RESULTS

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College swimming and diving team suffered a 161-64 loss to East Stroudsburg University in its season opener on Saturday afternoon at the Rodale Aquatic Center.

The first event for the Falcons was the 200-yard medley relay which had Maggie Alder (Hackettstown, N.J./Warren Hills Regional ), Abbey Mower (Manahawkin, N.J./Southern Regional), Rachael Alulis (Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall), and Megan Fiedler (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior) combine for a time of 2:18.28 giving them a third-place finish. In the next event, the Warriors captured 13 points with the top-two finishers in the 1000-yard freestyle. Mower finished first in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:21.14. Ava Leibold (Mertztown, Pa./Brandywine Heights ) captured three points with a third-place finish in the same event. Alulis, Corrine McClain (Willingboro, N.J./Holy Cross Preparatory Academy), and Alder all swam in the 100-yard backstroke with times of 1:16.88, 1:30.54, and 1:35.61, respectively. East Stroudsburg had the first two finishers in the 100-yard breaststroke while Julianne Redmond (Quakertown, Pa./Quakertown Community) and Fiedler captured points for the Falcons with third and fourth place finishes.

The Warriors captured 13 points in the next event, the 200-yard butterfly. The visitors followed with the top-three finishers in the 50-yard freestyle. Fiedler placed fourth in a time of 27.95 while Alulis took two points in the event with a time of 29.92. East Stroudsburg won the next three events while the Falcons were awarded 16 points in those same events. Leibold took second place in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 3:24.83. Fiedler and Mower placed second and third in the 500-yard freestyle while McClain and and Zaria Berry (Maplewood, N.J./Columbia) took fifth and sixth in the 100-yard butterfly in times of 1:29.01 and 1:32.81, respectively. Alulis placed third in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:38:20 while Berry, Leibold, McClain, and Redmond teamed up for a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:30.67.

Cedar Crest will return to action on Saturday, November 6 when they host Marywood University and Marymount University in a double-dual meet beginning at 1:00 p.m.

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