Brooklyn, N.Y. – The College of Mount Saint Vincent Women's Swimming team was defeated on Saturday afternoon in a hard fought meet at St. Joseph's-Brooklyn by a score of 50-36. Junior Amanda Costa (River Edge, N .J.) continued her strong campaign for the Mount with three individual wins on the day.
Costa picked up wins in each individual event she swan in on Saturday as she continued a season that has seen her win the Skyline Conference Swimmer of the Week award three times. She opened the day winning the 50-yard breaststroke and then collected victories in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke. She won the 50-yard event in a time of 38.90 seconds and then posted times of 2:36.89 in the 200 free and 1:26.10 in the 100 breast.
Hannah Gabelmann (Bath, Maine) also had a strong swim for the Dolphins and placed second in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 38.23 seconds. Gabelmann also joined Costa on the 200-yard medley relay team that took second place.
Sophomore Erin MacBride (Merrick, N.Y.) also secured a victory for Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday after besting the field in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 38.15 seconds.
The loss on Saturday is Mount Saint Vincent's fourth straight and drops it to 2-6 overall on the season. The Dolphins will be back in action again on January 27 when they travel to Old Westbury for a meet with the Panthers along with Sarah Lawrence. The meet is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.