NORTON, Mass. – For the second straight meet, sophomore Lauren Bullins (Lenexa, Kan.) won a pair of events to lead Wheaton College (Mass.) women's swimming & diving team in a 109-85 victory over visiting Bridgewater State University this morning in Balfour Natatorium on the Wheaton campus in Norton, Mass.
The Lyons improve to 1-2 on the season, while the Bears fall to 0-2.
Wheaton won eight of 13 events for the meet, including a pair of 1-2-3 sweep finishes.
Bullins won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:03.97 in addition to a victory in the 200-yard butterfly with a mark of 2:30.38 for the Lyons. Senior Anna St. Jean (Alexandria, Va.) topped the field in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 56.38.
First year Annika Marshall (Blue Hill, Mass.) picked up a triumph in the 200-yard backstroke for Wheaton with a time of 2:25.08 in addition to placing third in the 50-yard freestyle with a sprint of 28.55. Senior Mia Bencivenga (Pittsfield, Mass.) tallied 11 points with a win in the 1000-yard freestyle on a time of 12:19.56 and added a fourth-place effort in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of 1:04.71.
Senior Kaleigh Morton (Milford, Mass.) and first year Maya Moores (Gorham, Maine) each registered victories in the only official event they were entered in, respectively. Morton posted a time of 2:21.19 to place first in the 200-yard individual medley, while Moores finished first in the 50-yard freestyle with a clip of 26.86 for the Lyons.
Wheaton opened the meet with a win in the 200-yard medley relay, behind Morton in the backstroke, Moores in the breaststroke, first year Saturn Cogan (Saratoga, N.Y.) in the butterfly and St. Jean's freestyle anchor for a combined time of 1:58.33.
Sophomore Ella Kent (Framingham, Mass.) led the Lyons' diving with a score of 172.12 to place fourth on the one-meter board.
Bridgewater State was led by junior Sonja Poley (Pocasset, Mass.), who placed in three different events. She won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 7:34.92 to go with a second-place showing in the 1000-yard freestyle (15:35.90) and a fourth in the 200-IM (3:09.80).
Senior Jillian Hallman (Raynham, Mass.) won on the three-meter board with a score of 204.37, while placing third on the one-meter board with a tally of 207.07 for the Bears. Sophomore Sienna DeLucia (Wallingford, Conn.) posted the top score on the one-meter board with a score of 234.82.
Bridgewater State closed out the meet with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Sophomore Clare Carroll (Jamestown, R.I.), first year Avery Antunes (Fall River, Mass.), senior Nellie Peecher (Barrington, R.I.) and senior Alisha Galvao (Stoughton, Mass.) combined on a winning mark of 2:07.76.
Sophomore Teagan Norton (Wakefield, Mass.) touched the wall first in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 3:29.51 in addition to a fifth-place effort in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 34.49 for the Bears.
Wheaton returns to the pool on November 7 when it hosts Springfield College and United States Coast Guard Academy in a double-dual meet at 11:00 a.m. in Balfour Natatorium, while Bridgewater State hosts Eastern Connecticut State University on the same day at 2:00 p.m.
