NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Despite a number of solid performances, the Smith College swimming & diving team was unable to get past Westfield State University, falling by a 155-143 margin on Saturday afternoon at Dalton Pool. With the win, the Owls moved to 3-1 in dual meet action this season, while the Pioneers slip to 1-4 overall.

SWIMMING HIGHLIGHTS

• The meet opened with a second and third place finish for the Pioneers in the 200-yard medley relay. The A team was composed of  by Maddy Meadows-McDonnell (Indianapolis, Ind. /North Central), Junko Taniguchi (San Francisco, CA), Desi Stoyanova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria), and Paula Torre-Nieto (San Juan, PR) with their time of 2:03.92, while the B team consisted of Nell Tarno (Moretown, VT), Nicole Ferreira (Fall River, Mass./BMC Durfee), Katarina Yuan (Blacksburg, VA), and Sarah Billings (Berkley, CA).
• In the 1000-yard freestyle, Aidan Coffin Ness (Madison, Wis./Madison East) was second in 11:55.26 followed by Abby Bergman (Culver City, Calif./Vistamar) with a third place time of 12:03.70.
• Action then moved to the 200-yard free which saw Charlotte Crandall (Lawrence, KS) finish second in 2:08.50, while Katherine Anderson (Willamsburg, MA) was third in 2:10.35.
• In the 100-yard back, Meadows-McDonnell touched the wall second in 1:07.39 just ahead of Tarno in a third place time of 1:08.13.
• Desi Stoyanova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria) delivered Smith's first win in the 200-yard fly in 2:20.69.
• Paula Torre-Nieto (San Juan, PR) was runner-up in the 50-yard free in 26.96.
• Crandall and Stoyanova posted second place finishes in the 100 free and 200 back, respectively.
• Bergman had another impressive performance in the 100 fly, touching the wall in 1:06.05 for first place.
• In the final event of the day, Smith finished less than a second behind Westfield State in the 400-yard free relay.

DIVING HIGHLIGHTS

• Diving action kicked off on the 1-meter board where sophomore Abigail Hanna (Averill Park, N.Y./Doane Stuart) was the top finisher with a score of 266.65.
• Senior Elly Stone (Westborough, Mass./Westborough) and sophomore Shoshanna Werblow were second and third with marks of 247.50 and 241.35.
• Hanna had another strong performance on the 3-meter board as she posted a first place score with 282.45 points.
• Werblow's mark of 241.85 was good for second, while Stone was fourth with 193.15 points.

UP NEXT
Smith College returns to action on December 1st and 2nd at the Hamilton College Invitational.

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