Women's Swimming and Diving Defeats Penn State Altoona
The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving posted a 155-80 victory over Penn State Altoona in their lone home meet of the season in Junker Center Pool.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving posted a 155-80 victory over Penn State Altoona in their lone home meet of the season in Junker Center Pool.
Score: Penn State Behrend 155, Penn State Altoona 80
Location: Erie, PA | Junker Center Pool
Key Moments:
* The foursome of Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock), Emma Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) and Aliya Webster (Bradford, PA/Bradford) won the opening 200 medley relay in 2:00.76.
* Individually, Puglia and Cessar each won two events on the day
* Puglia finished first in the freestyle distance events, while Cessar sprinted to the victory in the breaststroke
* Newcomers Emma Webster and Natalia Santilli (Bridgeville, PA/Chartiers Valley) grabbed the top time in the 100 backstroke and the 50 backstroke, respectively
* Senior Tahlia Smith (Oxford, NJ/Warren Hills Regional) was honored for Senior Day in the opening ceremony
First-Place Finishers:
* Maddie Duncan (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk) – 1000 freestyle (12:44.07)
* Puglia – 200 freestyle (2:04.33), 500 freestyle (5:37.33)
* Santilli – 50 backstroke (33.28)
* Cessar – 50 breaststroke (32.55), 100 breaststroke (1:13.84)
* Julia Sank (North East, PA/North East) – 1 mtr diving (87.75)
* E. Webster – 100 backstroke (1:04.07)
Next Up
* The Lions return to action on Saturday, April 3 at Wells in Aurora, NY. Meet time is 1 p.m.