Bryant takes down Friars on Friday night

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Bryant University women's swimming and diving team grabbed their second team win of the season with a 185-115 victory over Providence College on Friday night.

The Black and Gold earned 11 first place finishes in the meet.

Notes and Notables

• Sydney Barnett helped the Bulldogs get off on the right foot by taking first place in the 1 meter dive on Thursday night. Barnett tallied a score of 233.15 in the event.
• To kickoff Friday night, the 200 yard medley relay team of Julia Stenhard, Elayna Pistrin, Marcella Figueroa, and Jill Carline laid down a 1:47.96 to get the Bulldogs first win of the evening. The team just missed the pool record by .72 seconds.
• Makayla Pearce started her night by putting up a pool record breaking 1:43.86 in the 1650 yard freestyle. Pearce smashed the previous pool record by exactly six seconds.
• Pearce also won the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:16.92.
• Charlee LeGallais grabbed her first individual win of the season by swimming a 1:56.84 in the 200 yard freestyle.
• The Black and Gold picked up a 1-2 finish in the 100 yard backstroke. Reagan Lord finished in the top spot with a 58.55 while Jacqui Fox took second with her time of 59.52.
• Lord added to her win total for the night by taking the 200 yard backstroke as well with a time of 2:09.16. This is the second meet in a row that Lord has placed first in both backstroke events.
• Julia Stenhard and Ava Mustacciuolo had two back to back finishes on the night. First Stenhard raced a 2:09.61 to earn first in the 200 yard butterfly with Mustacciuolo taking second with her time of 2:14.41. They then took the top two spots again in the 100 yard butterfly. Stenhard put down a 58.37 for first while Mustacciuolo swam a 1:00.19.
• Elayna Pistrin grabbed her first event win of the season by swimming a 2:24.63 in 200 yard breaststroke.
• Marcella Figueroa picked up an individual win on the night by laying down a 24.59 in the 50 yard freestyle.
• To round out the meet, the 200 yard freestyle relay team swam a 1:40.85 to earn the victory. That team consisted of Jacqui Fox, Charlee LeGallais, Elise Richardson, and Marcella Figueroa.

Coach's comments on the meet win...

"Exciting meet. We swam very well. Diving did an awesome job last night of setting the tone. We appreciate the great energy on deck from all! We had quite a few people who won multiple events. Great to win all the relays. We are in a good place and will continue to improve as the season progresses."

Next Up

The Bulldogs make the trip to Fordham next Saturday (Nov. 11th) for a 1:00 pm meet against the Rams.