meter freestyle (2:13) and third place finish in the 400 freestyle (4:45)  Senior Don Curran also had a third place finish in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 10:48. 

The Golden Flyers next meet is a non-conference contest Sunday, November 16 at Hartwick. 
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