Friday, January 11
Piscataway, NJ
4:00 PM
Rutgers University
vs
Princeton
Swim & Dive Preps for Two-Meet Weekend Against Princeton & Villanova
Jan 10 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Scarlet Knights host Princeton on Friday before a trip to Princeton on Saturday for a tri-meet with Villanova
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 10, 2019) - Rutgers swimming and diving team will host Princeton in a dual meet on Friday, Jan. 11 at the Rutgers Aquatic Center at 4 p.m. before returning the favor on Saturday for a tri-meet with Villanova in Princeton at 11 a.m.
Friday will be the last home meet of the season and serve as Senior Day for the five members of the Class of 2019: Marin Bloise, Rachel Byrne, Vera Koprivova, Abbey Saunders and Francesca Stoppa. The quintet will be honored in a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. along the deck of the Rutgers Aquatic Center pool.
"After a recharging and incredibly productive training trip in Southern California and Puerto Rico, we're expecting a really fun and fast couple of meets this weekend," said head coach Jon Maccoll. "The team culture has never been better and we're all crystal clear about our shared goals going forward. We're on the road to Championship season."
PARKING
Admission and parking are FREE as part of Rutgers' R Dollar, Your Game initiative this season. Fans are, however, required to register for free parking at ScarletKnights.com/Parking. Primary parking is available in Lot 64.
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ON A ROLL
Rutgers is undefeated in duals and invitationals to start the 2018-19 season. RU won its home invitational from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 behind Vera Koprivova''s school record swim in the 200-yard backstroke, Francesca Stoppa's pool record performance in the 200-yard butterfly, and seven overall event wins.
In their first home event of the season, the Scarlet Knights topped Brown and Wagner in a tri-meet behind 11 event wins on Nov. 16 to improve to 5-0 in duals following victories over Michigan State, Oakland and Toledo. Rutgers claimed the Justin Jennings Memorial Invitational at Colgate on Oct. 5-6 on the strength of 14 event wins, nine meet records and five pool records.
SWIM BITS
• Rutgers has 38 event wins as a team this season, led by junior Francesca Bertotto's 11 in the distance freestyle races and seven by senior Federica Greco in butterfly and individual medley.
• Senior Vera Koprivova's 1:52.42 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Rutgers Invitational currently ranks sixth in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten.
• Senior Francesca Stoppa's 1:56.03 in the 200-yard butterfly at the Rutgers Invitational is currently ranked 22nd in the nation and third in the Big Ten.
• Freshman Terka Grusova's 52.98 in the 100-yard backstroke at the Rutgers Invitational is currently ranked 34th in the nation and seventh in the Big Ten.
• Four Scarlet Knights (Vera Koprivova, Francesca Stoppa, Terka Grusova and Federica Greco) have posted NCAA B standard times this season. Koprivova has three (100 & 200 Back, 400 IM), Stoppa and Greco each have two (100 & 200 Fly) and Grusova has one in the 100 Back..
• Rutgers sent two swimmers to NCAA's in back-to-back years (2017 and 2018) for the first time since 2007 and 2008.
• Senior butterflyer Francesca Stoppa has made the NCAA Championships in each of the last two years. Senior backstroker Vera Koprivova qualified in 2017. Bertotto won the 2018 ECAC championship in the 500-yard freestyle.
• Bertotto, Stoppa, Koprivova and Greco all scored for the Scarlet Knights by making the finals at the 2018 Big Ten Championships.
• During the offseason, the Scarlet Knights' duo from Czech Republic – Koprivova and Grusova – scored high finishes at their country's national championship. The teammates and countrywomen finished 1-2 with Grusova winning the national title in the 100-meter backstroke over the summer.
DIVING IN
• Senior Marin Bloise found her biggest success thus far this season at the Rutgers home opener against Brown and Wagner. Bloise walked away with a 301.55 score and first place finish in the 3-meter diving portion, 28.65 points ahead of her closest competition.
• Senior diver Rachel Byrne qualified for the NCAA Championships during her junior season in 2017-18 and scored for the Scarlet Knights at the Big Ten Championships. Coach Woodruff's diving squad has sent at least one diver to the NCAA Championships in each of the last six seasons.
• With Class of 2018 grad Addison Walkowiak's 11th place national finish at the NCAA Championships last season, Woodruff has coached an NCAA All-America honorable mention for three straight seasons, and four out of the last five.
• Freshman Megan Demeo edged out sophomore teammate Lauren Boone in 1-meter diving at the home tri-meet on Nov. 16 by six-tenths of a single point, scoring a 251.25 for her first career victory.
• Freshman Jenna Douglass notched her first career event victory with a first place score of 266.90 in 3-meter diving during a tri-meet sweep for Rutgers against Oakland and Toledo.
SCARLET KNIGHTS IN THE OPEN WATER
Junior Francesca Bertotto placed 10th out of the 69 finishers in the 5,000-meter (3.1 mile) at the CSCAA Open Water Championships, stopping the clock at 1:03:27.23. Bertotto, Rutgers' 500-yard freestyle record holder, finished just 11 seconds off the national champion pace. Rutgers finished with a seventh place team finish.
BEYOND THE BANKS
The Rutgers Aquatic Center, along with the lanes and wells across the country, will be a breeding ground for Olympic and National Team dreams. Rutgers' roster is made up of swimmers and divers from the United States, Italy, Czech Republic, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
SWIMMING ABROAD
In mid-April, the Scarlet Knights will travel to Stockholm, Sweden to compete against international competition and close out their season at the Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm. In past years the competition has hosted numerous National, European and Olympic champions.
FOR THE B1G
Senior Francesca Stoppa and freshman Terka Grusova contributed to a decisive 251-102 victory for the B1G in the inaugural Big Ten/ACC Swimming & Diving Challenge at Purdue on Nov. 11. Stoppa accounted for three Big Ten points with her fastest swim of the year in the 200-yard butterfly, placing third in an NCAA B standard time of 1:57.19. Grusova posted her fastest time of the year in the 100-yard backstroke at 53.97 seconds, good for a seventh place finish in a race that had six NCAA B cut times. The Rutgers rookie was just three-hundredths of a second away from posting a cut of her own.
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights have one more tune up scheduled before the Big Ten Championships, a two-day Big Ten dual meet at Nebraska on Feb. 1-2 in Lincoln.
Friday will be the last home meet of the season and serve as Senior Day for the five members of the Class of 2019: Marin Bloise, Rachel Byrne, Vera Koprivova, Abbey Saunders and Francesca Stoppa. The quintet will be honored in a ceremony at 3:30 p.m. along the deck of the Rutgers Aquatic Center pool.
"After a recharging and incredibly productive training trip in Southern California and Puerto Rico, we're expecting a really fun and fast couple of meets this weekend," said head coach Jon Maccoll. "The team culture has never been better and we're all crystal clear about our shared goals going forward. We're on the road to Championship season."
PARKING
Admission and parking are FREE as part of Rutgers' R Dollar, Your Game initiative this season. Fans are, however, required to register for free parking at ScarletKnights.com/Parking. Primary parking is available in Lot 64.
FOLLOW LIVE
Friday Live Results | Saturday Live Results | Saturday Live Video | Twitter | Meet Mobile
ON A ROLL
Rutgers is undefeated in duals and invitationals to start the 2018-19 season. RU won its home invitational from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 behind Vera Koprivova''s school record swim in the 200-yard backstroke, Francesca Stoppa's pool record performance in the 200-yard butterfly, and seven overall event wins.
In their first home event of the season, the Scarlet Knights topped Brown and Wagner in a tri-meet behind 11 event wins on Nov. 16 to improve to 5-0 in duals following victories over Michigan State, Oakland and Toledo. Rutgers claimed the Justin Jennings Memorial Invitational at Colgate on Oct. 5-6 on the strength of 14 event wins, nine meet records and five pool records.
SWIM BITS
• Rutgers has 38 event wins as a team this season, led by junior Francesca Bertotto's 11 in the distance freestyle races and seven by senior Federica Greco in butterfly and individual medley.
• Senior Vera Koprivova's 1:52.42 in the 200-yard backstroke at the Rutgers Invitational currently ranks sixth in the NCAA and second in the Big Ten.
• Senior Francesca Stoppa's 1:56.03 in the 200-yard butterfly at the Rutgers Invitational is currently ranked 22nd in the nation and third in the Big Ten.
• Freshman Terka Grusova's 52.98 in the 100-yard backstroke at the Rutgers Invitational is currently ranked 34th in the nation and seventh in the Big Ten.
• Four Scarlet Knights (Vera Koprivova, Francesca Stoppa, Terka Grusova and Federica Greco) have posted NCAA B standard times this season. Koprivova has three (100 & 200 Back, 400 IM), Stoppa and Greco each have two (100 & 200 Fly) and Grusova has one in the 100 Back..
• Rutgers sent two swimmers to NCAA's in back-to-back years (2017 and 2018) for the first time since 2007 and 2008.
• Senior butterflyer Francesca Stoppa has made the NCAA Championships in each of the last two years. Senior backstroker Vera Koprivova qualified in 2017. Bertotto won the 2018 ECAC championship in the 500-yard freestyle.
• Bertotto, Stoppa, Koprivova and Greco all scored for the Scarlet Knights by making the finals at the 2018 Big Ten Championships.
• During the offseason, the Scarlet Knights' duo from Czech Republic – Koprivova and Grusova – scored high finishes at their country's national championship. The teammates and countrywomen finished 1-2 with Grusova winning the national title in the 100-meter backstroke over the summer.
DIVING IN
• Senior Marin Bloise found her biggest success thus far this season at the Rutgers home opener against Brown and Wagner. Bloise walked away with a 301.55 score and first place finish in the 3-meter diving portion, 28.65 points ahead of her closest competition.
• Senior diver Rachel Byrne qualified for the NCAA Championships during her junior season in 2017-18 and scored for the Scarlet Knights at the Big Ten Championships. Coach Woodruff's diving squad has sent at least one diver to the NCAA Championships in each of the last six seasons.
• With Class of 2018 grad Addison Walkowiak's 11th place national finish at the NCAA Championships last season, Woodruff has coached an NCAA All-America honorable mention for three straight seasons, and four out of the last five.
• Freshman Megan Demeo edged out sophomore teammate Lauren Boone in 1-meter diving at the home tri-meet on Nov. 16 by six-tenths of a single point, scoring a 251.25 for her first career victory.
• Freshman Jenna Douglass notched her first career event victory with a first place score of 266.90 in 3-meter diving during a tri-meet sweep for Rutgers against Oakland and Toledo.
SCARLET KNIGHTS IN THE OPEN WATER
Junior Francesca Bertotto placed 10th out of the 69 finishers in the 5,000-meter (3.1 mile) at the CSCAA Open Water Championships, stopping the clock at 1:03:27.23. Bertotto, Rutgers' 500-yard freestyle record holder, finished just 11 seconds off the national champion pace. Rutgers finished with a seventh place team finish.
BEYOND THE BANKS
The Rutgers Aquatic Center, along with the lanes and wells across the country, will be a breeding ground for Olympic and National Team dreams. Rutgers' roster is made up of swimmers and divers from the United States, Italy, Czech Republic, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.
SWIMMING ABROAD
In mid-April, the Scarlet Knights will travel to Stockholm, Sweden to compete against international competition and close out their season at the Malmsten Swim Open Stockholm. In past years the competition has hosted numerous National, European and Olympic champions.
FOR THE B1G
Senior Francesca Stoppa and freshman Terka Grusova contributed to a decisive 251-102 victory for the B1G in the inaugural Big Ten/ACC Swimming & Diving Challenge at Purdue on Nov. 11. Stoppa accounted for three Big Ten points with her fastest swim of the year in the 200-yard butterfly, placing third in an NCAA B standard time of 1:57.19. Grusova posted her fastest time of the year in the 100-yard backstroke at 53.97 seconds, good for a seventh place finish in a race that had six NCAA B cut times. The Rutgers rookie was just three-hundredths of a second away from posting a cut of her own.
UP NEXT
The Scarlet Knights have one more tune up scheduled before the Big Ten Championships, a two-day Big Ten dual meet at Nebraska on Feb. 1-2 in Lincoln.
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