Pirates Finish Dual Meet Season With Sweep Of UMBC

Saturday, January 25

Baltimore, MD

1 P.M.

East Carolina University

174

126

UMBC

January 26, 2020 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving, Swimming & Diving

Complete Results (PDF)

BALTIMORE - The East Carolina men's and women's swimming and diving teams closed out their dual meet season with a sweep UMBC at the UMBC Aquatic Complex Saturday afternoon.  The ECU men (6-2) posted a 174-126 victory while the ladies (7-2) picked up a 171-121 triumph. The Pirates captured 25 of the 32 overall events in the meet with the women claiming of 15 of event titles.

"It was a great way to finish our regular season with two wins against a championship caliber program," ECU Head Coach Matthew Jabs said. "It's never easy on the road, but I thought we had a solid performance, and stepped up when we needed to in order to secure the wins."

Four ladies claimed first-place in two events. Sophomore Mariana Vignoli finished first in back-to-back races, winning the 1000-yard freestyle (10:20:04) and 200-yard freestyle (1:53.68). Freshman Jodi Ogle touched first in the 200-yard backstroke (2:01.13) and the 200-yard IM (2:07.58).

Sophomore Shannon Stott won the 200-yard butterfly (2:02.95) and 500-yard freestyle (5:04.42), while senior Catherine Johnson captured first-place in the 50 (24.30) and 100-yard (52.33) freestyle (52.33).

Freshman Rachel Strickland earned her first career win, finishing 0.75 seconds ahead of the field in the 100-yard backstroke. Fellow freshman Anna Otto won her first event as well, scoring 226.80 points to win the 3-meter diving competition.

A trio of men won multiple races with sophomore Lyubomir Epitropov sweeping the breaststroke events (100 / 56.45; 200 / 2:03.24) and sophomore Marek Osina capturing the 200-yard backstroke (1:47.82) and 200 IM (1:51.24). Freshman Rodrigo Romero claimed first-place on the one and three-meter springboard.

Adam Mahler dominated the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:49.39 and freshman Dude Matic winning his first 100-yard butterfly (49.81) race.

The Pirates will return to action beginning Feb. 19 in Houston at the 2020 American Athletic Conference Championships.