Pirates Down La Salle on the Road

Saturday, November 6

Philadelphia, PA

1 P.M.

Seton Hall University

173

126

La Salle

11/6/2021 7:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

PHILADELPHIA – The Seton Hall men's swimming team defeated La Salle on Saturday afternoon by a score of 173-126 inside Kirk Pool. The Pirates have now picked up back-to-back victories in dual meets.

Freshman Julius Gustavsson helped lead a strong Pirate showing in the 100 Breaststroke taking first in the event. Gustavsson touched the wall in a time of 58.34 as the Pirates went 1-2-3. Following Gustavsson was Gennarino Conzemius (Bethel Park, Pa.) in the second spot with a time of 58.92 and Justen Lopez (Levittown, N.Y.) in third with a time of 58.96.

The Pirates went fast in the 50 Free with a tie for the top spot between Ben LaClair (Belchertown, Mass.) and Gideon Langenbusch (Oberhausen, Germany). The duo paced the pool and touched the wall in a time 21.96. Langenbusch would follow his first-place finish by claiming the top spot in the 100 Free, doing so in a time of 47.76.

Ross Pantano (Bennington, Neb.) continued his success in the backstroke with a first-place finish in the 200 Back. Pantano was the first to touch the wall in a time of 1:54.85. In the 200 Breaststroke, Lopez and Conzemius would again fill top spots, this time going first and second, respectively. Lopez finished in a time of 2:11.16 while Conzemius swam a time of 2:13.49.

The Pirates would take each of the top-three spots in the 500 Free with freshman Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J.) pacing the pool in a time of 4:46.11 Following Vizzard was the duo of LaClair and Caleb Smith (Charlottesville, Va.) who finished in times of 4:47.93 and 4:53.04.

On the boards, the Pirates got strong showings from the freshman duo of Quinn Murtha and Joel Satir who finished first and second in the 3M Dive. Murtha lead the pack with a score of 270.90 while Sattir placed second with 262.50 points.

Helping close the day strong was Gustavsson whose time of 1:56.93 in the 200 IM was good enough for a first-place finish. Pantano took second, doing so in a time of 2:00.61 while Henry Keegan (Needham, Mass.) placed third with a time of 2:03.40.

The Pirates will be back in action with a diving meet hosted by Rowan on Saturday before traveling down to Fairfax, Va., for the Patriot Invite from Nov. 18-Nov. 20.