TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's swimming and diving team fell to Delaware 186.5-113.5 Saturday afternoon. The men's team dropped a tight contest to the Blue Hens 156.5-142.5.
 
Records:

• Towson Women: 3-2 (2-1 CAA)
• Delaware Women: 9-0-1 (3-0 CAA)

 

• Towson Men: 3-3 (2-1 CAA)
• Delaware Men: 9-0 (3-0 CAA)

 
How it Happened
 
For the Women:

• The 200-medley relay team of Ally Frame, Tiffany Matulis, Hailey Ritter and Maddie Mince finished second (1:46.17), just one-tenth of a second off the winning relay time.
• Bridget Thomas took second place in the 1000 free at 10:36.50, finishing just over a second behind Anthi Lyra of Delaware. Lizzy Jones (10:48.52) and Brooke Haag (1:55.54) took third and fourth respectively.
• In the 200 free, Ava Enriquez finished in second place, clocking in at 1:55.27. Parker Schulz placed fourth (1:56.65).
• Frame's 58.43 was good for second in the 100 back.
• Katie Nunez (1:06.85) and Tiffany Matulis (1:07.30) finished 3-4 in the 100 breast.
• Ritter (2:07.02), Britney Denny (2:07.44) and Samantha Casolo (2:09.42) went 1-2-4 in the 200 fly.
• Maddie Mince took second in the 50 free at 24.30. Claire Ryland placed third (24.47).
• Shannon Parrau placed second in the 3-meter dive with a score of 252.83.
• Nunez's 52.48 was good for second in the 100 free. Enriquez (53.18) and Ryland (53.28) placed fourth and fifth.
• Frame (2:07.34) and Maddie Frick (2:08.32) went 3-4 in the 200 back.
• Britney Denny's 2:23.79 was good for third in the 200 breast.
• In the 500 free, Thomas took second place at 5:13.83.
• Mince (56.66) and Ritter (57.09) took the top two spots in the 100 fly.
• In the 1-meter, Parrau placed second again with a score of 256.95.
• Frick placed second in the 200 IM at 2:10.59.
• Ryland, Enriquez, Mince and Nunez took second in the 400 free relay (3:31.49).

 
For the Men:

• Evan Bota, Brian Benzing, Noah Diacumakos and Michael Fazio placed second in the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:29.92.
• Blakely Dean (9:49.30), Ryan Bookstein (9:54.94) and Drew Munson (10:08.11) went 2-3-4 in the 1000 free.
• Michael Fazio won the 200 free with a time of 1:42.02. Trey Adkins (1:43.66) and David Walton (1:43.85) placed third and fourth respectively.
• Reed Sells took third place in the 100 back, clocking in at 51.28. Bota tied for fourth with a time of 51.37.
• Benzing took the top spot in the 100 breast at 53.72. Diacumakos took third at 56.68.
• Carson Bauer (1:55.66), Patrick Flint (1:55.86) and Ian Lee (1:56.99) finished 3-4-5 to score for the Tigers in the 200 fly.
• Fazio took the top spot in the 50 free by one one-hundredth of a second at 21.19. Luke Schwar placed third (21.56).
• Ajani Dorner (263.10) and Aidan Clark (262.80) took third and fourth in 1-meter diving.
• Schwar placed second in the 100 free at 46.82. Daniel McLaughlin took fourth place (47.50).
• In the 200 back, Sells placed second with a time of 1:51.66.
• Diacumakos won the 200 breast, clocking in at 2:03.31.
• Benzing (4:45.13), Bookstein (4:45.95) and Dean (4:50.48) finished 2-3-4 in the 500 free.
• Diacumakos won his second individual event of the day in the 100 fly, clocking in at 50.27.
• Clark (249.75) and Dorner (230.03) finished 3-4 in the 3-meter.
• Flint (1:53.26) and Walton (1:55.39) finished 1-3 in the 200 IM.
• McLaughlin, Fazio, Schwar and Benzing placed first in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:03.95.

Coach's Thoughts

"It was a really strong meet on both sides. We ended up on the wrong side of some close touches, credit to Delaware. We also had individual top times and will be ready to go for CAA's."

 
On Deck for Towson
The Tigers will host swimmers from George Mason, UMBC and Loyola for the Tiger Winter Open over three sessions on Feb.3 and 4 at Burdick Pool. Session one is 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3. Sessions two (10:00 a.m.) and three (5:00 p.m.) are slated for Saturday, Feb. 4. Diving will take place shortly after the conclusion of session two.