LORETTO, Pa. - The Duquesne women's swimming and diving team completed the season sweep of Saint Francis U on Friday evening, defeating the Red Flash for the second consecutive meet by a score of 151-97 at Stokes Natatorium. The Dukes also posted a win over Saint Francis at Towers Pool on Saturday, Feb. 27.
On Friday, Duquesne's 200 medley relay team with
Audrey Steen (San Pedro, Calif. / San Pedro),
Laura Goettler (Butler, Pa. / Butler),
Mara Voytek (Valley View, Ohio / Cuyahoga Heights) and
Leah Reisker (Gainesville, Fla. / F.W. Buchholz) kicked off the meet with a first-place finish in the event with a time of 1:47.70.
That was one of four first-place finishes for Steen, who also paced the 100 fly (57.99), 200 fly (2:09.30) and 400 free relay (3:36.30) with
Hanna Everhart (Bloomsburg, Pa. / Bloomsburg Area),
Emma Brinton (Landenberg, Pa. / Avon Grove) and Reisker.
Reisker bested the field in the 100 free with a mark of 53.83, giving her a total of three first-place finishes at the meet.
Goettler won 100 breast with a time of 1:05.89 while Voytek finished first in the 200 IM at 2:12.33 for Duquesne.
Everhart paced the 200 free at 1:56.75 for the Dukes for her second first-place mark of the evening.
Emma Menzer (Newark, Del. / Newark Charter) won the 1,650 free at 17:40.66 for Duquesne and
Katelyn Harkrader (Hatfield, Pa. / North Penn) paced the 200 back at 2:07.44.
The Dukes moved to 2-1 in dual action on the season while the Red Flash dropped to 0-2. Duquesne owns a 15-2 advantage in the all-time series against Saint Francis, including 11 straight victories.
Head coach David Sheets: ""It was nice to get the team on the road, especially the freshmen and swim somewhere other than Towers Pool. The team did a nice job supporting each other and getting up to race. With limited opportunities to compete we are trying to make the most of the ones we get."
NEXT UP
The Duquesne divers return to action with the Youngstown State Diving Invitational on Saturday, March 20 before the Dukes close out the regular season at Clarion on Saturday, March 27.
