PITTSBURGH - Pacing 13 of 16 events, Duquesne posted a 176.5-123.5 victory over visiting James Madison on Friday night in the Dukes' home opener at Towers Pool and Carnegie Mellon.
Duquesne, which was competing as an entire unit for the first time this season, recorded 13 first-place marks in the meet against the four-time Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) champion Dukes of James Madison.
Mendy De Rooi registered a team-high four first-place finishes in her Duquesne debut, as the Cumberlands (Ky.) graduate transfer bested the field in the 50 free (23.99), 100 free (52.41), 100 fly (56.22) as well as the 400 medley relay (3:51.47) with teammates
Hayley Taylor,
Madison Dickert and
Audrey Steen.
Dickert added a first-place mark in the 100 breast (1:07.03) while Steen won the 200 fly (2:07.14) for the Dukes.
Freshman
Orla Egan earned a pair of first-place finishes for Duquesne in the 500 free (5:05.49) and the 1000 free (10:25.92). Classmate
Haley Scholer paced the 100 back (57.03) in her collegiate debut, as well.
Emma Menzer recorded two first-place marks for Duquesne in the 200 breast (2:23.34) and 200 IM (2:06.07) while
Hanna Everhart won the 200 free (1:55.44) and
Reagan Linkous bested the competition in the 200 back (2:04.55)
The Duquesne divers returned to action against James Madison at Carnegie Mellon, with
Sidney O'Donnell registered an NCAA Zone cut score on the 1-meter boards at 283.43. Finishing second in the event, the junior had already shattered her own school record and posted an NCAA Zone cut on the 3-meter boards in the Dukes' season-opener earlier this season against Pitt at Trees Pool. She added a third-place mark on the 3-meter boards (267.38) on Friday evening.
Head coach David Sheets: "I was extremely happy with the results this evening. This group is doing a good job of taking what we are working on in practice and applying it to what we do when we race. As long as we continue to build on the little things we will keep getting better."
NEXT UP
Duquesne is right back in action tomorrow afternoon hosting Saint Francis U at 1 p.m. at Towers Pool.
