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Nick Sibol

Women's Swimming and Diving 2.27.2021 John Stark

Women’s Swimming Caps Senior Day with Win Over Mount

TOWSON, Md. -- In its lone home meet of the 2020-21 season, the Towson University women's swimming team handled its business against visiting Mount St. Mary's Saturday afternoon at Burdick Pool.

The Tigers (2-1) won every swimming event in which they didn't exhibition swimmers, topping The Mount 153-97.

How it Happened

The day opened with Towson's 200-yard medley relay B Team edging the A Team by half a second. Suzannah Mills, Meagan Clark, Elise Devlin and Gabrielle Cervone touched first in 1 minute, 53.18 seconds.
Lydia Plasser and Liz Jones were the lone competitors in the 1,000-yard freestyle. The former won the event in 10:54.53 while the later touched in 11:07.14.
Towson swept the 200-yard freestyle, paced by Clark in 1:55.81, Parker Schulz in 1:59.34 and Cervone in 2:02.68.
Another sweep in the 100-yard backstroke saw Hailey Ritter in first (58.77) with Mills (59.38) and Holly Greenleaf (1:01.37) rounding out the podium.
Shay Walker took first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:08.67 with Andie Weitzman (1:10.24) and Lauren Cavanagh (1:12.86) in second and third.
The 200-yard butterfly was a tight race with Samantha Casolo (2:08.48) finishing first with Karlee Carminati (2:11.38) edging Maddie Frick (2:11.87).
Katie Nunez touched first in the 50-yard freestyle with the clock at 24.81. Maddie Mince took second at 24.87 and Tiffany Matulis at 25.68 in third.
Ritter won the 100-yard freestyle in 53.37 while Alex Diacumakos took first in the 200-yard backstroke, halting the clock at 2:12.75. Weitzman then won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:29.25.
Kasey Gamache touched first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:01.72 while Lauren Cavanagh won the 200-yard IM in 2:18.55.

Quotient Quotable: Head Coach Jake Shrum

The women had a solid meet after a very tough week of training. We had a good mix of fast swims in secondary events and a number of freshmen (Shay Walker, Andie Weitzman) winning events for the first time in their young careers, which is always exciting.

Up Next for Towson

The Tigers round out the regular season next week with a split weekend at Delaware.
Diving events are slated for a 3 p.m. start on Friday, March 5 before swimming events on Saturday, March 6 at 11 a.m.
Both events will take place at Rawstrom Natatorium in downtown Newark, Delaware.

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Players Mentioned

Lauren Cavanagh: I.M./Fly/Breast; Senior; Marketing

Elise Devlin: Fly/Back; Junior; Mass Communications

Alex Diacumakos: I.M./Back/Free; Senior; Biology

Kasey Gamache: I.M./Fly/Breast; Senior; Sport Management with a minor in Business

Lydia Plasser: Free; 5' 6"; Sophomore

Karlee Carminati: Free; Graduate Student; Communications

Samantha Casolo: Fly; 5' 5"; Sophomore

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

Holly Greenleaf: Breast; 5' 3"; Junior

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

Players Mentioned

Lauren Cavanagh
: Senior; Marketing
: I.M./Fly/Breast

Elise Devlin
: Junior; Mass Communications
: Fly/Back

Alex Diacumakos
: Senior; Biology
: I.M./Back/Free

Kasey Gamache
: Senior; Sport Management with a minor in Business
: I.M./Fly/Breast

Lydia Plasser
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: Free

Karlee Carminati
: Graduate Student; Communications
: Free

Samantha Casolo
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Fly

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

Holly Greenleaf
: 5' 3"; Junior
: Breast

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