Pirates Fall to Army in Home Opener

Saturday, October 23

South Orange, N.J.

10 A.M.

Seton Hall University

138

161

Army

10/23/2021 2:57:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team fell to Army by a score of 161-138 on Saturday at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The meet served at the home-opener for the Pirates of the 2021-22 season.

In the first event of the morning, the Pirates took second in the 200 Medley Relay as the team of Leiya Istambouli (Danbury, Conn.), Lea Moeller, Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.) and Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden) combined to touch the wall in a time of 1:48.53.

Continuing the strong start was the duo of Allie Waggoner and Madeleine Bachand (Raleigh, N.C.) in the 100 Free. Waggoner paced the pool with a time of 10:29.19 for a first-place finish while Bachand took second with a time of 10:45.42.

The Pirates took the top spot for the second consecutive event as Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) placed first in the 200 Free with a time of 1:55.91. Amanda Zajdzinski took third in the event, doing so in a time of 1:56.68.

Making it three first-place finishes in a row was Madeline Field (Wheaton, Ill.) who took the top spot in the 100 Back. Field was the first to touch the wall, finishing in a time of 59.01. Istambouli and Catherine Horner (Lancaster, Penn.) took the third and fourth spots in times of 59.73 and 1:00.12, respectively.

Last season's BIG EAST 50 Free Champion, Jerresand, was the first to touch the wall in the 50 Free doing so in a time of 24.47. Following her was Moeller in the three-spot, touching the wall in a time of 24.88.

In the 100 Free, Heim and Moeller went one-two with Istambouli taking fourth. Heim finished in a time of 53.17 while Moeller slid in just behind her at 53.89. The combo of Waggoner and Bachand would take the top two spots again, this time in the 500 Free with times of 5:09.35 and 5:14.04, respectively.

The Pirates would close the day strong, taking first and third in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Istambouli, Jerresand, Moeller and Heim combined to touch the wall first in a time of 3:34.56.

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.