PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne swimming and diving team won its seventh straight dual with a 149-113 victory over intrastate foe Saint Francis U on Saturday afternoon at Towers Pool.

Seniors Lauren Devorace (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River), Meredith Easterling (Murrysville, Pa. / Franklin Regional), Carson Gross (York, Pa. / York Suburban), Madelyn Hoying (Groselle, Mich. / Groselle), Erin Kuhn (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Allegheny), Heather Svitavsky (Willoughby, Ohio / Hawken) and Summer Svitavsky (Willoughby, Ohio / Hawken) were recognized prior to the meet. 

Gross and Kuhn each won two events apiece on the day for the Dukes, as Gross paced the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.82) and 500-yard freestyle (5:09.86) while Kuhn bested all competitors in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.85) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:28.51). 

Duquesne earned the top four spots in the 200-yard freestyle, led by Gross and followed by Hanna Everhart (Bloomsburg, Pa. / Bloomsburg Area) (1:56.65) second, Emma Brinton (Landenberg, Pa. / Avon Grove) (1:57.06) third and Mary Liz Flavin (Allison Park, Pa. / North Allegheny) (1:59.45) fourth, while Emma Menzer (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter) placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.10).

Clare Flanagan (Allison Park, Pa. / Hampton) won the 100-yard backstroke for the Dukes with a time of 59.73 while Audrey Steen (San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro) finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a mark of 2:08.88. 

Duquesne placed first and second in the 200 individual medley with Brinton pacing the field at 2:07.83 followed by Menzer at 2:09.19. 

The Dukes capped the meet with a first-place showing in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:39.96 by Everhart, Gross, Mara Voytek (Valley View, Ohio / Cuyahoga Heights) and Sydney Sherman (Erie, Pa. / Villa Maria Academy). 


NEXT UP
Duquesne heads to Oakland for the Western Pennsylvania Invite hosted by Pitt at Trees Pool. Diving is set to take place on Friday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m. with swimming on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m.