PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Pace University Women's Swimming and Diving earned a 184–95 victory over Adelphi in its home opener Friday at the Goldstein Fitness Center, led by three individual victories from
Reese Salazar and two apiece from Eugenia "Gigi" Morossi,
Sydney Albers and
Caroline Ranno.
Salazar swept the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.88), 500-yard freestyle (5:21.93) and 200-yard individual medley (2:17.96).
Alexei Vinson finished second in the 200 freestyle in 2:04.53,
Alyssa Casalinuovo took second in the 500 freestyle in 5:42.15, and
Isabella Garfias completed another Pace one-two finish in the 200 IM with a time of 2:24.41.
Morossi controlled the backstroke events, winning the 100 in 58.73 and the 200 in 2:04.89.
Ashlyn Bucy added a runner-up finish in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.76 and placed second in the 100 butterfly in 1:03.91.
Albers swept the breaststroke events, touching first in the 100 (1:11.99) and 200 (2:37.93). Casalinuovo won the 1,000 freestyle in 11:27.82 and added a second-place finish in the 200 butterfly in 2:21.85. Vinson claimed the 50 freestyle in 26.00 and finished second in the 100 freestyle in 58.72.
On the boards, Ranno won both diving events, scoring 200.33 on the one-meter board and 196.28 on the three-meter board.
The Setters also captured both relays. Morossi, Albers, Bucy and Salazar won the 200 medley relay in 1:53.16, while Morossi, Bucy, Casalinuovo and Vinson closed the meet with a victory in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:45.34.
The Blue and Gold begin their dual meet season 1-0 with their next match-up set for Oct. 31 at 4:00 p.m. against the College of Staten Island.