Girls’s Swimming and Diving Falls to No. 4 MIT in Season Opener

Springfield, Mass. – November 1, 2025 – The Springfield College girls’s swimming and diving workforce opened its season with a 249-50 setback to No. 4 nationally-ranked MIT on Saturday afternoon inside Art Linkletter Natatorium.

Springfield’s 200-medley relay workforce of Lizzy McMahon (Rensselaer, N.Y.), Natalie Norbut (Bristol, Conn.), Lena Thompson (Bow, N.H.) and Oliva Schwenger (Beacon Falls, Conn.) started the meet with a time of 1:56.85.

Thompson went on to have the most effective particular person end on the day as she clocked a time of 56.61 for third within the 100-free. Thompson was matched by Paige Levine’s (Holtsville, N.Y.) third place end within the 1000-free in 11:54.04, however in each different particular person swimming occasion, MIT completed 1-2-3 this afternoon as they entered the meet because the defending NCAA Division III nationwide champions.

Kylie Nordenstrom (Blaine, Minn.) was Springfield’s quickest swimmer within the 200-free in 2:11.39 and the 500-free in 5:41.48, McMahon went on to clock a 1:04.26 within the 100-back and a 2:19.69 within the 200-back, Norbut touched the wall in 1:14.29 within the 100-breast and in 27.34 within the 50-free and Emma Savoie (Milford, Conn.)clocked a 2:34.25 within the 200-fly. Van Tassel was the highest Pride finisher within the 200-breast in 2:41.90 and the 200-IM in 2:27.37, whereas Thompson rounded out the person highlights with a 1:02.91 within the 100-fly.

McMahon, Schwenger, Van Tassel and Thompson mixed for a fourth place end within the 400-free relay in 3:57.78 to wrap up in the present day’s meet.

In the diving effectively, Bridgette Hogan (Marshfield, Mass.) produced a fourth place end on the 1-meter board with a rating of 237.60, whereas Elizabeth Santos (Chicopee, Mass.) recorded a 3rd place end on the 3-meter board with a rating of 245.55.

Springfield will host Coast Guard and Wheaton (MA) in a double twin subsequent Saturday starting at 11:00 am.

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