BUFFALO, New York – The Marist women's swimming and diving team picked up its 31st straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory to open the 2015-16 regular season, defeating Canisius, 169-122, on Oct. 16.
The Red Foxes kicked off the meet with a win from the 200-yard medley relay team of sophomore Georgia Goldman, junior Isabella Morreale, sophomore Daniela Gomez and junior Meredith Wurtz.
Individually, Morreale took first place in the 100- (1:07.92) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.56). Marist also dominated the freestyle events, as Wurtz earned the top spot at 100 (53.28s) and 200 (1:57.98) yards. The Red Foxes went 1-2-3 in the 500-yard event, with senior Bethany Powhida clocking in first with a Marist dual meet record time of 5:10.67, followed by sophomore Deirdre Connor (5:17.69) and sophomore Shannon Gordon (5:18.03).
Powhida won both backstroke events while Gordon also took the top spot in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:44.54.
On the diving boards, senior Renata Diotalevi earned 234.00 points to win the 1-meter event and placed second at three meters. In her collegiate debut, freshman Lauren Katz racked up 218.92 points in the 3-meter dive to finish first. Katz finished third at one meter, followed by freshmen Jessica Rieger and Grace Casolo.
The Red Foxes will host Fordham in their home opener at 6 p.m. Oct. 22. The Rams were one of only two squads to defeat Marist in dual meet competition last season.
