Pirates Take Down Rider in Season Opener, 197-94 - Seton Hall University Athletics
South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall women's swimming and diving opened its season with a victory over Rider, 197-94, on Saturday afternoon at Arthur E. Imperat...
South Orange, N.J. – Seton Hall women's swimming and diving opened its season with a victory over Rider, 197-94, on Saturday afternoon at Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates won 13 events in total on the day.
The relay team of Julia Stampe (Allerod-Birkerod, Denmark), Nicole Bastian (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Sierra Cripps (Seymour, Conn.) and Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) won the 200 Medley Relay, an event the Pirates took the top three spots in. The winning quartet finished with a time of 1:46.97.
The four swimmers on that relay team combined to win seven individual events on the day. Stampe claimed first in each of the backstroke events, winning the 100 Back in 58.22 and the 200 Back in 2:07.22. Bastian took the top spot in the 100 Breast (1:07.61) and the 200 Breast (2:27.16), while Cripps nabbed a pair of wins in the 200 Fly (2:07.40) and the 100 Fly (58.51). Heim took first place in the 100 Free, finishing in a time of 52.42.
Mandy Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.) led the Pirates with three individual victories on the day. Zajdzinski's first win came in the 1000 Free, touching the wall with a time of 10:27.15. She would follow that up immediately with another win in the very next event, winning the 200 Free in 1:54.61. Later, the junior won the 500 Free with a time of 5:08.68.
Also earning individual wins were Cornelia Jerresand (Taeby, Sweden) and Laura Stavila (Oakland, Calif.). Stavlia won the 3M dive with a score of 222.60, in the 1M dive while Jerresand claimed first in the 50 Free with a time of 24.41.
The Pirates return to action next weekend as they travel to take on Army. The meet is schedule to begin on Friday at 5 p.m.
