Vassar Tops Skidmore, 181-110

Brewers sweep top three positions in two events

Saratoga Springs, NY – The Vassar College Women's Swimming and Diving team picked up its third victory in four outings to start the season on Saturday with a 181-110 road win at Skidmore. The Brewers won 11 events in the meet and took the top three positions in a pair of events against the Thoroughbreds.

Saturday's victory improves the Brewers to 3-1 overall on the season through four meets.

For The Brewers

Vassar took the top three positions in both the 100-yard backstroke and 400-yard individual medley on Saturday and also added second through fourth place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle.
Bella Rippon (Hershey, PA) won the 100-yard backstroke for the Brewers (2:13.84) and was followed closely by Vivien Li (Pittsburgh, PA) in second (2:14.78) and Sarah Quintana (Chandler, AZ) in third (2:15.06).
Rippon closed a strong day with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:05.41) while Li added a second-place swim in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.67).
The 400-yard IM debuted on Saturday with First Year Anna Little (Irwin, PA) taking the top spot (4:51.38), Quintana placing second (4:57.36) and Maleigha Vietti (Overland Park, KS) taking the third position (5:04.18).
In the 50-yard freestyle, Abigail McLaughlin (Denver, CO) scored a runner-up finish in a season best time (25.89) with Alanna Muello (South Windsor, CT) following in third (26.24) and Lilly Masters (Bloomfield Hills, MI) taking fourth (27.08).
McLaughlin also supplied first place points for the Brewers in the 100-yard freestyle in a season best swim (55.91).
Quintana scored a victory for Vassar in the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.02).
Vietti took the top spot in the 1,000-yard freestyle for Vassar (11:17.62).
Alejandra Robins (El Cerrito, CA) had a big meet for the Brewers, swimming to first place finishes in season best times in both the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.91) and 100-yard butterfly (1:00.60).
Little added a second victory for Vassar in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:35.09).
Addie Wiener (Maplewood, NJ) swam to a win for the Brewers in the 500-yard freestyle (5:25.65) and added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:58.09).
Quinn Hoagland (Colts Neck, NJ) turned in a runner-up finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:19.89) and a third-place swim in the 500-yard freestyle (5:30.68).
Lara Chebotarev (East Longmeadow, MA) finished second on Saturday in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.64) and went on to take third in the 200-yard event (2:42.96).
Maya Luongo (Katonah, NY) turned in a third-place finish for Vassar in the 100-yard freestyle (57.50).
In diving, Zoe Hoiland (St. Paul, MN) earned a runner-up score in the 1-meter event with a score of 179.33.
First Year Elizabeth Surgent (Phoenix, AZ) produced a third-place score of 111.98 off the 1-meter board and finished second with a mark of 171.08 off the 3-meter board.
Both of Vassar's 'A' relay team collected wins on Saturday with the team of Quintana, Little, Muello and Luongo opening the day with a winning time of 1:52.94 in the 200-yard medley race.
To close the day, the squad of Luongo, Robins, Wiener and McLaughlin bested the field in the 400-yard freestyle event in 3:48.08.