Saint Francis Ladies’s Swimming Prepares For Showdown With Millersville

Key returners embrace Leah Eckert, Jillian Fidelman, Molly Kawash, Jane McClelland, Kate Pelagatti, Anna Sassaman, Madison Taylor, Claire Weaver, and Izabella Wreski.

LAST TIME WE MET THE MARAUDERS

Saint Francis dominated Millersville 182-80 at dwelling on Senior Day, honoring 9 seniors earlier than the meet. 

Bridget Kurtzweil, Taylor Weth, Anna Bernasconi and Oksana Horova kicked off the day with a win within the 200-yard medley relay (1:47.90).

Sara Blanco took first within the 200-yard freestyle (1:59.82), Weth gained each the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke (1:08.09, 2:30.46), and Alyssa Giovinazzo captured the 200-yard butterfly with Ava Silva ending second. Bernasconi additionally gained the 50-yard freestyle (24.80), whereas Horova claimed the 100-yard freestyle (53.37).

The Red Flash closed with a win within the 200-yard freestyle relay from Horova, Reegan Brown, Kathryn Tanis and Bernasconi (1:38.93).

LAST TIME OUT
Sara Turner led the best way with top-five finishes within the 400-yard particular person medley (2nd, 4:37.06) and 200-yard butterfly (4th, 2:12.13). Maura Rubio added a third-place end within the 100-yard backstroke and second within the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.53).

Morgan Moniz (fifth, 1650 free), Tanis (top-15, 50 and 100 free), Brown (top-15, 50 free), Weth (seventh, 200 breaststroke; eleventh, 100 fly), Laryssa Webster (top-10, 100 fly), Abby King, Ava Bosetti, Ella Anderson, and Katie Webster all contributed useful factors for the crew.

Standout swims from Turner and Rubio earned them NEC Prime Performer honors on the Colgate Invitational.

NEXT TIME OUT
Saint Francis will journey to Brooklyn, N.Y., to face LIU on Saturday, Oct. 25, with the meet set to start at 11 a.m.

PRESEASON POLL

Saint Francis ladies’s swimming was chosen to complete fourth within the 2025 Northeast Conference (NEC) preseason ballot, as voted on by league coaches. The Red Flash look to construct on a powerful 2024 marketing campaign that noticed them place third on the NEC Championships. 

CCSU was picked first with 4 first-place votes, adopted by Howard, Wagner, and Saint Francis rounding out the highest 4. LIU, Stonehill, and Le Moyne accomplished the ballot. 

ABOUT THE COACH

Phil Hurley enters his sixth season as head coach of the Saint Francis ladies’s swimming program in 2025–26, bringing over 15 years of collegiate teaching expertise. Hurley led the Red Flash to a number of particular person podium finishes on the NEC Championships and robust performances in twin meets and invitationals, together with home-and-home collection towards Duquesne and a fourth-place convention end in 2019–20. 

Prior to Saint Francis, Hurley was head coach at Lock Haven University and served as males’s and girls’s assistant coach at South Dakota State University, the place he coached Summit League champions, helped athletes attain NCAA Division I “B” lower requirements, and oversaw recruiting. He additionally was a graduate assistant at George Mason University and has in depth membership and highschool teaching expertise. 

Hurley swam collegiately at Dickinson College, the place he was a four-year letter-winner, three-year crew captain, All-Conference performer, and college file holder. He earned a B.A. in economics from Dickinson and a grasp’s in train, health, and well being promotion from George Mason. A local of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Hurley additionally served as an officer within the United States Army. 

Under his steerage, the Red Flash have excelled in each the pool and the classroom, constantly producing aggressive performances and robust tutorial outcomes.