Pirates Win in Strong Effort Against Monmouth, 155-115

Saturday, October 30

South Orange, N.J.

1 P.M.

Seton Hall University

155

115

Monmouth

Pirates Win in Strong Effort Against Monmouth, 155-115

10/30/2021 4:45:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall men's swimming team defeated Monmouth on Saturday afternoon by a score of 155-115 inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. Overall, the Pirates were able to take first in 15 of 16 events in the victory.

The Pirates started off hot taking first in the 400 Medley Relay as the team of Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.), Gennarino Conzemius (Bethel Park, Pa.), Justin Oosterwyk (Pequannock, N.J.) and Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.) combined to touch the wall in a time of 3:26.78.

Freshman Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) continued his strong start to his collegiate career with another strong performance against Monmouth. Vizzard paced the pool in the 1000 Free doing so in a time of 9:38.61, controlling the race from the start.

The Pirates took first in a third consecutive event, this time behind LaClair. LaClair took first in the 200 Free touching the wall in a time of 1:43.46. Gideon Langenbusch (Oberhausen, Germany) also had a strong showing taking third place with a time of 1:43.69.

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 52.10. In the 100 Breaststroke, Conzemius and Justen Lopez (Levittown, N.Y.) went 1-2 in the 100 Breaststroke with times of 57.07 and 57.45, respectively. Lopez and Conzemius would flip places in the 200 Breaststroke with Lopez winning in a time of 2:08.96 and Conzemius in second in a time of 2:10.86.

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 1:53.61. The junior would also take first in the 100 Fly, doing so in a time of 50.39. Closing out his strong day in the pool, Oosterwyk placed first in the 400 IM with Caleb Smith (Charlottesville, Va.) and Vizzard following in second and third. In the 50 Free, Thomas Minar (Oxford, Conn.) paced the pool with a time of 21.20. Minar would also go on to take first in the 100 Free with a time of 47.41.

On the diving board, the Pirates had a strong day with Trevor Post taking first in the 1M Dive with a score of 273.82 and second in the 3M Dive with a score of 227.92. On the flip side, Joel Satir took second in the 1M Dive with a score of 239.92 and first in the 3M Dive with a score of 280.50.

In the 500 Free, Langenbusch took first with a time of 4:45.44 followed by LaClair in a time of 4:48.43. The Pirates closed things strong, filling out the first and third place finishes in the 200 Free Relay.

The Hall will be back in action next Saturday, as they travel to Philadelphia, Pa., to take on LaSalle. Start time for that meet will be 1 p.m. and serve as the Pirates' final fall meet of the season before heading to Virginia for the Patriot Invitational from Nov. 18-Nov. 20.