Feb. 4, 2005
RIVERDALE, N.Y. - The Fairfield University women's swimming team won 10 events en-route to defeating Manhattan, 111.5-68.5, on Friday evening. With the win, the Stags improve to 7-5 on the season.
Fairfield was led by freshman Rachel Waldstein (Needham, Mass.) who swam as a member of the first-place 400-yard medley relay team along with classmates Christine Pfeifer (Middle Village, N.Y.), Liz Lawlor (North Wales, Pa.), and Laura Brown (Raleigh, N.C.). Waldstein then went on to take first-place finishes in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly.
Junior Kate Roche (Stratford, Conn.) won two events, setting personal-best times in the process, as she took first in the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 free in times of 11:18.62, and 5:30.92, respectively. Senior Kelly Steele was also a double winner for the Stags, taking first-place in both the 50 free and 100 backstroke.
In addition to their first-place finish with the 400 medley relay, Dent and Lawlor put in strong individual performances as Dent also won the 100 free and took second-place in the 50 free while Lawlor took second-place in the 200 IM.
Rounding out the first-place finishers for the Stags were sophomore Brittany Hunter (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.) who won the 400 IM and sophomore Jennifer Masi (North Have, Conn.) who took first in the 200 free.
Fairfield is back in action tomorrow as both the men's and women's teams head to Worcester, Mass., to take on Holy Cross in the final regular-season meet at Hart Center Pool at 1 p.m.
