Bulls Sweep Tri-Meet Beating Bowling Green and Toledo

Saturday, February 3

Toledo, OH

11am

217.5

135.5

Bowling Green

Photo by: Paul Hokanson/UBBulls.com

Bulls Sweep Tri-Meet Beating Bowling Green and Toledo

2/3/2024 7:26:00 PM | Swimming and Diving

TOLEDO, OHIO – The University at Buffalo swimming and diving team competed in a tri-meet this weekend against Bowling Green and Toledo, defeating the Rockets, 195-158 and the Falcons, 217.5-135.5. The Bulls pair of wins come after a plethora of top finishes in both the pool and the diving well.

DAY ONE
At Bowling Green on Friday night, the Bulls rattled off three first place finishes in the pool, laying the groundwork for Saturday.

In the 200 backstroke, Mia Naccarella took first place with a time of 2:01.15. Abigail Malmstrom (2:04.16) followed closely behind Naccarella, taking second place for Buffalo too. Kasey Keaney won the next event for the Bulls, finishing the 200 breaststroke in 2:23.93. Clarice Fisher then snagged the third consecutive event for Buffalo, taking first place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:05.52. Nicole Aguilar added points to the Bulls score with a third place finish with a time of 2:09.90 to close out day one in the pool.

In the diving well, Victoria Franz won the 3 meter diving event for Buffalo with a score of 334.95. Marialis Kwak took second for the Bulls, adding to the team's point total.

DAY TWO
Saturday morning at Bowling Green brought more first place finishes for the Bulls, as Marij van der Mast won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:07.43. Elise McCaul followed van der Mast closely, taking second place for Buffalo (5:08.41). Nacarella then added second and third event wins for the Bulls, taking first in both the 200 freestyle (1:54.00) and the 100 backstroke (55.71).

In the 100 breaststroke, the Bulls took three of the top five finishing spots, with Grace Rider taking second (1:06.79) Keaney in third (1:07.51) and Fisher in fifth (1:07.69).

In the 100 butterfly, Fisher took second place with a time of 56.48, while Aguilar placed third (56.70).

Buffalo dominated the leaderboards one more time in the 400 yard individual medley, with McCaul placing second (4:37.16), Karen Austin taking third (4:38.37) and Keaney placing fourth (4:41.15).

In the diving well, Franz won the 1 meter event as well, with a score of 291.40. The Bulls completed the diving event with seven of the top eight finishers, with Kwak placing second again (288.25) and Sophie Meuwissen placing third (237.05).

NEXT UP
"I am really proud of the women and the energy we had on both days," said Head Coach Andy Bashor. We got much better Saturday as the meet went on. I believe we are coming together at the right time and we are looking forward to the MAC Championship in a couple of weeks."

The Bulls are in action next at the Mid-American Conference Championships, beginning on Wednesday, February 28^th, and ending on Saturday, March 2^nd.

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