BOSTON - The Boston University women's swimming & diving team rallied for a 155-143 victory over Holy Cross in the dual opener on Saturday afternoon at FitRec Competition Pool.

Freshman Katie Pestrichelli earned a pair of distance freestyle wins in her collegiate debut while senior Sasha Ramey (100 free, 100 fly) and junior Haley Newman (200 fly, 400 IM) also had two victories each. 

Holy Cross led for the most of the meet before the Terriers came back with strong performances in the final three events (1-meter dive, 400 IM, 400 free relay) to take the victory.

Pestrichelli made an early statement by taking first in the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 10:44.86. She later took first in the 500 free with a time of 5:17.04.

Junior Stella Langenbach touched the wall first in the 200 free, recording a time of 1:55.03. Ramey swam the 100 free in a winning time of 53.49 and later earned a victory in the 100 fly with a time of 57.94.

In the 100 breaststroke, senior Stephanie Liu (1:08.56) edged out classmate Fia McCarty for the top spot (1:08.66). McCarty would go on to claim a win in the 200 breast with a time of 2:29.38.

Souza easily claimed a victory in the 1-meter dive, posting a score of 289.73 to help the Terriers draw close to the Crusaders late in the meet. 

Newman's first win of the day came in the 200 butterfly, where she finished in a time of 2:08.52. She closed out the individual races with a victory in the 400 IM (4:38.67) to help the Terriers erase the deficit.

Entering the 400 freestyle relay up three points, BU sealed the victory when Langenbach, senior Ava Keane, junior Janhvi Choudhary and Ramey won the race in a time of 3:34.18.

BU will return to action next Saturday (Oct. 19) when it visits Bucknell. Meet time is set for noon.

Wins
Katie Pestrichelli - 1000 free (10:44.86); 500 free (5:17.04)
Haley Newman - 200 fly (2:08.52); 400 IM (4:38.67)
Sasha Ramey - 100 free (53.49); 100 fly (57.94)
Stella Langenbach - 200 free (1:55.03)
Stephanie Liu - 100 breast (1:08.56)
Fia McCarty - 200 breast (2:29.38)
Sophia Souza - 1-meter (289.73)
400 free relay - (Langenbach, Keane, Choudhary, Ramey) - 3:34.18

Runners-up
Fia McCarty - 100 breast (1:08.66)
Sophia Souza - 3-meter (268.80)
Izzy Ramos - 400 IM (4:43.25)
200 medley relay (Han, McCarty, Brainin, Langenbach) - 1:49.32