Brewers Swim Past Brandeis

Vassar wins 10 events in road victory

Waltham, MA – The Vassar College Women's Swimming and Diving team hit the road for the first time this season and came away with a 166.5-128.5 victory at Brandeis Saturday afternoon. The Brewers won 10 events in the meet with Bella Ripon (Hersey, PA) winning three events in the victory.

Saturday's win pushes Vassar to 2-0 through the first two competitions of the season.

For The Brewers

Rippon scored victories for the Brewers in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.10), 200-yard backstroke (2:15.25) and 200-yard individual medley (2:21.21). All three victories came in season best times.
Addie Weiner (Maplewood, NJ) scored a pair of individual wins on Saturday, topping the field in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:26.25) and tying for the victory with teammate Maleigha Vietti (Overland Park, KS) in a time of 5:30.02, with each swimmer posting a season best time.
Anna Little (Irwin, PA) turned in a strong performance on Saturday, winning the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events in times of 1:11.72 and 2:36.50, both times marking season best marks.
Vivien Li (Pittsburgh, PA) scored two victories for Vassar on Saturday, coming home first in both the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.26) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.48), also swimming season best times in each event.
Vassar also saw strong swims on Saturday from Alejandra Robins (El Cerrito, CA) who posted second place finishes in both butterfly events, swimming a season best time of 2:17.41 in the 200-yard event and adding a season best mark of 1:00.92 in the 100-yard race.
Sarah Quintana (Chandler, AZ) added two season best times on Saturday, swimming to a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.98) and the 200-yard individual medley (2:22.78). Quintana also recorded a runner-up finish for Vassar in the 200-yard backstroke (2:15.85).
Maya Luongo (Katonah, NY) posted a pair of runner-up finishes on Saturday for Vassar, taking the second spot in the 50-yard freestyle (25.75) and the 100-yard freestyle (56.53).
First Year Lara Chebotarev (East Longmeadow, MA) recorded a pair of third place finishes for the Brewers, swimming season best times in both the 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.78) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:45.91).
In diving, competitors competed in the 1-meter event twice, with First Year Elizabeth Surgent (Phoenix, AZ) taking second in the first set of dives with a score of 172.35 and third in the second set with a mark of 122.40.
Vassar also had a strong day in the relay events with the 'A' team of Li, Little, Robins and Luongo opening the meet with a second-place finish in the 200-yard medley event with a time of 1:28.21.
To close the day, the 400-yard freestyle team of Luongo, Wiener, Alanna Muello (South Windsor, CT) and Quintana posted a victory in a season best swim of 3:50.66.

What's Next

Vassar looks to continue a strong start to the season on October 27 when it travels to Montclair State.

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Players Mentioned

Maya Luongo: FR/FLY; 5' 2"; Junior; Free/Butterfly

Alanna Muello: FR/FLY; 5' 2"; Senior; Freestyle/Butterfly

Sarah Quintana: BK/FR; 5' 4"; Senior; Backstroke/Freestyle

Alejandra Robins: FLY/FR; 5' 4"; Senior; Butterfly/Freestyle

Maleigha Vietti: BK/Free; 5' 3"; Sophomore; Backstroke/Freestyle

Lara Chebotarev: BR; First Year; Breaststroke

Vivien Li: First Year

Anna Little: First Year

Players Mentioned

Maya Luongo
: 5' 2"; Junior; Free/Butterfly
: FR/FLY

Alanna Muello
: 5' 2"; Senior; Freestyle/Butterfly
: FR/FLY

Sarah Quintana
: 5' 4"; Senior; Backstroke/Freestyle
: BK/FR

Alejandra Robins
: 5' 4"; Senior; Butterfly/Freestyle
: FLY/FR

Maleigha Vietti
: 5' 3"; Sophomore; Backstroke/Freestyle
: BK/Free

Lara Chebotarev
: First Year; Breaststroke
: BR

Vivien Li
: First Year

Anna Little
: First Year