Army Soars Past LIU Brooklyn for Dual Win

Friday, November 9

West Point, NY

5 PM

Army West Point

178

LIU Brooklyn

Army Soars Past LIU Brooklyn for Dual Win

November 09, 2018 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's swimming and diving team flew past LIU Brooklyn, 178-77, on Friday night at Crandall Pool.

The Black Knights (2-1) took each of the first 12 events to hand the Blackbirds (7-2) just their second dual loss of the season.

ARMY NOTABLES

The meet kicked off with a first-place showing by Army in the 200 medley relay. Cecelia Croman, Kara Wineinger, Emily Landeryou and Bailey Smith swam to the time of 1:45.00.
Sidney Evans then followed with a win in the 1000 free at 10:34.52.
In the 200 free, Sammie Edwards (1:55.74), Monica Sowinski (1:55.85) and Brianna Romaine (1:55.90) locked up the top-three spots.
The Cadets followed with another sweep in the top three once Croman (56.73), Kim Sembrano (58.00), and Smith (58.13) competed in the 100 back.
The 100 breast was highlighted by a first-place time of 1:03.66, set by Wineinger. The senior later secured the victory in the 200 breast after posting a time of 2:22.58.
Isabelle Malinowski led all Cadets in the 200 fly with a time of 2:07.95.
The Black Knights had success in the 50 free once Lexus Van Hoven finished first after touching the wall at 24.43. She was followed by Madison Berg (24.69) and Lauren Carag (24.78).
In the 100 free, Romaine (53.11) and Edwards (53.48) finished first and second, respectively, while Berg placed third at 53.85.
Croman's time of 2:05.23 in the 200 back won her the event. Josephine Marsh trailed at 2:05.88 with Hollis Clark rounding out the top three with a time of 2:06.26.
In the 500 free, Army was led by Sowinski, who secured the win at 5:11.04.
The meet win was clinched once Berg touched the wall at 57.73 in the 100 fly for a first-place finish.

WENDER'S WORDS
"Our women raced with great energy and enthusiasm tonight," head coach Mickey Wender said. "Our senior leadership continues to be outstanding. I thought we executed our refined race plans well and we also tried some new things and learned a lot. It's a fun time in the season as the workload comes down and we get ready to peak, taper and shave in three weeks."

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will return to action next weekend when they head to Boston for the three-day Terrier Invitational slated to begin on Nov. 16.