Results: Day One | Full Meet | Team Results

FAIRFAX, Va. – Trailing George Mason by 10 points after the first day of competition, the Northeastern women's swimming and diving team finished strong during the meet's final two sessions on Saturday and came back to defeat the Patriots 190-163. The Huskies were topped 230-118 by Towson but earned a 252-99 win against College of Charleston, as NU finished the quad meet with a 2-1 record.
 
Sara Touchette-McGowan kicked off the day for Northeastern with a second-place time of 1:53.15 in the 200 freestyle. Co-captain Megan Foran's time of 1:57.39 was good enough for seventh place in the event, while Rachael Geiger earned her best time of the season in the 200 freestyle with a 1:53.09.
 
Freshman swimmer Samira Hoesl made her 2014-15 debut in the 100 butterfly, and took home fifth place with a time of 58.66.
 
After winning two individual events against New Hampshire last weekend, Taylor Ellis continued her dominating start to the season by placing first in the 100 breaststroke. Ellis was neck-and-neck with Towson's Jenna Van Camp throughout the race, but held on to a 0.13-second margin of victory while posting a season-best time of 1:03.22.
 
Anna Schegoleva was the lone swimmer in the meet to come in under 57 seconds in the 100 backstroke, as the senior co-captain cruised to a first-place time of 56.57. Schegoleva added a second event win in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:01.67, and remains unbeaten in four backstroke events this season. Teammate Christine Leong followed Schegoleva with two fourth-place finishes in both events, picking up a time of 58.69 and 2:06.31 in the 100 and 200 backstroke, respectively.
 
The Huskies were within half a second of Towson's A team during the entirety of the 200 medley relay, but could not make up ground on the Tigers en route to a second-place finish (1:45.79). Northeastern's B squad finished ahead of George Mason's B team by nearly one second, and came less than 0.50 seconds behind College of Charleston's A team for fifth place.
 
Ellis added two second-place results in the 500 freestyle and 200 breaststroke to her earlier victory in the 100 breaststroke. Foran ended two spots behind Ellis in fourth place in the 500 freestyle and posted a time of 5:11.05. Rachel Green and Touchette-McGowan placed third (53.17) and fourth (53.24), respectively, in the 100 freestyle, while co-captain Jessica Colucci finished in seventh place with a time of 54.68.
 
Jacquelyn Gover followed her CAA Diver of the Week honors with a third place finish in the 1-meter dive (259.05), and fellow Husky newcomer Caroline Gonsalves came in fourth (249.98). Like in the 3-meter diving event on Friday, Towson and Northeastern held all of the top nine spots in the 1-meter dive on Saturday.
 
The Huskies closed out the weekend with another strong performance in the 400 freestyle relay, and the combination of Ellis, Hoesl, Foran, and Green took second place (3:33.97) behind Towson's A team. Northeastern's B team swam to a time of 3:40.67, ahead of both George Mason's and College of Charleston's B teams.
 
At the end of the two-day quad meet, the Huskies recorded three event wins and 14 top-three finishes overall. NU will travel to Brown for a dual meet against the Bears on Friday, Nov. 7 at 4 p.m. Last season, the Huskies came within 12 points of defeating Brown on the road.