Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University swimming and diving team celebrated Senior Day on Saturday morning, battling George Mason and Cleveland State inside Towers Pool. The Dukes dominated the Patriots, 210.5-70.5 before taking down the Vikings, 206.5-74.5.

DIVING RESULTS
The diving team kicked things off on Friday night, battling George Mason, Cleveland State, and Lafayette at Carnegie Mellon in the one-meter and three-meter dive. Highlighting the day was the three-meter dive, where the Dukes swept all three top spots.
Junior Ashley Felitsky paced the group, taking home the gold with a final score of 273.00. Junior Kendall Nigh finished in second place with a total score of 252.55 while freshman Brianne Dempsey took home the bronze by tallying a score of 249.70. Senior Julia Doolittle also competed, finishing in seventh place with a final total of 228.50.

Duquesne continued its momentum in the one-meter dives, posting four Dukes in the top 10. Felitsky would capture her second first-place finish of the night, registering a final score of 282.10. Nigh would take home fifth by carding a score of 226.30, posting personal bests in both the one-meter and three-meter dives. Dempsey finished with a tally of 221.25 to be tabbed seventh while Doolittle tied for 10^th with a total of 203.30.

SWIMMING RESULTS
Behind 10 first place finishes and three new pool records, the Duquesne swimming team dominated on Saturday morning. The 200-yard medley got things started as the team of senior Haley Scholer, junior Sydney Severini, freshman Ashley Freel, and classmate Kaitlyn Connors took home first place with a time of 1:43.23.

Freel continued her dominance, securing three more gold medals. She captured the top spot in the 400 IM with a time of 4:25.49 before securing first-place in the 200 (2:02.37) and 100-yard butterfly (55:56). Egan captured herself a pair of new pool records on Saturday. She captured her first gold and broke the school record in the 200-yard freestyle by touching the wall at 1:50.68. In the 500-yard freestyle, Egan captured her second pool record and first place finish after clocking in a time of 4:56.30.

Scholer enjoyed her senior day, taking home four medals and a new pool record. She captured the top spot in the 100 backstroke with a time of 54.62 before breaking her own pool record in the 200 backstroke by touching the wall at 1:58.54. The senior ended her day with a bronze finish in the 100-yard butterfly (56.37). In the same event, the Dukes swept the first four positions. Freel took the top spot, followed by freshman Rachel Howard (55.98), Scholer, and junior Claudia Rzeznik (56.43) in fourth.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Severini clocked in a time of 1:04.32 to take the gold while freshman Jess Burns followed in second with a final time of 1:04.81. Severini also took the top spot in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.94) while Burns followed right behind with a time of 2:20.46.

Duquesne would sweep the top three spots in the 200 backstroke, led by Scholer while freshman Sierra Snow took silver by touching the wall at 1:52.77. Classmate Caitlin Horning was tabbed with the bronze by registering a time of 2:03.92. Snow would collect a silver medal in the 200-yard freestyle while clocking in a time of 1:52.77.

Senior Kendra Joachim captured a bronze medal in the 200 butterfly (2:04.73) before taking home a second place finish in the 500-yard free (4:59.76). Connors tallied a pair of second place finishes in the 50 freestyle (23.92) and the 100 freestyle (51.79) while sophomore Lexi Sundgren captured a pair of bronze medals in the 100 free (51.82) and the 500 free (5:01.83)

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"The ladies put up another good performance today," head coach David Sheets said. "We continue to bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy to our racing and our support of each other. Watching the ladies on the pool deck and behind the blocks, Matt and I can tell they are having fun and enjoying the process. When each individual can do that, it makes the whole team better. The ladies will enjoy a day off tomorrow and we will continue to work at getting better on Monday."

UP NEXT
Duquesne returns to action when it travels to Morgantown, W.Va., to battle the Mountaineers and Villanova on Saturday, Jan. 25 beginning at 11:00 a.m.