Pirates Fall at Lehigh, 122-119

Friday, January 13

Bethlehem, PA

1 PM

Seton Hall University

119

122

Lehigh

1/13/2023 8:13:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS (PDF)

Bethlehem, Pa. – Seton Hall women's swimming and diving suffered a narrow road loss on Friday afternoon, falling to Lehigh by a score of 122-119. The Pirates won a total of seven events on the day.

The day began with the Pirates claiming the top spot in the 200 Medley Relay. The quartet of Julie Stampe (Allerod-Birkerod, Denmark), Nicole Bastian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.) and Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden) combined to touch the wall in 1:44.83.

Continuing Seton Hall's good start was Amanda Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.), who followed up the relay with a victory in the 1000 Free. This was the first of three overall wins on the day for Zajdzinski, as she also grabbed the top spot in the 500 Free in 5:05.61. She also swam the anchor leg of the winning 200 Free Relay, as her 24.35 split helped the Pirates record a winning time of 1:37.20.

Swimming the leadoff leg of that relay team was Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.), who also had three overall wins on the day. Heim picked up one of her two individual wins in the 200 Free, doing so in a time of 1:54.15. She later added another win in the 100 Free with a time of 52.71.

In addition to her relay team victory to start the day, Stampe would later take the victory in the 100 Back. The freshman posted a time of 58.46 to claim the top spot.
In diving, Nikki Pawar (Lawrenceville, N.J.) was able to finish in second place in the 1-meter, recording a score of 228.83.

The Pirates are right back in action on Saturday afternoon as they head to Storrs, Conn. to face UConn at 3 p.m. on Saturday.