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Women’s Swim & Dive Edged Out by Lehigh

| By: Jordan Doroshenko

Raiders win six events in narrow defeat

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Led by two individual victories by Audrey Collins, the Colgate women's swimming and diving team captured 14 podium finishes including six first-place tallies in a tight 135-105 loss to Lehigh on Friday evening inside Jacobs Pool. 

Collins took gold in the 200 IM and 200 Fly to pace the Raiders on the podium. Katie Miller (1000 Free), Ellie Sundin (1-Mtr Dive), Paige Fisher (100 Free) and Natalie Hofer (200 Breast) also garnered first place finishes. The Raiders in total landed 14 podium finishes – six golds, seven silvers, and one bronze. 

COACH PRETRE'S COMMENTS

"The coaching staff is extremely pleased with our team tonight going against a very, very talented Lehigh squad on the road. We were able to steal some races and definitely make the meet interesting. Our biggest challenge right now is just staying healthy. If we can do that, we're gonna have an even better season than last year. We're very proud of our Colgate swimming and diving team."

HOW IT HAPPENED

Miller kicked things off for the Raiders with a first-place finish in the 1000 Free. She touched the wall with a time of 10:36.25, besting her nearest opponent by more than 15 seconds. Collins grabbed back-to-back golds in the 200 IM and 200 Fly with respective times of 2:06.57 and 2:05.78. 

Sundin once again shined on the diving board, placing first in the 1-Meter with a score of 263.03. She was one of three divers to post a score above 200 and took gold by nearly six points over Lehigh's second-place diver. Sundin also took second in the 3-Meter with a score of 225.53. 

Fisher gave Colgate a run of four straight golds, taking first place in the 100 Free with a time of 52.34 which was 1/100th of a second faster than her second-place opponent from Lehigh who clocked in at 52.35. Hofer claimed Colgate's sixth gold finish of the evening with a time of 2:23.05 in the 200 Breast. 

Women Podium Finishes

UP NEXT
Colgate continues Patriot League dual action on Saturday against Lafayette at noon. 


 
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