Swim & Dive Wins Two Duals at Northwestern Quad

Saturday, October 28

Evanston, IL

11 a.m.

Rutgers University

Northwestern

Swim & Dive Wins Two Duals at Northwestern Quad

Oct 28 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

Francesca Stoppa and Vera Koprivova each claim two of Rutgers’ seven event wins

EVANSTON, Ill. (Oct. 28, 2017) – Rutgers swimming and diving closed out a busy weekend in Illinois with two dual wins over Illinois-Chicago and Chicago at Northwestern's quad-meet on Saturday.

The Scarlet Knights topped Illinois-Chicago by a score of 183-114, and added a 207-88 victory over Chicago, ranked No. 9 in NCAA Division III. Rutgers did not score the meet against Northwestern as the two Big Ten foes swam against each other the previous night at the Illinois tri-meet.

"We had the opportunity to mix up the lineup today, and that opens up some options for us down the line," said head coach Petra Martin. "We had a few swims that were faster than yesterday, even after all the travel we did. We were very happy to see that. We have our technical things to work on, and some race strategies to instill, and we'll look forward to training this week before our first home meet next weekend."

Juniors Francesca Stoppa and Vera Koprivova won two events apiece, making up four of Rutgers' seven event wins on Saturday. Stoppa claimed the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, while Koprivova touched the wall first in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke. Koprivova also showed her versatility by competing in the 200-yard butterfly, finishing second behind Stoppa.

Two of the Scarlet Knight victories also set new season time standards. Senior Larissa Neilan won the 200-yard breaststroke in a season-best time of 2:20.13. Sophomore Federica Greco won her second event of the weekend, taking the 200-yard individual medley in Rutgers' fastest time of the season in the event (2:06.92).

After knocking on the door of winning the 100-yard freestyle last night, sophomore Clare Lawlor broke through for the win on Saturday with a 51.62-second time. The sophomore captain also claimed second in the 50-yard freestyle.

Sophomore Alexandra Fabugais-Inaba raced in an exciting 200-yard freestyle, which saw the top three all touch within 0.11 seconds of each other. Fabugais-Inaba was third in that race.

On the boards, Rutgers scored two second place finishes, senior Addison Walkowiak on the 3-meter (309.60) and junior Rachel Byrne on the 1-meter (269.05). Byrne was right behind Walkowiak on the 3-meter in third place with a season-high 302.95.

Rutgers' 400-yard freestyle medley team of Lawlor, Fabugais-Inaba, sophomore Meghan Moses and senior Karli Rymer posted the fastest time in an exhibition race to end the weekend. Saturday's meet began with a fast relay time from the 200-yard medley group, as Koprivova (back), Neilan (breast), Greco (fly) and Lawlor (free) placed second in 1:45.62.

Rutgers will host its first home date of the season on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3-4 in a penta-meet against Georgetown, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall and Villanova at the Rutgers Aquatic Center.

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