Huskies Begin 2026 With Win over UMass

STORRS, Conn. – The UConn girls’s swimming and diving crew dominated in a over the UMASS Minute girls on the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium Saturday afternoon.

Starting the brand new 12 months off with a bang, nevertheless it was nonetheless the identical Huskies in one other total crew win with a rating of 170-119. With 11 of 16 1^st place finishes, the Huskies got here out of their lengthy break rested and able to go and took management from begin to end.

“Pleased with our efforts and attitudes,” stated head coach Chris Maiello on the efficiency. “They trained hard both at home and on campus and today has been a long time coming, we got a couple more weeks of it but today was a good day for us.”

Of a kind of first-place finishes was from  junior swimmer Olivia Herbert, who positioned first within the 200-yard butterfly and helped propel the Huskies to victory.

“I was really pleased,” stated Herbert. “More of how it felt and less of what place I came in. I’m really happy that it felt smooth.”

The Huskies begin 2026 off with a win and have a fast turnaround the place they’re set to face New Hampshire subsequent Saturday in Durham.

“We’re in a good position, said Head Coach Chris Maiello on the upcoming meets. “Today was an excellent see at our racing expertise, we actually received loads of issues to scrub up however we received some nice racing arising and hopefully we’ll be a bit higher.”