Dartmouth Defeats Bates at Home

Saturday, January 4

Hanover, N.H.

1:00 PM

Dartmouth College

171

Bates

Senior Maggie Pionzio

Photo by: Doug Austin

1/4/2020 7:50:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Bates Results Photo Gallery

By: Charlotte Brackett

HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth women's swimming and diving opened 2020 with a 171-71 victory over Bates at Karl Michael Pool on Saturday.

The meet was highlighted by Isabella Lichen and Maggie Pionzio getting NCAA Zone A Diving cuts. The Big Green divers started the meet by taking the top three spots on the 3-meter board. Lichen was first (302.55) and was followed by Pionzio (269.10) and Cypress Toomey (211.95). Later on in the day on 1-meter, it was a similar story: Pionzio was first (288.37), Lichen took second (262.35) and Toomey was third (235.20).

Dartmouth was first and second in the 400 medley relay. The B relay won (4:00.29), while A touched immediately afterwards (4:00.56). In the 1000 free, Sarah Finlay and Kenna Van Steyn were third (11:13.21) and fourth (11:22.30), respectively.

Mia Leko won the 200 free (1:52.95), while Christina Cianciolo and Summer Martin tied for second (1:55.11). Leko was also first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:06.97. She led the way for Alie Hunter (2:11.85) and Finlay (2:23.27) in second and third. Fifteen points were earned in the 50 free; Zoe Wortzman (24.67) and Kaia Reznicek (24.92) were first and second, while Connie Zhang was fourth (25.47).

In the 400 IM, Siera Daly finished highest for Dartmouth in second place (4:38.54), and Hunter was third (4:41.13). Dartmouth took the top three spots in the 100 free, being led by Sophie Smith (52.56). Katherine Cane (54.42) was second and Eleanor Zwart came in third (54.43). In the 200 back, Reznicek (2:10.99) and Zhang (2:11.84) ended up in scoring positions.

Cianciolo and Ashley Post were first (5:04.80) and second (5:05.52) in the 500 free, while Susannah Laster took fifth (5:27.47). First and second in the 200 breast went to Megan Tao (2:26.27) and Van Steyn (2:29.51), and Bridget Parker claimed fourth (2:35.83).

To end the meet, the Green were first and second in the 200 free relay with times of 1:37.26 and 1:37.90.

Next Saturday, Dartmouth will head to New Haven to face Yale and Penn.