Northeastern vs New Hampshire (Women)
- Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022
- Durham, N.H.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Northeastern 165, UNH 135
Courtesy: Northeastern Athletics
DURHAM, N.H. – The Northeastern swimming and diving team took down New Hampshire on the road today at Swasey Pool, 165-135. The win marked the eight in a row over the Wildcats for Northeastern.
Hannah Seward picked up three wins in the 100-yard butterfly (55.97), 200-yard butterfly (2:05.19) and the 200-yard IM (2:07.00).
Kira Parker had two first place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (23.85) and the 100-yard freestyle (52.91).
Lauren O’Sullivan finished first in the 1M (255.82) and 3M (265.28) dives. Both scores were season highs for O’Sullivan.
- Starting off the day, the quartet of Anna Verlander, Nicole Linell, Hannah Seward and Kotoko Blair took first place in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:44.50. Kate Cosgrove, Elisabeth Bendall, Emily Cooley and Kira Parker finished third with a time of 1:47.50.
- In the 200-yard freestyle, Grace Miller swam to a second-place finish with a time of 1:56.25.
- Verlander picked up another victory to increase her season total to eight, swimming the 100-yard backstroke in 56.21. Teagan Osga followed behind in third at 57.72.
- Linell finished third in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.63 and 2:25.40, respectively.
- Blair finished in second at 24.37 in the 50-yard freestyle and in fourth in the 100-yard freestyle at 53.71.
- Devon Muldoon earned a first-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke at 2:02.55 and Osga finished third at 2:04.31
- Closing out the day for the swimmers, Blair, Miller, Cooley and Parker finished first in the 400-yard freestyle relay at 3:31.36. While Verlander, Nikita Pelletier, Stella Urness and Cambria Semmen finished third at 3:35.46.
- For the divers, the Huskies swept the podium in both the 1M and 3M dives.
- Erin Murphy came in second in the 1M (248.02) and the 3M (264.60). While Lizzie Meschisen finished third at 240.67 in the 1M and Jodi Au finished third in the 3M at 241.28.
Members of the Northeastern swimming and diving team will be competing at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Miami, Fla., on Sunday, Dec. 18.
Courtesy: UNH Athletics
Devine swept the distance freestyle events as the fastest swimmer in both the 500-yard with a time of 5 minutes, 8.26 seconds and 1,000 in 10:29.94. Lum, meanwhile, could not be beat in the breaststroke as she was first to touch the wall in both the 100 (1:05.79) and 200 (2:22.5).
Junior Abby McKinney (Westfield, N.J.) also recorded a first-place finish with a time of 1:54.88 in the 200 free.
“It was a great meet and we ended our first semester with some excellent racing against Northeastern that brought out our best,” UNH head coach Josh Willman said. “We had some fast swims from Jamy Lum, Shelby Kasse and our whole distance group of (Carolyn) Nelson, (Paige) Edmier and (Hannah) Devine did well.”
“We’re looking forward to break and our winter training camp in Puerto Rico in January,” he added.
- New Hampshire returns to action Jan. 14 at the University of Rhode Island.
- UNH’s next home meet is Senior Day on Jan. 27 vs. the University of Maine.
Score: Northeastern 165, UNH 135
Location: Durham, N.H. (Swasey Pool)
Date: Saturday, December 10 (12 p.m. start)
Records: NU (4-2), UNH (4-1)
RESULTS
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UNH placed 1-2-3 in the 1,000 free as Devine was followed by senior Paige Edmier (Bartlett, Ill.) in 10:35.15 and freshman Carolyn Nelson (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) 10:50.3.
- The Wildcats also took the top three spots in the 500 free with Devine followed by senior Madison Linstedt (Marion, Ohio) in 5:08.73 and Edmier in 5:10.72.
- Linstedt had already raced to a runner-up finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2;06.52.
- Grad student Shelby Kasse (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) recorded a pair of second-place efforts. She was runner-up in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.87 seconds in in the 200 back at 2:02.71.
- Freshman Sophia Routzahn (Frederick, Md.) was second only to Lum in both the 100 breaststroke as she touched the wall in 1:06.47 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:24.86.
- Senior Olivia Stille (Stockholm, Sweden) placed second in the 100 free at 53.58 seconds.
- Sophomore Chiara Maria Pradissitto (Milan, Italy) swam to second place with a mark of 57.98 seconds in the 100 butterfly.
- UNH placed second in both relays.
- The quartet of Kasse, Lum, Pradissitto and freshman Audrey Mahoney (Downers Grove, Ill.) combined for a time of 1:46.50 in the 200 medley relay.
- UNH’s foursome of Stille, McKinney, Pradissitto and Mahoney finished second in the 400 free relay in 3:32.91.