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Women's Swimming and Diving 11.6.2021 John Stark

Women’s Swimming and Diving Nipped at UMBC

CATONSVILLE, Md. -- Just three points separated the Towson University women's swimming and diving team from the UMBC side, but the Tigers ultimately fell 151-148 at UMBC Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon.

Towson (2-3) picked up sweeps on both the 1- and 3-meter boards, including a Zone Qualifying score from Christina Coleman. Freshman Bridget Thomas collected the first wins of her rookie season in the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle.

How it Happened

Towson led off the day with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay, clocking a 1 minute, 47.95 seconds, just a second and a half back from UMBC's time of 1:46.36.
Meagan Clark continued her strong run in the distance events, taking the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:25.62, winning by nearly half a minute. She was the lone Tiger swimming the event among three qualifying Retrievers.
Thomas collected her first collegiate victory in the 200-yard freestyle, winning by just over one-tenth of a second with a 1:57.13 over UMBC's Roaa Farag (1:57.28). Katie Nunez took important third-place points with a 1:57.79. Parker Schulz added more points in the 100-yard backstroke, taking second with a 59.02, improving her season best by over half a second.
Likewise, Tiffany Matulis finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a 1:07.29 while Karlee Carminati and Samantha Casolo took second and third in the 200-yard butterfly at 2:08.06 and 2:08.55, respectively. Maddie Frick picked up a fourth-place finish with a 2:10.27.
In the first sprint of the day, Maddie Mince took second with a 24.76, followed by Ava Enriquez at 25.09.
Towson swept the 1-meter diving event, topped by Christina Coleman's 269.32, qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving for the third time. Teammate Alyssa Largay took second in the event with a 257.62 while Sarah DiGaetano finished third with a 254.32.
In the second sprint, Nunez and Hailey Ritter finished second and third, with Nunez touching in 53.84 while Ritter finished in 54.15.
Schulz and Frick continued Towson's second-third pattern in the 200-yard backstroke, with Schulz going for a 2:08.76 while Frick finished in 2:09.74.
Clark finished second in the 200-yard breast with a 2:27.38, followed by Thomas's second victory of the day, winning the 500-yard freestyle in 5:11.78. Teammate Suzannah Mills finished three seconds later in 5:14.84.
Mince and Enriquez took another second-and-third place finish at 58.12 and 58.13 in the 100-yard fly.
It was another one-two-three for the Towson diving squad as Largay won the 3-meter event with a 259.57. Coleman finished second at 245.32 while freshman Abby O'Leary notched a 227.02.
Clark and Carminati paired for second and third place finishes in the 200-yard IM, the former going in 2:10.52 while the latter finished half a second later with a 2:11.10.
In the final event of the day, the Tigers picked up a key win in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with Enriquez, Nunez, Mince and Schulz winning in 3:32.61. Towson's second squad of Victoria Dichak, Ritter, Thomas and Mills took third in 3:37.83.

Up Next for Towson

The Tigers are idle next week before heading to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania for the annual Bucknell Invitational.
Action kicks off at the Kinney Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 19 and runs until Sunday, Nov. 21.
Each day will feature qualifying heats at 10 a.m. and finals heats at 6 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Karlee Carminati: Free; Graduate Student; Communications

Samantha Casolo: Fly; 5' 5"; Sophomore

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

Christina Coleman: Diving; Senior; Exercise Science

Victoria Dichak: IM; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Sarah DiGaetano: Dive; Senior; Biology

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

Maddie Frick: 5' 5"; Sophomore

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

Suzannah Mills: Back/Free; Senior; Communication Studies

Players Mentioned

Karlee Carminati
: Graduate Student; Communications
: Free

Samantha Casolo
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Fly

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

Christina Coleman
: Senior; Exercise Science
: Diving

Victoria Dichak
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: IM

Sarah DiGaetano
: Senior; Biology
: Dive

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

Maddie Frick
: 5' 5"; Sophomore

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

Suzannah Mills
: Senior; Communication Studies
: Back/Free