Pirates Drop Home Opener to Army

Saturday, October 23

South Orange, N.J.

10 AM

Seton Hall University

117

183

Army

10/23/2021 2:02:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's swimming team fell to Army on Saturday at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium by a score of 183-116. The meet served at the home-opener for the Pirates of the 2021-22 season.

The Pirates started off hot taking first in the 200 Medley Relay as the team of Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.), Thomas Staes (Berlaar, Belgium), Justin Oosterwyk (Pequannock, N.J.) and Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.) combined to touch the wall in a time of 1:33.11.

Freshman Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) followed up his strong collegiate debut with another strong performance against Army. Vizzard paced the pool in the 1000 Free doing so in a time of 9:38.24, controlling the race from the start.

The Pirates took first in a third consecutive event, this time behind Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.). LaClair took first in the 200 Free touching the wall in a time of 1:42.39. Gideon Langenbusch (Oberhausen, Germany) also had a strong showing taking third place with a time of 1:43.61.

Continuing the Pirates' early success was Pantano, who picked up his second first place finish of the morning leading the pack in the 100 Back. Pantano paced the pool with a time of 51.72. In the 100 Breaststroke, Justen Lopez (Levittown, N.Y.) placed third with a time of 58.31.

Oosterwyk continued his successful day in the pool picking up a first-place finish, his second of the meet, in the 200 Fly. Oosterwyk took first with a time of 1:50.61 while Ji Ho Lee (Charlotte, N.C.) placed third with a time of 1:55.68.

The Pirates closed things strong, filling out the second, third and fourth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Minar, LaClair, Langenbusch and Oosterwyk placed second for The Hall in a time of 3:07.67.

The Hall will be back in action next Saturday, as they stay at home to host Monmouth. Start time for that meet will be 1 p.m. and serve as the Pirates' final home meet of the fall season. The meet will be streamed live on the Pirate Sports Network.