POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (January 24, 2017) – The Vassar College women's swimming and diving team will look to build on its solid performance at the Seven Sisters Championships this past weekend, traveling to Pleasantville, NY to swim against the Setters of Pace University. Vassar chalked up six individual wins on Saturday and Sunday at the Seven Sisters meet, which was the final home meet of the season for the women's squad.
 
Meet Details
Opponent: at Pace University
Links: 
(Pace's Women's Swimming Home Page) (Roster) (Schedule)
Site: Pleasantville, NY
Facility: Goldstein Health, Fitness & Recreation Center
Date: January 25, 2017
Time: 6 p.m.
Live Coverage: (Live Video)
 
Last Time Out: The Brewers posted 683 points for the weekend, finishing in third place at the Seven Sisters Championships, held in Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday and Sunday. The event saw some strong performances from Vassar, which included four individual wins by Julia Cunningham and a pair of victories from sophomore Kael Ragnini. Wellesley College won its 20^th straight team title, while Smith College finished second with 803 points.
 
A Look At The Brewers:

 

• Vassar saw the emergence of Kael Ragnini this weekend, as she won a pair of events in the 200 and 500 free events, while taking third in the mile. For her efforts, she earned All-Seven Sisters.
• Senior Julia Cunningham was named as the Liberty League Swimmer of the Week for the second time this season, as she won the 200 and 400 IM events along with the 100 and 200 butterfly races.
• Cunningham's 2:05.95 in the 200 butterfly was a new season best, while also qualifying as a "B" cut time. It is also the 16^th fastest time on the NCAA qualifying list as of Sunday afternoon.
• Junior Cali Corbett added 14 points with a fifth-place finish after swimming a time of 19:43.77 in the mile.
• Vassar sophomore Hayley Schultz was fifth in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:40.99, earning 14 points, while senior Kayla Schwab was stellar with a season-best time of 2:45.13. 
• The Brewer "A" squad in the 400-yard free relay take second place with a great swim, earning a season-best time of 3:51.48, thanks to the efforts of Ragnini, Corbett, Cunningham and Harrington. 
• Junior Emily McDaniels also picked up 11 points with an eighth-place finish in the 200 IM, clocking in with a season-best 2:24.05, and freshman Sarah Boese also picked up seven points with a season-best 2:24.86 for 10^th place.
• Corbett was also strong in the 500 free, as she posted a season-best time by nearly six seconds with a time of 5:45.77, taking ninth place. 
• Elisielle Wilson was 10^th overall for VC with a 254.75 in the 1-meter diving event, by far a personal-best for an 11-dive program.
• Vassar is hopeful to get sophomore freestyler Sammy Stone back for the stretch run of the season, as she has missed the last two meets for VC.

 
A Look At The Setters:
 

• The Setters of Pace University are coming off a 198-82 loss to Division I Iona College last week, and have dropped their last two duals meets.
• Pace's last dual meets last win came against Saint Peters University, knocking off the Peacocks 123-64 on December 10.
• After Wednesday evening's meet with VC, Pace will be off for over three weeks before taking part in the Northeast 10 Championships in New Haven, CT.
• Against Iona, -sophomore Alexis Heiney swept the diving events. She won the 1-meter dive with a score of 176.93, then grabbed the victory in the 3-meter dive with 220.27.
• Sophomore Cassandra Muldoon took second in a pair of competitive races. She swam a time of 1:12.38 in the 100-yard breaststroke, and 2:33.98 in the 200-yard breaststroke.
• Senior Paula Castelblanco took second in the 200-yard backstroke, clocking in a 2:14.16.
• The women's 400-yard freestyle relay team of freshman Jana Ciric, freshman Margaret Triller , Castelblanco and senior Kaitlyn Fitzgerald finished in 3:45.42 to take second, trailing the winning team by less than a second.

 
Up Next: Vassar will be back in the pool this Saturday afternoon, traveling to Skidmore College for the Sprint Invitational, starting at 1 p.m. in Saratoga Springs, NY.