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John Bowers

Women's Swimming and Diving 10.23.2021 John Stark

Women’s Swimming Nipped at William & Mary

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The Towson University women's swimming team, sans divers, fell on the road at William & Mary 143-118 at the Tribe's Recreation Center Saturday afternoon.

Towson (2-2) had another strong showing from its distance team as Meagan Clark won both the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle. Karlee Carminati notched a win in the 1,000 free, dropping another seven seconds from her season best. Towson swept the 100-yard butterfly with Hailey Ritter, Samantha Casolo and Ava Enriquez.

How it Happened

Carminati picked up Towson's first win of the day in the 1,000 yard freestyle, touching in a season-best 10 minutes, 21.51 seconds. Bridget Thomas, a true freshman, tacked on a season best as well with a 10:31.11 for third place.
Towson picked up a first and third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle with Clark winning in 1:53.23 and Enriquez touching in 1:56.99.
Julia Ali grabbed third in the 100-yard backstroke (59.09) as Katie Nunez (1:07.19) and Tiffany Matulis (1:07.36) took second and third, respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Casolo grabbed first in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:07.20, outpacing second place's Grace Tramack of William & Mary but well over a second.
Towson picked up big points in the 50-yard free, taking second, third and fourth in the heat, lead by Maddie Mince at 24.49. Parker Schulz came in third with a 24.65 while Ritter nabbed fourth at 24.75. It was Schulz's first time swimming the event this fall.
Shay Walker picked up a third-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.04 before Suzannah Mills took the same spot in the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:08.27. Matulis took second in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:26.59.
In the 500-yard freestyle, Towson took first, second and fourth with Clark winning at 5:02.05, dropping nearly a second from her previous season best. Carminati was in second with a 5:04.03, a five-second improvement, while Thomas touched in 5:06.46, another personal best.
Towson closed the gap with the top three spots in the 100-yard butterfly, catching a win from Ritter with a 56.93. Casolo (57.89) and Enriquez (58.36) finished second and third, respectively.
Mills snagged second in the 200-yard IM, pulling within a stroke of first place with her time of 2:10.96. The Tribe's Annie Tuttle won the event in 2:09.88.
The final event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay, saw Towson take second with the group of Ritter, Clark, Mince and Nunez finishing with a 3:33.61. It was the first time this season the Tigers swam that event.

Up Next for Towson

After putting in three-straight weekends of action, The Tigers take a week away from competition.
Towson's next event is set for Nov. 6 with a crosstown rivalry meet at UMBC.
Action is slated for a 1 p.m. start at the Retrievers' UMBC Aquatics Center.

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Players Mentioned

Julia Ali: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Karlee Carminati: Free; Graduate Student; Communications

Samantha Casolo: Fly; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Meagan Clark: Free; 5' 3"; Senior; Economics

Ava Enriquez: Fly/Free; 5' 7"; Junior

Tiffany Matulis: Breast/IM; 5' 8"; Sophomore

Suzannah Mills: Back/Free; Senior; Communication Studies

Maddie Mince: Free/Fly; 5' 8"; Junior

Katie Nunez: Free/Breast; 5' 7"; Junior

Hailey Ritter: Fly/Free; 5' 4"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Julia Ali
: 5' 9"; Sophomore

Karlee Carminati
: Graduate Student; Communications
: Free

Samantha Casolo
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Fly

Meagan Clark
: 5' 3"; Senior; Economics
: Free

Ava Enriquez
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Fly/Free

Tiffany Matulis
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: Breast/IM

Suzannah Mills
: Senior; Communication Studies
: Back/Free

Maddie Mince
: 5' 8"; Junior
: Free/Fly

Katie Nunez
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Free/Breast

Hailey Ritter
: 5' 4"; Junior
: Fly/Free