POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - On an afternoon where freshman Jason Ruddy etched his name in the program's record book and two seniors competed in their final home meet, the Marist men's swimming and diving team unfortunately fell to Seton Hall of the Big East Conference. The Pirates, who came into the meet with an 8-2 record won with a final score of 159-139. The Red Foxes won seven events on the afternoon, including three by Ruddy (Lake Katrine, N.Y.) and two by sophomore Sean Molloy (Slingerlands, N.Y.).

The 200-yd medley relay team of freshmen Dylan Cummings (Midland Park, N.J.), Evan Uy (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii), Ruddy and John Spitzer (Fairport, N.Y.) started the meet off fast for the Red Foxes as they defeated Seton Hall's "A" team with a time of 1:38.00.

Ruddy carried his earlier success into individual events as he went three-for-three in the 100- and 200-yd butterfly and 200-yd IM races. The 200-yd fly was his first event and he turned in a performance of a lifetime as he flew to a 7.54 second victory with a final time of 1:52.11. Mark Esolen's mark of 1:52.29 had stood atop the Marist record books since 2008. The freshman rounded out his afternoon with back-to-back victories over Seton Hall's Ryan O'Shaughnessy in the 100-yd fly with a time of 52.44 and in the 200-yd IM at 1:58.32.

Molloy continued his strong sophomore campaign in diving action as he swept the boards with a 285.67 showing in the 1-meter and a 297.75 effort in the 3-meter. Freshman Jacob Baker (Shavertown, Pa.) put pressure on Molloy in the 1-meter as he fell by just 14.62 points with a final total of 271.05.

Uy was the third Red Fox to earn an individual win as he swam to victory in the 100-yd breaststroke. Uy won the race by 1.28 seconds with a final time of 1:00.78.

The squad had two swimmers barely miss out on victories as Nick Spinella (Franklin Square, N.Y.) was out touched in the 100-yd backstroke by 0.06 with a time of 52.20 and Spitzer fell in the 50-yd sprint by .17 at 22.22.

Prior to the meet, the Marist Athletic Department recognized seniors Joe Papiro (Southbury, Conn.) and Patrick Shea (Peabody, Mass.) for their contributions to the program during the last four years.

After today's regular season ending meet the team will be off for 18 days in preparation of the MAAC Championships that begin on Thursday, Feb. 16 in Buffalo, N.Y.