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Pioneers top Knights in non-conference swimming
Glenside, PA: 11/18/09 - [Results] William Paterson University staved off an early test from Arcadia's women's squad in the opening events eventually taking the women's meet by a 100-92 margin while Arcadia's men's squad was defeated 109-59 by the Pioneers. Junior Stephanie Bartolotta (South Brunswick,NJ/South Brunswick)and first year Lindsay Mills (Holmdel, NJ/Holmdel) paced the Knights with the only three first place times of the evening.
Following WPU's opening win in the women's 200 Medley Relay, Mills helped Arcadia's cause with an impressive 9-point first place win in the 1000 Freestyle (11:54.63), leaving her team trailing by just 4 points on the scoreboard (15-19). Bartolotta narrowed the gap to a three point (25-28) deficit following her first place victory in the 200 Freestyle (2:09.38). The pair of first palce win for Arcadia's women occurred back-to-back however the Knights were unable to sustain the momentum as WPU would go to place first-second in four of the next five events, posting enough points to swim exhibition in the meet's final three events. Bartolotta added a second place time in the 100 Freestyle (59.30) and a first place uncontested time of 1:20.05 in the 100 Breastroke and although swimming uncontested, Mills' time of 5:49.85 in the 500 Freestyle was enough for an outright win.
Third place uncontested time for Arcadia's women also included junior Lauren Myers (Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) in the 50 Freestyle (28.49), Mills in the 100 Butterfly (1:11.94).
Arcadia's men were led by first year Ryan Mahoney (Phoenixville, PA/Great Valley), placing third in the 100 Freestyle (12:13.81) and senior Steven Neafsey (Ardmore, PA/Lower Merion) placing third in the 100 Butterfly (1:02.94).
The Knights will travel to non-conference opponent Goucher College this Saturday for a 1 PM meet.
Albright takes two from Arcadia Swimming
Glenside, PA: 11/14/09 - [Results] Alrbright College Men's & Women's Swimming traveled to Arcadia's Lenox Pool Saturday afternoon, sweeping both the men's and women's Arcadia squads in Middle Atlantic Conference action. Stephanie Bartolotta led Arcadia's women in the 138-42 loss while Dillon Grady paced Arcadia's men in a 116-78 setback.
Bartolotta earned a pair of first place wins and a second place finish to lead Arcadia's women, finishing first in the 200 Free (2:10.81) and the 100 Backstroke (1:21.56), while teaming on the second place 200 Medley Relay team with Ashley Decker, Gina Ruppert and Jessica Parker (2:05.55) finishing just 6 seconds off Albright's first place time. Decker added a second place finish in the 100 Backstroke (1:09.84) while Lindsay Mills took two second place times in the 200 IM (2:36.63) and 500 Free (5:56.86). Danielle DiSanto took second in the 100 Backstroke (1:22.21) to round out Arcadia's top performers.
For the men, Dillon Grady swam to a first place finish in the 100 Breaststroke (1:13.10), while finishing third in the 200 IM (2:27.37). Ryan Mahoney finished third in the 100 Backstroke (1:08.44) while Aaron Knock placed third in the 100 Freestyle (12:14.06).
Etown swims past Arcadia in MAC meet
Elizabethtown, PA: 11/7/09 - [Results] Elizabethtown College Swimming hosted Arcadia University in Saturday's Middle Atlantic Conference meet, earning a pair of wins over the Knights, 94-61 (men) and 114-76 (women). Junior Stephanie Bartolotta and first year Joseph Blake earned the lone contested first place times for Arcadia.
Bartolotta outpaced Etown in the 200 Free (2:11.03) before teaming with first year Ashley Decker, sophomore Jessica Parker and junior Danielle DiSanto on the 200 Free Relay team that finished just 1 second off Etown's first place time. Blake outlasted Etown in the 500 Free (6:42.56) and also teamed with first year's Patrick Ward, Ryan Mahoney and Dillon Grady to win the 200 Free Relay uncontested (1:43.13).
Other runner up finishes for Arcadia's women included: First year Lindsay Mills in the 1000 Free (12:29.37), junior Gina Ruppert in the 200 Fly (2:44.17), sophomore Jessica Parker in the 100 Free (59.40) and first year Ashley Decker in the 200 Backstroke (2:37.49).
Runner up finishers for Arcadia's men included: sophomores Steven Haasis and Aaron Knock, first year Dillon Grady and senior Stephen Neafsey in the 200 Medley Relay (1:57.03), Knock in the 200 Free (2:04.20) and the 100 Free (54.73), Neafsey in the 50 Free (26.30) and Grady in the 200 Breaststroke (2:41.59).
The Knights are back in action this weekend, hosting MAC opponent Albright College at the Lenox Pool at 1 PM.
Swimming opens season with split against FDU-Florham
Glenside, PA: 11/4/09 - [Results] Arcadia University Swimming opened the 2009-2010 season at home Wednesday evening, hosting the Devils of FDU-Florham in a Middle Atlantic Conference meet. While the men were defeated by the visiting Devils 82-91, Arcadia's women earned their first win of the season by a 107-96 margin. Sophomore Jessica Parker (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) paced the women's squad with three, first place victories along with first year Ashley Decker (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East), who earned a pair of first place times and one runner-up finish. For the men, senior captain Stephen Neafsey (Ardmore, PA/Lower Merion) finished the evening with three, first place wins.
Arcadia's women jumped out to an early lead as Decker, Parker, and juniors Stephanie Bartolotta (South Brunswick,NJ/South Brunswick) and Danielle DiSanto (Sicklersville, NJ/Timber Creek) teamed to win the opening 200 Medley Relay in 2:20.47. DiSanto also would go on to place first in the 200 IM (2:35.44), winning by .05. Parker's other first place wins came in the 50 Free (27.23) and 100 Free (59.71), which she won by .37, while Decker's individual first place victory came in the 100 Backstroke (1:08.17).
For the men's squad, Neafsey was tops in the 50 Free (25.94), 100 Fly (1:04.38) and as a part of the 200 Free Relay team with sophomore Aaron Knock (Glenside, PA/Abington) and first years Ryan Mahoney (Pheonixville, PA/Great Valley) and Joseph Blake (Hadden Heights, NJ/St. Joe's Prep). First year Patrick Ward (Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) swam to a first place time in the 100 Free (1.00.60) while fellow first year Dillon Grady (Landing, NJ/Roxbury) earned the first win of his collegiate career in the 100 Breaststroke (1:17.25).
Arcadia travels to MAC opponent Elizabethtown this Saturday, Nov. 7 for a 1 PM meet.
