Six members of the Orange and Blue posted individual wins, but it was not enough to help the Bucknell women’s swimming and diving team to victory as the squad suffered a 174-124 setback to Colgate on Saturday afternoon. The loss leaves the Bison at 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the Patriot League, while the Raiders improve to 4-3, 2-1 against league opponents.
 
Bucknell saw its best success of the day come in the 200-yard backstroke as sophomore Abigail Atkinson (Newtown, Conn./Newtown) led a Bison trio that went one-two-three in the event. Atkinson reached the wall in two minutes, 10.73 seconds, followed by freshman Sinead O’Dwyer (Green River, Wyo./The Peddie School (N.J.)) with a time of 2:12.19 and sophomore Abigail Paules (York, Pa./Baltimore Lutheran) with a time of 2:12.48.
 
Sophomore Courtney Warren (Montour Falls, N.Y./Watkins Glen) claimed first in the 100 back in 1:00.19, while Atkinson took third (1:02.08) and O’Dwyer fifth (1:03.17).
 
Freshmen Molly Goebel (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) and Macey Keath (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) rounded out the individual winners for the Orange and Blue in the swimming events as Goebel recorded a first-place finish in the 50 free with a time of 24.90 and Keath was victorious in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:27.81.
 
Senior Kristen Skroski (North Haven, Conn./Hopkins) registered two runner-up finishes against Colgate, which came in the 1,000 free (10:43.24) and the 500 free (5:14.30). Sophomore Sarah Pease (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Senior High) recorded a second-place showing as well, with her time of 2:11.50 in the 200 fly.
 
Two additional third-place finishes were posted by Bucknell in the individual swimming events as sophomore Megan Mongan (Malvern, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) was third in the 200 free (1:57.82) and Atkinson finished third with a time of 2:14.02 in the 200 IM.
 
The Bison swept the diving portion of the meet with sophomores Rebecca Bersani (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) and Allison FitzPatrick (Berwyn, Pa./Episcopal) collecting one win apiece. Bersani posted the highest three-meter score, 225.74, while FitzPatrick led the way with a mark of 230.40 in the one-meter competition.
 
In the relays, the 200 medley squad of Warren, junior Kelly Morris (Metuchen, N.J./Metuchen), Goebel and Mongan placed second in 1:49.82, and the 200 free contingent of junior Alexandra Lovallo (Ridgefield, Conn./Ridgefield), Skroski, Warren and junior Susan Horstmann (Havertown, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara) finished third with a time of 1:42.96.
 
Bucknell will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 18, with its 2007-08 home finale against Columbia slated to begin at 5 p.m.

The Bucknell men’s swimming and diving team swept the top-three spots in seven events, helping the squad cruise to a 192-96 victory over Colgate on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Bison move to 4-1 on the season, 2-1 in the Patriot League, while Colgate drops to 0-6, 0-2 against league opponents.
 
Senior John Peterman (Conestoga, Pa./Penn Manor) was a double winner for the Orange and Blue, taking first in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.91 seconds and posting the fastest 100 free time, 48.09. Senior Grant Steadman (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) followed Peterman as the runner-up in the 50 free, reaching the wall in 22.24, while in the 100 free, sophomore Daniel Fletcher (Cedar Grove, N.J./Cedar Grove) and Steadman took second (48.79) and third (48.92), respectively.
 
In the 200 free, Fletcher claimed first, reaching the wall in 1:46.71, while sophomore Ben Leboza (Green Oaks, Ill./Libertyville) was second (1:47.27) and Peterman third (1:47.30). Fletcher also clocked the fastest time in the 200 IM, an event the Bison exhibitioned, finishing in 1:59.31.
 
Sophomore Luke Trafton (Bath, Maine/Morse) led the way in the 1,000 free with his first-place time of 9:55.40. His classmate David Iselin (Potomac, Md./Churchill) came in second (10:01.66) and senior Theo Leriotis (Murrysville, Pa./Franklin Regional Sr. High) took third (10:03.66).
 
The trio of senior Bradford Bennett (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton Area), senior Joseph Metcalf (Knoxville, Tenn./Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)) and sophomore Brett Carey (West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep) swept the top-three spots in both breaststroke events. Bennett won the 100 breast, reaching the wall in 58.51, followed by Metcalf (1:00.12) and Carey (1:01.05), while Metcalf claimed the fastest time in the 200 (2:10.81), with Carey in second (2:13.53) and Bennett in third (2:14.54).
 
Freshman Gonzalo DeLeon (Ringwood, N.J./Lakeland Regional) was victorious in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.81, while Iselin followed in second (1:56.41) and junior Chris Amato (East Norwich, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) came in third (2:02.55). DeLeon also scored in the 100 back (3rd, 54.14), an event won by junior Mark Kawczenski with a time of 52.86.
 
Two additional runner-up showings were recorded by members of the Orange and Blue in the individual swimming events. Trafton’s came in the 200 fly (2:00.43) and junior Patrick Stummer’s (Fulton, N.Y./G. Ray Bodley) came in the 500 free (4:56.31).
 
Junior Jeffrey Manning (Bringhurst, Ind./Carroll Jr./Sr. High) led the Bison divers, placing first on both the one-meter and three-meter boards with scores of 245.47 and 224.48, respectively.
 
In the 200 medley relay, Kawczenski, Bennett, Steadman and Fletcher teamed up to record the winning time of 1:35.60. Swimming exhibition in the 200 free relay, Steadman, Trafton, Kawczenski and Peterman posted the fastest time, 1:27.73.
 
Bucknell will be back in action on Friday, Jan. 18, with its 2007-08 home finale against Columbia slated to begin at 5 p.m.