BOSTON - Thanks to wins in the final three events, the Boston University women's swimming & diving team rallied for a 155.5-142.5 victory over Massachusetts on Saturday afternoon at FitRec Competition Pool.
In a tight dual throughout, the Terriers found themselves trailing by six points with three events to go after the Minutewomen took 15 of the 19 points in the 100-yard butterfly. Senior
Sophia Souza turned in a season-high score of 298.13 in the 1-meter dive to get BU within a point before junior
Haley Newman collected her third win of the day with a 2:09.65 in the 200-yard individual medley.
Up eight points entering the 400-yard freestyle relay, the Terriers cliched the win when junior
Sasha Ramey, junior
Janhvi Choudhary, senior
Ava Keane and junior
Stella Langenbach took first in a time of 3:34.99, topping the top UMass team by 0.39 seconds. Langenbach closed a gap behind her UMass counterpart and overtook her in the final 35 yards.
All of Newman's swim were season bests and her first win of the day came in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:06.05. She later took first in the 100 freestyle (53.81) before her 200 IM triumph.
First-year
Katie Pestrichelli swept the distance events, winning the 1000-yard freestyle in 10:45.68 before taking the 500 freestyle in 5:11.59 ahead of classmate
Aliza Monaldo (5:21.95). Fellow classmates
Abby Han and
Cambria Jewett were the winners in the 100-yard backstroke (season-best 57.85) and 200-backstroke (2:05.26), respectively, while Jewett was runner-up in the 100 back (57.88).
Langenbach had runner-up finishes in the 100- (54.09) and 200-yard freestyle (1:55.12) while senior
Fia McCarty (100 breaststroke, 1:07:50) and junior
Janhvi Choudhary (50 free, 24.92) added second-place efforts with season-best times.Â
In addition to her key 1-meter win, Souza turned in a season-high score of 302.63 in the 3-meter to place second.
The Terriers will return to action in two weeks when they host the 18th annual Terrier Invite on Nov. 22-24.
Wins
Haley Newman - 200 fly (2:06.05); 100 free (53.81); 200 IM (2:09.65)
Katie Pestrichelli - 1000 free (10:45.58); 500 free (5:11.59)
Abby Han - 100 back (57.85)
Cambria Jewett - 200 back (2:05.28)
Sophia Souza - 1-meter (298.13)
400 free relay - (Ramey, Choudhary, Keane, Langenbach) - 3:34.99
Runners-up
Stella Langenbach - 200 free (1:55.12); 100 free (54.09)
Cambria Jewett - 100 back (57.88)
Fia McCarty - 100 breast (1:07.50)
Janhvi Choudhary - 50 free (24.92)
Sophia Souza - 3-meter (302.63)
Aliza Monaldo - 500 free (5:21.95)
Cambria Jewett - 200 IM (2:11.45)
200 medley relay (Han, Liu, Newman, Langenbach)Â - 1:46.78
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