Pirates Cruise Past Rider, 174-88

Saturday, October 9

Lawrenceville, NJ

1 P.M.

Seton Hall University

174

Rider

10/9/2021 10:51:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

MEET RESULTS

Cripps, Heim, Schofield and Waggoner all win multiple events in the Pirate rout.

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn), Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.), Lauren Schofield and Allie Waggoner all won multiple events as the Seton Hall women's swimming & diving team took down Rider, 174-88, in Saturday's dual meet to open the 2021-22 season.

The Pirates won 11 of 14 events for the convincing victory and set the tone early with a sweep of the 1000-yard freestyle in the third event. Waggoner touched the wall first with a time of 10:29.63 for the first title of her collegiate career. Maddie Bachand (Raleigh, N.C.) and Amanda Zajdzinski followed the freshman for the sweep. Later in the meet, the Pirates also swept the 500-yard free with Waggoner and Bachand again going 1-2. This time, it was Heidi Dickson (Greenwich, N.J.), who placed third.

Cripps took home titles in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:07.35, and the 100-yard butterfly with a 58.31, touching the wall just .03 ahead of a Rider swimmer.

Heim won the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:56.37, and the 100-yard freestyle with a 52.83.

Schofield, also participating in her first collegiate meet, touched the wall first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a 2:27.62, edging Bachand by just over a half second. She also won the 200-yard IM in 2:12.40.

Other individual race winners included Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden), who took the title of the 50-yard freestyle in 24.62 and Madi Field (Wheaton, Ill.), who won the 200-yard backstroke with a 2:08.69.

Lastly, the Pirates were victorious in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Leiya Istambouli (Danbury, Conn.), Lea Moeller, Cripps and Jerresand took home the title with a 3:38.57.

Seton Hall will return to the pool for a duel meet when they host Army at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium on Saturday, Oct. 23. The meet is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.