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Women's Swimming and Diving 3.6.2021 John Stark

Women’s Swimming and Diving Falls in Finale at Delaware

NEWARK, Del. -- In the final dual meet of an abbreviated 2020-21 season, the Towson University women's swimming and diving program was edged 182-118 against Delaware on Saturday at Rawstrom Natatorium.

Towson (2-2) picked up four wins in total, opening the day with a relay win followed by a one-two finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle from Meagan Clark and Karlee Carminati.

How it Happened

The group of Hailey Ritter, Tiffany Matulis, Andrea Ducar and Parker Schulz won the opening 200-yard medley relay with a two-second margin, touching in 1 minute, 47.55 seconds. Towson's B relay of Elise Devlin, Shay Walker, Liz Jones and Maddie Mince finished third in 1:50.27.
In the next event, the 1,650 freestyle, Clark won the event in her first time swimming it this season, reaching the final wall in 17:39.01. Carminati took second, stopping the clock at 17:43.40.
Later in the program, Devlin continued her run of wins in the 100-yard backstroke, taking the win with a 58.51, edging Delaware's Audrey Duvall by a quarter second. Julia Ali took third for Towson in her first appearance in the event with a time of 59.07.
Samantha Casolo picked up four points for the Tigers with a second-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly, touching in 2:08.17.
Ritter added nine Towson points with her sprint win in the 50-free, winning by just over a 10th of a second at 24.45. Mince (24.98) and Walker (25.32) went third and fourth, respectively.
On the 1-meter board, Sarah DiGaetano took third with a season-best 254.85.
Devlin (2:06.10), Suzannah Mills (2:08.09) and Maddie Frick (2:10.88) went two-three-four in the 200-yard backstroke, followed by a 2:27.44 second-place finish from Kasey Gamache in the 200-yard breaststroke.
In the 500-yard freestyle, Carminati was just four seconds off the winning mark, taking second in 5:12.29. Mira Selling won the event for Delaware, touching in 5:08.23.
The Tiger quad of Mince, Schulz, Ritter and Victoria Dichak took second in the 400-yard freestyle relay to cap the 2021 dual meet season. The group finished in 3:37.54.

Quotable - Head Coach Jake Shrum

We got off to a pretty good start with our 200-yard medley relay and Meagan Clark leading our mile performers. But we seemed to be on the wrong side of a lot of the races that looked like they'd be close going into the meet.
We'll need a couple more people to start being able to win events before we're competitive with the best teams in our conference.

Up Next for Towson

For most of the team, the Tigers' sights are set on the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships, which begin March 30 in Christiansburg, Virginia.
One diver, Tina Coleman, will head to the Greensboro Aquatics Center next week for the NCAA Zone Diving Meet on March 11.

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Players Mentioned

Karlee Carminati: Free; Senior; Communications

Meagan Clark: Free; Junior; Economics

Elise Devlin: Fly/Back; Junior; Mass Communications

Sarah DiGaetano: Diving; Junior; Biology

Andrea Ducar: Fly/Free; 5' 8"; Sophomore

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

Suzannah Mills: Back/Free; Junior; Communication Studies

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

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

Parker Schulz: Free; 5' 7"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Karlee Carminati
: Senior; Communications
: Free

Meagan Clark
: Junior; Economics
: Free

Elise Devlin
: Junior; Mass Communications
: Fly/Back

Sarah DiGaetano
: Junior; Biology
: Diving

Andrea Ducar
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: Fly/Free

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

Suzannah Mills
: Junior; Communication Studies
: Back/Free

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

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

Parker Schulz
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: Free