Swim & Dive Leads Huskers After Day 1

Friday, January 26

Piscataway, N.J.

6 p.m.

Rutgers University

Nebraska

Jan 26 | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results

Scarlet Knights post six event wins through nine events

RESULTS NOTE: Event 1 should be listed as 3-meter diving, and Rachel Byrne's score should read 281.18. In the 200-yard butterfly, Francesca Stoppa's time is incorrect. She won the race, but a malfunction produced an inaccurate time.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 26, 2018) – Rutgers swimming and diving used six event wins to take a 93-76 lead over Nebraska after Day 1 of a two-day dual meet at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Friday evening.

Senior diver Addison Walkowiak kicked off her final home dual meet of her career with the 11^th event victory of her season, scoring 341.03 points on the 3-meter boards. Co-head coach Frederick Woodruff's squad finished 1-3-4 with junior Rachel Byrne producing a 281.18 tally and freshman Lauren Boone scoring a 244.95.

Fast times, first place finishes and the advantage heading into Day 2. #FeelGoodFriday pic.twitter.com/lac24KhNRO
— RU Swimming & Diving (@RUSwimDive) January 27, 2018

On the other end of the pool, sophomore Francesca Bertotto gave RU the early lead in the dual with her seventh event victory of the season as she outswam Nebraska in the 500-yard freestyle in 4:54.13. Right behind her was newcomer Sveva Schizzano making her Rutgers Aquatic Center debut with a second place finish in the 500.

Nebraska inched ahead with wins in the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke, but the lead didn't last long as the Scarlet Knights won the final four events of the evening session. Junior Vera Koprivova led it off by taking the 200-yard backstroke by 3.5 seconds over a pair of neck-and-neck Nebraska foes, followed by a win in the 100-yard freestyle by sophomore Clare Lawlor.

Junior Francesca Stoppa continued the streak with a victory in the 200-yard butterfly, tying Koprivova for the team lead in event wins with eight. The event was a game changer for Rutgers, who went 1-2-3 in the event behind sophomore Federica Greco and Koprivova's second and third place respective finish.

The Scarlet Knights kicked off #FeelGoodFriday with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay to close the session. Lawlor led off with a 23.76-second leg, followed by sophomore captain Meghan Moses. Freshman Sarah Davis clocked in the fastest leg of the race at 23.58 seconds before senior captain Karli Rymer iced the victory with a 23.89-second anchor.

Day 2 swimming and diving begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 27, which is preceded by a Senior Day ceremony at 9:45 a.m. in the Rutgers Aquatics Center.

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