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Bryant Sweeps Holy Cross

Senior Taylor DeBever (Denver, Colo.) won a pair of events in the final home swim meet of her career as the Bryant University women's swimming and diving team defeated Holy Cross, 174-82, on Saturday at the Chace Athletic Center.

Prior to the meet, the Bulldogs (6-6) honored their two seniors, DeBever and Kaitlin Buckley (Duxbury, Mass.).

DeBever was dominant in her own pool on Saturday, winning the 50 back (28.65) and the 100 back (1:00.23). She was one of several Bulldogs to take home two first-place finishes as sophomore Julia Messina (Canandaigua, N.Y.), freshman Taylor Poliseno (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.), sophomore Dana Yu (Bridgewater, N.J.) and sophomore Lauren Doerrman (Oley, Pa.) all won a pair of events. Messina won the 50 breast (32.18) and 100 breast (1:10.60), Poliseno won the 200 free (1:58.25) and tied Yu in the 50 free (25.19), Yu added a victory in the 50 fly (26.81) and Doerrman won the 500 free (5:21.51) and the 200 IM (2:17.49).

The Bulldogs also received first-place finishes from Maria Messina (Canandaigua, N.Y.), Samantha Torrez (Whittier, Calif.) and Kristie Chan (San Francisco, Calif.). Messina won the 1000 (11:10.25), Torrez won the 100 fly (1:01.02) and Chan won the 100 free (55.36).

Bryant will compete at the UConn Invitational next Saturday, Feb. 8 before beginning its preparations for the Northeast Conference championship meet. The meet will be held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., from Feb. 19-22.



Junior Graham Beck (Danvers, Mass.) won three individual events and set a new pool record in the 100 breast as the Bryant University men's swimming and diving team cruised to a 157-102 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday at the Chace Athletic Center.

Prior to the meet, the Bulldogs (4-5) honored their three seniors, Trevor Heller (Naugatuck, Conn.), Cameron Hessler (Southbury, Conn.) and Nicholas Karadimas (New Milford, Conn.).

Beck was outstanding against the Crusaders, winning the 200 free (1:49.10), 50 breast (26.84) and the 100 breast (58.49). He also helped the 400 yard medley relay team set a new pool record with a time of 3:34.15. The Bulldogs also received victories from Karadimas, Kevin Hong (Bridgewater, N.J.), Andrew Neggia (Ramsey, N.J.) and Pierre Le Guyader (East Islip, N.Y.). Swimming in the final home meet of his career, Karadimas won the 50 free (21.96) and the 200 IM (2:04.08). Hong won the 1000 (10:15.40), Neggia won the 500 (4:55.95) and LeGuyader won the 100 free (48.67).

The Bulldogs will now have two weeks to prepare for the MAAC Championship meet that will be held Feb. 13-15 in Buffalo, N.Y. Canisius and Niagara are serving as the championship hosts. 

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