LOUDONVILLE, NY – Siena Swimming & Diving found the win column at home for the second time this season while honoring its large senior class on Saturday afternoon. The Saints (9-5) took a 197-86 victory over Stonehill to conclude regular season dual meet action at the Siena Swim Center.
Prior to the meet, seniors Elisabeth Balicanta, Maggie Caputo, Lydia Delano, Rory Kalac, Reilly King, Sydney Murinka, Ellie Murphy, Lauren Ostrander, and Jessica Shine were honored in a special Senior Day ceremony, making up the largest graduating class in program history.
Siena won 13 of 14 events that it officially competed in, beginning with the 200-medley relay group of Balicanta, junior Audrey Shultz, junior Demi Bobarakis, and Kalac swimming a time of 1:50.95. Sophomore Maddie Buck claimed the top spot in the 1000 free with a time of 10:59.95, while Ostrander and King officially tied in the 200 free with an identical time of 2:00.91.
Freshman Kaci Owens (28.55) triumphed in the 50 back, while Balicanta (1:01.41) took the top spot in the 100 fly, and Kalac (24.36) brought home the gold in the 50 free. Junior Talia Spenziero finished first in both the one-meter (252.60) and three-meter (264.15) diving events, while Delano recorded solid marks of 242.65 and 247.50, respectively.
The 100 free also went to Kalac (52.96), while Shultz won the 100 back (1:01.47) and sophomore Olivia Martin claimed the top spot in the 100 breast (1:09.33). King won the 500 free (5:24.52), while Bobarakis claimed the 50 fly (27.14) heading into the second break of the day. Siena exhibitioned the final two events of the afternoon, with Shultz (1:01.68) clocking the top time in the 100 IM, and the team of sophomore Kylie Carter, freshman Mya Reed, Owens, and sophomore Shaylea Triller (1:42.11) did so in the 200 free relay.
Having finished the 2022-23 regular season with the most dual meet victories since the 2009-10 campaign, Siena will set its sights on the 2023 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships, which are set for February 8-11 in Buffalo, New York. The team will look to best a sixth-place finish from last season, which was the team's best MAAC place since 2016.
