Seton Hall University
Providence
Hall Downs Providence for Fifth Victory of Fall
11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 1, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Junior Tessa Lindner (Sun Prairie, Wis.), sophomore Kylene Ronayne (Springfield, Pa.) and freshman Courtney McCardle (Hurley, N.Y.) all recorded multiple victories on Saturday as the Seton Hall women's swimming & diving team improved to 5-2 this fall with a 189-111 win over BIG EAST rival Providence.
Overall, the Pirates claimed first-place in 12 of 16 events, finishing the week with 28 event victories across a pair of dual meet victories over Monmouth and the Friars.
10 of those wins came in individual competition as a total of seven different team members earned a top performance on the afternoon.
The Hall is now 2-1 against conference opponents early in the season after splitting with Butler and Xavier as part of a trip to the BIG EAST vs. Big 12 Weekend meet hosted by West Virginia and SHU will get a shot at two more league foes in Georgetown and Villanova when they travel to Rutgers next week.
 | WINNER'S CIRCLE |
- It has been smooth sailing for the freshman McCardle through the first four meets of her collegiate career as the freshman continued her early season charge on Saturday with a pair of wins in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle. At 50-meters, McCardle got to the wall ahead of teammate and runner-up Kat Carson (Katy, Texas) with a time of 27.54. At 100 meters, McCardle clocked in with a top time of 59.57, nearly leading another Seton Hall 1-2 finish as Lindner recorded a 1:01.55 mark that was just .13 seconds outside of second.
- Both of Lindner's victories came in freestyle competition as the standout junior opened her day with a 200-meter time of 2:24.49 before pacing an All-Seton Hall top-three at 100 meters by touching in at 1:05.44. Sophomore Sydney Simpson (Tallahassee, Fla.) earned second-place points by finishing in 1:06.79 while junior Cece Henry (St. Charles, Mo.) added a third-place effort (1:08.25)
- Henry also picked up a runner-up finish in a 200-IM race that saw Ronayne eclipse the field by delivering a final time of 2:27.97. Junior Maddie Harris (Ocala, Fla.) rounded out another top-three swept by the Pirates. It was the second win of the day for Ronayne who also edged teammate Aitana Robinson (London, Ontario) in the 200-back as the two finished with first and second place times of 2:22.89 and 2:23.16 respectively. Robinson's final split of 33.92 was the fastest of any of the six competitors throughout the event and powered a late surge past Providence's Helen Smith for the runner up spot
- Conversely, Robinson shot out in 32.68 seconds in the 100-back before coming home with a final mark of 1:07.18, holding off The Hall's Alexa Santis (Ijamsville, Md.) (1:09.60) for top honors
- Simpson headlined an all-Pirate top-three in the 200-breast, out-dueling teammates Megan Mallon (Glen Mills, Pa.) (2:45.38, 2nd) and Courtney Regan (Southbury, Conn.) (2:48.76, 3rd) with a 2:44.21 mark.
- At 100 meters, Mallon was able to edge Simpson from first-place as her time of 1:14.93 was 1.32 seconds clear of Simpson in second.
- Senior Gabby Signorelli (Massapequa, N.Y.) also added a victory to her collection on the afternoon, logging a one-meter score of 259.80.
| RELAY REPLAY |
- Four competitors who went on to earn individual wins against PC combined to set the tone in the opening event of the meet as Robinson, Mallon, Lindner and McCardle teamed to post a 200-meter medley relay mark of 2:01.33 that was over five seconds ahead of Providence's top team in third. Melody Bush (Guelph, Ontario), Simpson, Henry and Carson rallied to finish second behind Carson's 27.66 second split in the anchor leg
- Mallon, Carson, McCardle and Ronayne combined to close the meet with an exclamation point, turning ion a victorious 200-meter freestyle relay mark of 1:51.24.
| NEXT UP |
The Pirates will be back in action next weekend, taking on a pair of BIG EAST foes in Georgetown and Villanova as well as the host Scarlet Knights at Rutgers University. Competition is scheduled to take place on consecutive days from November 6-7.
