Swimming & Diving Travels to Springfield for Last Common Season Twin Meet on Saturday

Swimming & Diving at Springfield

Saturday, February 6 | 11 a.m. 

Art Linkletter Natatorium | Springfield, Mass. 

SERIES HISTORY

•    The Babson males have gained six of their final eight meets towards Springfield and are 9-15 total within the collection since 2001.
•    The Babson girls have competed towards the Pride simply 4 instances since 1997 and final yr’s victory snapped a three-meet shedding streak. 

LAST MEETING

•    The Babson girls gained the ultimate occasion of the meet to safe a 121-118 win, whereas the Babson males suffered a 135-108 loss to Springfield on February 8, 2025, in Babson Park. 

•    Kendall Garvey ’25 gained each the five hundred free and 1000 free, sophomores Julia Netishen (50 free), Samantha Gilbert (200 free), Tuana Turhan (200 butterfly) and Marta Gershanok (200 again) each victory, and the quartet of Netishen, Gilbert, junior Sylvie Racicot and Anya Pelshaw M’25 got here in first by virtually three seconds within the 200 free relay to push the Beavers previous the Pride. 

•    Junior Anthony Taslakov got here in first within the 200 free and 500 free, sophomore Thomas Ambelang gained the 200 again and classmate William Iglar completed first within the 200 breaststroke and added a second-place outcome within the 200 IM for the Babson males. 

ABOUT THE BABSON WOMEN

•    The Beavers (6-4-1) gained 5 occasions in a 168-109 loss to Wellesley final Saturday. 

•    Turhan touched the wall first in each the 200 butterfly (2:12.72) and 100 butterfly (59.30), Racicot posted a time of 24.95 to complete first within the 50 free, Netishen claimed the 100 free in a time of 54.35 and first-year Middy Hinckley gained the five hundred free in a time of 5:27.94. 

•    Gilbert (100 butterfly), Racicot (100 free), Hinckley (1000 free) and first-year Finn Bergquist (200 butterfly) every recorded a runner-up end for the Beavers, who additionally positioned second in each the 200 medley and 200 free relays. 

•    Turhan at the moment owns top-10 instances within the NEWMAC in each the 100 butterfly (57.91) and 200 butterfly (2:06.72), which Gilbert’s prime mark of 1:03.33 within the 100 IM is tied for ninth within the convention.

ABOUT THE BABSON MEN

•    The Beavers (7-1) gained 9 of 13 occasions on the way in which to defeating Bridgewater State, 145-85, again on January 24. 

•    Junior David Krol got here in first on each the 1-meter (312.75) and 3-meter (319.20) diving boards to guide six particular person winners for the Green and White. 

•    Ambelang gained the 200 backstroke and paired with sophomore Nathan Huynh and seniors Zackary Cheung and Hawken Hammen to start the meet with a victory within the 200 medley relay, whereas Taslakov (1000 free), Iglar (200 IM), sophomore Tommy Hannenian (200 free), first-year Evan Hong (500 free) and fellow rookie Josh Adler (200 butterfly) recorded one victory apiece. 

•    Six completely different Babson swimmers personal top-10 instances in a number of occasions amongst NEWMAC rivals, highlighted by Cheung (100 IM, 200 IM), who ranks second within the 100 IM, and Huynh and first-year Matthias McFarlane who’re each among the many prime six within the 50 breaststroke and 100 breaststroke.

ABOUT THE PRIDE

•    The Springfield males (3-6) has dropped back-to-back twin meets after falling to Amherst, 166-75, again on February 23. 

•    Christian Butler swept the diving occasions scoring 249.22 factors on the 1-meter board and 306.53 factors on the 3-meter board, Nick Hall completed second within the 500 free and Dawson Milligan got here in third in each the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. 

•    The Springfield girls (1-10) have dropped eight straight twin meets after falling to Wellesley 212-84 and Smith 225-71 again on January 24.

•    Ally Burnett got here in third in each the five hundred free and 100 free, Bridgette Hogan was the runner-up with a rating of 233.85 on the 3-meter board and Elizabeth Santos totaled 228.70 factors to come back in proper behind her in third. 

HISTORY LESSON

•    A victory over Springfield for the Babson males on Saturday would give them their highest dual-meet successful proportion for the reason that 1972-73 squad completed 13-1 (.929). 

•    A win would additionally mark simply the fourth time the Beavers have completed with a dual-meet successful proportion above .800 in program historical past becoming a member of the 1972-73, 1989-90 (10-2, .833) and 2019-20 (10-2, .833) squads. 

•    The Babson girls, who’ve recorded at the very least six wins in seven consecutive seasons going again to 2018-19, can attain seven victories for simply the ninth time within the 38-year historical past of this system by beating the Pride on Saturday. 

MOVING ON UP

•    Gilbert improved her finest time and now ranks tenth on the highest performers record within the 1000 free with a mark of 11:37.10 towards Bridgewater State on January 24. 

•    Hinckley moved as much as eighth along with her time of 11:23.57 within the 1000 free final Saturday at Wellesley. 

•    Taslakov is now seventh on the lads’s 1000 free record along with his time of 10:06.43 towards Bridgewater State. 

UP NEXT

•    The Beavers will journey to MIT for the four-day NEWMAC Championships starting on Thursday, February 19.