The streak is over!!!

Last Saturday the swim teams went to Springfield for dual meet matches against the Pride and Hartwick. While both of Union's teams lost to Springfield, both defeated Hartwick the men by the score of 135-105 and the women by the margin of 153-75. While the Dutchmen evened their dual meet record to 2-2, the Dutchwomen snapped a 20-meet skid that began after the Garnet defeated Rensselaer, 137-95, on January 16, 2002.

"The team really came together and wanted to finally win," said head coach Scott Felix."We have been focused on ending our winless streak for over a year now and I can tell you it feels really good to finally get a win under our belt.

"Not only did we beat Hartwick, we had a good shot at defeating Springfield," continued Felix."They had a one point lead (113.5 112.5) after the 200 breaststroke going into the last relay. They only beat us by 10 points, a small margin in swimming. The reason why it was so close is because our women came to compete and they swam hard.

"The weekend was a huge step the right direction for our team and the future!"

Union's results against Hartwick:

Senior Chrissie Duff (Westwood, MA), freshman Christa White (Washington, DC) and sophomore Sydnie Wells (Bolton Landing, NY) each won two events. Duff captured the 500 and 1000 freestyle races, White took the 50 and 100 freestyle events and Wells won the 200 IM as well as the 200 butterfly.

Freshman Ashley Braniecki (Cheektowaga, NY) was victorious in the 200 backstroke, senior Sarah Steuer (Wilton, CT) won the three-meter diving event while freshman Molly Freeman (Barrington, IL) captured the one-meter board, and sophomore Brianne Phillips (West Hartford, CT) won the 200 breaststroke.