Army Topped by Huskies at Crandall

Saturday, October 27

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

142

158

UConn

Army Topped by Huskies at Crandall

October 27, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving team secured seven event victories, but ultimately fell, 158-142, in a home dual versus UConn on Saturday afternoon.

The Black Knights recorded their first dual loss of the year, while the Huskies improved to 3-2.

ARMY NOTABLES

Army faced off against UConn for the 17th time in program history.
Kara Wineinger captured two of the team's individual event victories.
The Black Knights opened the afternoon with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay. The group of Cecelia Croman, Kara Wineinger, Mia Rankin and Bailey Smith took the top spot with a time of 1:44.86.
In the 1000 free, Sidney Evans led all Army swimmers with a second-place showing at 10:41.22. She was followed by Monica Sowinski (10:47.32) and Meaghan McGovern (10:47.48).
Brianna Romaine was the first to touch the wall for the Black Knights in the 200 free after she placed second at 1:55.26.
The 100 back went to Croman as she bested the competition with her time of 56.76. Lauren Carag came in with a third-place showing with a time of 57.42.
Wineinger secured the victory in the 100 breast once she touched the wall at 1:04.33. She also claimed a first-place finish in the 200 breast with her time of 2:21.50.
In the 50 free, Rankin (24.25), Lexus Van Hoven (24.30) and Smith (24.36) finished second, third and fourth, respectively. Rankin would go on to take second in the 100 free at 52.74.
The top-three spots in the 200 back went to Army as Josephine Marsh led the pack with a time of 2:04.82. Croman finished right behind at 2:04.98, while Smith rounded out the top-three at 2:05.88.
Whitney Chang highlighted the 100 fly with a time of 57.12, securing the event victory.
The 400 free relay foursome of Rankin, Van Hoven, Romaine and Smith finished at 3:32.00, topping the competition.
Serica Hallstead was the top Cadet diver at the meet, placing third on the 1-meter board (238.12) and fourth on the 3-meter board (235.95).

WENDER'S WORDS
"It hurts to lose such a close meet, but I am very proud of our team today," head coach Mickey Wender said. "We fought hard and executed our race plans well. We were focused on the process and learned a lot. I'm not much for moral victories, but this was a huge step forward for us. We came up short against a very good UConn team, but we will learn and grow from this. The best is yet to come."

UP NEXT
Army will return to the water when they host LIU Brooklyn for a home dual slated for Nov. 9 at 5 p.m.