BOSTON, Mass. – After a three-week break, the Northeastern women's swim and dive team (2-0) returned to Barletta Natatorium for its first home meet of the season, taking a 169-124 victory over the Rhode Island Rams (1-1) on Family & Friends Day Saturday afternoon.
- Senior Erin Murphy picked up where she left off in Vermont, earning a win, and an NCAA Zone Cut, in the 3M Dive with a score of 289.95. Freshman Maddie Wong earned another second-place finish with a 267.08 score, and senior captain Isabelle Chambers took fourth with 247.35.
- The Huskies followed up with a victory in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, as a team comprising of freshman Delaney Alonso, junior Elisabeth Bendall, sophomore May Bradburn, and graduate student Caroline Mahoney touched the wall at 1:45.09. Northeastern's other two teams took the remaining podium places to sweep the event.
- Graduate student Emily Gjertsen earned her second victory of the season in the 1000 Free, finishing a lap ahead of her competition and recording a time of 10:18.46. Sophomore Bella Busconi came in second with a mark of 10:40.77.
- Northeastern continued to dominate, as senior captain Hannah Seward won the 200 Yard Free with a time of 1:54.14 before Alonso earned her second victory this season in the 100 Yard Back, touching the wall at 57:63. Bendall rounded out the stretch with a first-place finish in the 100 Yard Breast and a time of 1:06.58.
- Back on the diving board, Murphy took another win, and an NCAA Zone Cut, in the 1M Dive after recording a score of 282.00. Chambers took third with a 251.18 score, and junior Jodi Au finished fourth with 248.63 in her first meet this season.
- In the 10th event of the meet, Bradburn took victory in the 100 Yard Free with a recorded time of 52.45, followed by a win from junior Anna Verlander in the 200 Yard Back at 2:03.82.
- Bradburn rounded out the first-place finishes with a win in the 100 Yard Butterfly, touching the wall at 56.05 to secure the 169-124 team win for the Huskies.
Northeastern women's swim and dive team stay in action as they head down the road to take on MIT and Harvard in a dual meet at the Zesiger Center Pool on Friday, Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m.
