For the second time in as many weekends the Sacred Heart University women's swim team earned a dual meet victory. The Pioneers defeated crosstown foe Fairfield University 145.5-113.5, marking the first-ever defeat of the Stags in program history.
The victory was paced by four wins from Jillian Crosby (Port Monmouth, N.J.), who earned individual wins in the 50, 200 and 500 yard freestyle events. Caleigh Dion (Dunstable, Mass.) and Jessica Poole (Shelton, Conn.) both picked up three victories for SHU, while Olivia Decas (Mattaposiett, Mass.) and Siobhan Goodman (Ridgewood, N.J.) were double winners.
Goodman, the Pioneers lone senior, was honored prior to the meet as she swam her final home meet.
SHU travels to NEC foe Central Connecticut State on January 31 for a noon dual meet.
THE SPRINTS
- For the second week in a row the Pioneers posted top two finishes in both the 50 and 100 yard freestyles
- Crosby gave SHU its first individual win in the 200 free, finishing more than three seconds clear of the runner-up, touching at 1:58.11
- She earned a second individual win with a 25.82 swim in the 50 free, .07 in front of teammate Decas
- Crosby won the 50 in a time of 25.66, just ahead of teammate Renee Russo (Medford, N.J.) at 27.00
- Dion captured top honors in the 100 freestyle, at 56.19, .3 seconds in front of Decas, who tied for second place
THE STROKES
- Jessica Poole earned individual victories in the breaststroke events, winning the 100 at 1:10.92 and the 200 in a time of 2:37.06
- Julia Pedersen (Washington Township, N.J.) gave SHU a 1-2 finish in the 100 breast with a swim of 1:14.11
- Goodman won the 100 fly at her senior day meet, touching at 1:03.20, 1.66 seconds clear of the second place finisher
- Decas earned an individual victory with her 1:01.41 effort in the 100 backstroke
- Anna Brown (Brookfield, Conn.) touched second in the 100 backstroke at 1:03.15
DISTANCE & INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
- Crosby earned her third win of the day in the 500 free, pulling away the day, overtaking a Stag in the middle of the race and winning by nearly 10 seconds, at 5:25.63
- Poole was second in the 200 IM, at 2:19.94
- Nicole Sauve (Walpole, Mass.) finished second in the 1,000 freestyle with an 11:30.86, two seconds faster than a week ago
THE RELAYS
- Brown, Poole, Goodman and Dion teamed to win the 200 medley relay to open the team, touching at 1:56.39 – nearly a second faster than a week ago
- SHU put an exclamation point on the victory with a win in the 400 free relay, with Dion, Emily Shenk (Williamstown, N.J.), Decas and Crosby combining to earn the win at 3:43.93.
