Bentley Sweeps UMass-Dartmouth

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Led by junior Egen Ouellette (West Hartford, Conn./Conard HS), the Bentley University men’s swimming team won nine of the first 12 events and went on to defeat UMass-Dartmouth, 164-131, Saturday afternoon at the UMD pool.
              
Ouellette was the only Falcon to take a pair of individual events, capturing the 100 yard butterfly in 56.19 and the 500 freestyle in 5:11.25. 
              
In addition, he helped Bentley win 200 medley relay team by five-and-a-half seconds, combining with sophomore Joe Frantel (Canandaigua, N.Y./Marcus Whitman HS) and seniors Sam Laden (Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire HS) and Willie Connolly (Washington, Conn./Shepaug Valley HS) for a time of 1:41.33. Laden was also first in the 100 breaststroke, posting a 1:03.45, and Connolly won the 400 individual medley in 4:36.20.
              
Freshman Tyler Champagne (Orange, Conn./Amity Regional HS) went the distance in the 1000 free, winning in 10:44.77, and the other three Bentley winners were all sophomores. They are Patrick Ryan (Sudbury/Lincoln-Sudbury HS) in the 50 back (27.10), Matt Wessels (Epsom, N.H./Bishop Brady HS) in the 100 free (52.38) and Dave Curran (Danbury, Conn./Danbury HS) in the 100 back (59.84).
              
Bentley, 2-2, will be back in its home pool Dec. 5-6 for the Northeast-10 Invitational.
              
Bentley 164, UMass-Dartmouth 131
 
200 Medley Relay: Bentley (Willie Connolly, Sam Laden, Egen Ouellette, Joe Frantel), 1:41.33; 1000 Free: Tyler Champagne (B), 10:44.77; 200 Free: Jake Pesante (UMD), 1:52.22; 50 Back: Pat Ryan (B), 27.10; 50 Breast: Steve Szarek (UMD), 29.33; 100 Fly: Ouellette (B), 56.19; 50 Free: CJ Johnson (UMD), 22.42; 1 Meter Diving: Matthew Fahey (UMD), 242.50; 100 Free: Matt Wessels (B), 52.38; 100 Back: Dave Curran (B), 59.84; 100 Breast: Laden (B), 1:03.45; 500 Free: Ouellette (B), 5:11.25; 50 Fly: Johnson (UMD), 24.23; 3 Meter Diving: Fahey (UMD), 271.10; 400 IM: Connolly (B), 4:36.20; 400 Free Relay: UMass-Dartmouth (Johnson, Matt Dean, Andrew Haughey, Pesante), 3:28.97.


WOMEN

Junior Anne Kaduboski (Dedham/Dedham HS) won two individual events, freshman Jessica Hodsdon (Brewer, Maine/Brewer HS) shattered the school record in the 50 yard breaststroke and both were part of a winning 200 medley relay team as Bentley University registered a 185-101 victory over UMass-Dartmouth Saturday afternoon in women’s college swimming at the UMD pool.
              
Kaduboski captured the 200 freestyle in 2:01.05, touching more than four seconds before runner-up and teammate Susie Boretti (Westford/Westford Academy). In the next to last event of the meet, she recorded a winning time of 4:47.53 in the 400 individual medley, outswimming Hodsdon by nearly 15 seconds.
              
Hodsdon, already the school record holder in the 100 breast, added the 50 to her collection with her winning time of 31.05 seconds bettering the mark set by Kaitlin Chepeleff in the same pool in February 2008 by 0.69 seconds.
              
Kaduboski, Boretti and Hodsdon also helped Bentley prevail in the 200 medley relay, combining with freshman Monika Drogosz (Unionville, Conn./Farmington HS) for a time of 1:56.35. Drogosz (100 back, 1:04.73) and Boretti (100 breast, 1:11.81) were also individual winners for the Falcons.
              
Freshman Abby Mathews (Chelmsford/Chelmsford HS) swept the two diving events for Bentley, posting scores of 218.95 on the one-meter and 155.45 on the three-meter.
              
The other winners in individual events for Bentley were senior Carolyn Connolly (Palm Desert, Calif./Palm Desert HS) in the 500 free (5:46.08) and a pair of freshmen, Taryn Dooley (Feeding Hills/ Agawam HS) in the 50 back (30.73) and Kelly Mazza (Merrick, N.Y./Calhoun HS) in the 1000 free (11:53.71). Mazza also anchored Bentley’s winning 400 free relay team.
              
Bentley, 3-1, is off until the Northeast-10 Invitational Dec. 5-6, which will be held in its home pool.