Swimming and Diving Falls to Geneseo in Dual Meet

Despite a pair of event sweeps by the women's backstroke swimmers and three first-place finishes from freshman Marin de Villard, both the men and women swimming and diving teams fell to in-state foe SUNY Geneseo Saturday afternoon at the Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Golden Griffins women's swim team suffered a 165.5 - 128.5 setback to the Knights, while the men fell a close contest, 152-142.

The trio of freshman SaraJo Gardner, junior Brenna McLaughlin and senior Jordan O'Connor swept both the 100 and 200 backstroke events. Gardner earned her first collegiate wins in both these events with a time of 2:10.90 in the 200 back and 1:00.21 in the 100 back.

Marin de Villard kept up his torid start to his rookie season, taking first place in the 500 free (4:53.60), 200 back (1:52.85) and 200 free (1:42.32). The freshman from Biarritz, France has not yet placed outside of first in an individual event to open the season.

Junior Bronson Benes and sophomore Sam Vidal continue to be mainstay swimmers for the Griffs as the two veterans racked up two more first-place finishes in the breaststroke and butterfly, respectively. Benes took first in the 100 (51:16) and 200 (1:55.21) fly, while Vidal won both the 100 (58.38) and 200 (2:10.17) breaststroke events.

Newcomer Cassandra Ercoli won her second collegiate race in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:10.17. Freshman Elliot Somers picked up his first collegiate win as well, taking the 100 back with a time of 52.90.

UP NEXT
The Griffs return to the road on Nov. 4, traveling to Vestal, N.Y., to take on in-state rival Binghamton in dual-meet action. Start time is slated for 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Sam Vidal: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Bronson Benes: 5' 8"; Junior

Jordan O'Connor: 5' 5"; Senior

Marin de Villard: 6' 5"; Freshman

Elliot Somers: 6' 0"; Freshman

Cassandra Ercoli: 5' 5"; Freshman

SaraJo Gardner: 5' 10"; Freshman

Brenna McLaughlin: 5' 6"; Junior

Players Mentioned

Sam Vidal
: 6' 0"; Sophomore

Bronson Benes
: 5' 8"; Junior

Jordan O'Connor
: 5' 5"; Senior

Marin de Villard
: 6' 5"; Freshman

Elliot Somers
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Cassandra Ercoli
: 5' 5"; Freshman

SaraJo Gardner
: 5' 10"; Freshman

Brenna McLaughlin
: 5' 6"; Junior