Rhode Island Press Release
Rhode Island (6-4) finished the regular season strong with a victory in their last head-to-head matchup of the year against Bryant, 138-123.
Highlights From the Pool
The Rams kicked off the meet strong with a one-two finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Lauren Folkert, Carly DeLiberty, Bridget Whalen and Grace Kneller took the top spot with a time of 1:50.10.
The winning would continue in the 1000-yard freestyle, in which junior Sydney Williams took the top spot with a 10:38.29. Williams would also win the 500-yard freestyle with a 5:13.92.
Coming off of a three-win week two weeks ago, sophomore Nicole Petta continued to dominate with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.33).
Senior Bridget Whalen won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:11.97.
Sophomore Grace Kneller took gold in the 100-yard freestyle (54.68). Whalen finished second in the event with a 54.87.
Freshman Caitlin Guccione took the 100-yard butterfly with a 1:00.28, edging out Bryant's Taylor Poliseno by .08 seconds.
Senior Lauren Folkert won her 11th solo event of the year, taking gold in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:13.82.
Rhody capped the meet off with the team of Kneller, Whalen, DeLiberty and Eliza Anderson winning the last event of the day, the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Bryant Press Release
The Bryant University women's swimming and diving team dropped a heartbreaker, 138-123, to the University of Rhode Island on Saturday morning at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.
The Bulldogs led by a point heading into the final two events of the meet but the Rams were victorious in the 200 IM and the 200 free relay. With the dual meet season over, Bryant will now set its sights on the Northeast Conference Championships which take place Feb. 15-18 in Cambridge, Mass.
On Saturday, the Black and Gold received a pair of victories from Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) and Alaina Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain). Rice won the 200 free (1:55.40) and the 50 free (24.31), while Scifo took home both back events with times of 58.97 and 2:06.53, both personal bests for the year.
Bryant also received a strong performance from Eliza Brant (Hauppauge, N.Y.). The freshman finished second in the 100 breast but bounced back to win the 200 breast with a time of 2:28.36.
The Bulldogs will have a week and a half to prepare for the NEC Championships that will be held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., from Feb. 15-18.
