Pirates Come Up Just Short at Georgetown

Saturday, January 29

Washington, DC

1 P.M.

Seton Hall University

141

159

Georgetown

1/31/2022 10:47:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

WASHINGTON – The Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team narrowly dropped a dual-meet result with BIG EAST foe Georgetown on Saturday inside McCarthy pool by a score of 159-141. The Pirates got individual first-place finishes from Lea Moeller (New Lenox, Ill.), Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.), Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden), Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) and Amanda Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.).

The Pirates would start the afternoon with a two-three finish in the 1000 Free as Zajdzinski and Allie Waggoner (Moorestown, N.J.) would take second and third, respectively. Zajdzinski would touch the wall in a time of 10:31.95 while Waggoner would come in just behind her teammate at 10:35.90.

The Hall would then go two through five as Heim would pace the Pirates with a second-place finish in the 200 Free with a time of 1:55.42. Behind Heim would be the trio of Zajdzinski, Madeleine Bachand (Raleigh, N.C.) and Sarah Pilecki (Cary, N.C.).

Moeller took first in the 100 Breaststroke with the fastest time in the pool of 1:07.62. Following Moeller in the two and three spots were Lauren Schofield (Clark Summit, Pa.) at 1:08.86 and Nicole Bastian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) at 1:09.13.

Making it back-to-back first-place finishes for The Hall was Cripps. The junior was the first to touch the wall in the 200 Fly doing so in a time of 2:07.23. Jerresand was able to make it three-in-a-row for The Hall. Last year's BIG EAST 50 Free Champion paced the pool in a time of 24.47. Coming in just behind Jerresand in the two-spot was Leiya Istambouli (Danbury, Conn.), who finished the race in a time of 25.04.

On the boards, Laura Stavila (Oakland, Calif.) took third for the Pirates in the 1M Dive with a score of 235.80 and would repeat her finish with the third spot in the 3M Dive at 231.90 points.

Coming out of the first diving break, the Pirates would go one-two-three in the 100 Free as the trio of Heim, Istambouli and Moeller would go on to take the top three spots in the event. Heim would touch the wall first in a time of 52.74 while Istambouli was just behind in 54.64 with Moller in a time of 54.72 to round things out.

Madeline Field (Wheaton, Ill.) had a third-place finish in the 200 Back with a time of 2:07.22, while the Pirates would go two through four in the 200 Breaststroke. Schofield, Bastian and Meredith Mutter (Pottstown, Pa.) helped fill out the top finishers for the event.

In the 500 Free, Zajdzinski would take the top spot while Bachand would take third. The duo would touch the wall in times of 5:05.48 and 5:13.74. Following that up was Cripps taking second in the 100 Fly with a time of 57.87.

In the final individual event of the afternoon, Waggoner would take second in the 400 IM with a time of 4:37.31. The Hall would end the day very strong in the 400 Free relay taking two of the top three spots. The relay team of Istambouli, Moeller, Jerresand and Heim would touch first in a time of 3:36.34 while in second was Genevieve Ross (Spotsylvania, Va.), Josie McCartney (Verona, Wisc.), Field and Bachand combining to finish in 3:37.84.

The Pirates will have some time off before competing in BIG EAST Championships next month from Feb. 23-26 at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, N.Y.