WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University swimming & diving team wraps up the regular season this weekend when it travels to New Providence, New Jersey for a neutral-site tri-meet against BIG EAST opponents Seton Hall and Providence. The two-day meet, held at the Berkeley Aquatic Center, will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday evening and continue at noon on Saturday.
LAST TIME OUT
- Georgetown sent out its senior class with strong times across the board in a dual meet against Drexel on Saturday at McCarthy Pool. The meet served as Georgetown's Senior Day as the Hoyas recognized their 13 seniors who swam in their final home meet.
- The Hoya women were led by Alexandra Robertson, who had a pair of individual victories as she won the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard IM.
- Gabriella Meringolo (100) and Cristina Barrett (200) combined to sweep butterfly events and Corey Moon came away with a victory in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
- Naomi Peng won the 3-meter dive, finishing just .17 points shy of the pool record, and Riley Fujioka won the 1-meter event.
- The men's squad fell 173-127 despite two wins apiece by Drew Carbone and Brett Sherman.
- Carbone cruised to easy wins in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races, while Sherman claimed victories in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events.
- Sean Devlin (50-yard freestyle) and Carlson Temple (200-yard breaststroke) both also came away with victories.
ABOUT THE MEET
- This is the third-straight year that the Hoyas, Pirates and Friars have met to close out the regular season.
- Last year, the GU women swept both the host Pirates (168-131) and the Friars (226-71) while the Hoya men split the meet, defeating Providence (229-62) and falling to Seton Hall (173.5-123.5).
- On the women's side, six different Hoyas picked up swimming victories while Fujioka swept the diving events.
- Carbone led the men's squad with three individual wins, while Michael Wheeler and Brett Sherman swept the distance events and Griffin Edmonds won the 3-meter dive.
COMING UP NEXT
The Hoyas will next prepare for the 2020 BIG EAST Championships which will be held Feb. 26-29 at the Nassau Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New York. The meet will be streamed live on the BIG EAST Digital Network (BEDN).
The BIG EAST has a dedicated channel on Caffeine, www.Caffeine.tv/BEDN, where fans can find all BEDN content. In addition to appearing on Caffeine, all BEDN events will be co-streamed on YouTube via the conference's main channel, www.youtube.com/BIGEASTConference, and Twitter on the main BIG EAST handle, @BIGEAST.
