ESU slips previous Marauders by eight factors in swim twin

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. – The Millersville University ladies’s swimming workforce fell simply eight factors brief in opposition to the Warriors of East Stroudsburg University. The Marauders earned high two finishes in 12 occasions, together with 5 first-place performances. Millersville additionally added three new occasions to their all-time high 10 information. Hannah Baumgardner claimed each the fourth time within the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:40.83) and the seventh time within the 500-yard freestyle (5:20.50), and Abigail Lowman is tied at fifth within the 200-yard backstroke (2:10.53).
 
Millersville opened the meet with a second-place end within the 200-yard medley relay, as Lowman, Leah Eckert, Violet Pizzillo, and Anna Sassaman posted a time of 1:51.20, simply 0.15 seconds behind East Stroudsburg’s successful squad. Baumgardner adopted with a second place exhibiting within the 1,000-yard freestyle, whereas Claire Weaver added one other runner-up end within the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.07).
 
Lowman earned the Marauders’ first particular person victory of the day within the 100-yard backstroke. Eckert secured second within the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.31), and Pizzillo claimed first within the 200-yard butterfly (2:20.23). In the 50-yard freestyle, Lowman and Sassaman positioned second and third, respectively. The Marauders continued their success within the 200-yard backstroke, sweeping the highest three spots with Lowman, Weaver, and Christiana Snavely.
 
Izabella Wreski captured one other first-place end within the 200-yard breaststroke (2:30.10), whereas Baumgardner and Weaver added two extra second-place efforts of their respective occasions. Pizzillo closed out her robust day with a win within the 200-yard particular person medley, and the Millersville 200-yard freestyle relay workforce rounded out the meet with a third-place end. The Marauders completed the meet with a rating of 127, simply eight factors behind the Warriors at 135. 

“Overall, I was happy with the way we raced today on the road,” mentioned head coach Evan Anthony. “The team had a very positive attitude with good energy heading into the meet and kept that going through the last relay. We knew it would be a close one and we ended up just short. There were still a ton of great swims and people stepping up to put us in a position to be so close. We will use this meet as fuel heading into training this week before we have one more dual meet to prepare for mid-season. The team continues to train extremely hard, and we will keep working to get better every day.”

The Marauders are again at Anttonen Natatorium Saturday Nov 8 after they host the Golden Bears from Kutztown University as they seek for their first twin meet victory.