PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne swimming and diving team opened the 2020 portion of its schedule with a 210-198 victory over visiting Marshall on Saturday at Towers Pool and Carnegie Mellon University.
The Dukes improved to 6-1 in dual action on the year with their sixth straight dual win.
Duquesne posted 13 first-place finishes on the day, including two individual wins apiece by
Lauren Devorace (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River),
Erin Kuhn (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny),
Sidney O'Donnell (Solon, Ohio / Solon) and
Audrey Steen (San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro).
Devorace paced the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.50) and 500-yard freestyle (5:09.76) while Kuhn led all competitors in the 50-yard breaststroke (31.09) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.98) for the Dukes.
O'Donnell won both the 1-meter dive (257.40) and 3-meter dive (257.03) for Duquesne at CMU and Steen bested opponents in the 50-yard butterfly (26.76) and the 50-yard backstroke (27.26) on the day.
Emma Menzer (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter) placed first in the 400-yard IM (4:36.13) while
Cateri Christinis won the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:42.80) and
Sophia Perez paced the 200-yard butterfly (2:07.89).
Duquesne began the meet with a victory in the 200-yd medley relay with a time of 1:48.41 by Steen, Kuhn,
Mara Voytek (Valley View, Ohio / Cuyahoga Heights) and
Hanna Everhart (Bloomsburg, Pa. / Bloomsburg Area).
The Dukes added a win in the 400-yard medley relay with a mark of 3:58.56 by
Emma Brinton (Landenberg, Pa. / Avon Grove), Kuhn, Steen &
Carson Gross (York, Pa. / York Suburban).
NEXT UP
Duquesne hosts Saint Francis U next Saturday, January 18 at 1 p.m. at Towers Pool.
