Seton Hall University
Providence
Pirates Cruise Past Providence in Dual Meet
11/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Seton Hall men's swimming & diving team continued its early season charge in dominant fashion on Saturday, racing past conference rival Providence, 183-92, after claiming first-place points in all but two events.
The Pirates have now dropped a total of just three events in dual meet wins over Monmouth and the Friars and improved to 4-2 on the year with the victory at PC.
Freshmen Lior Grubert (Yehud-Monosson, Israel), David Rowe (Cherry Hill, N.J.) and Dakota Williams (Noank, Conn.) led a group of eight team members who recorded first-place times with a pair of victories apiece and The Hall also scored big in relay action to secure the comfortable result.
The Seton Hall men also swept the top-three spots in five individual events, creating further separation between the two sides.
The Pirates have now split with a pair of BIG EAST opponents to this point in the year after being narrowly edged by reigning conference champions Xavier over two days in Morgantown, W. Va. and SHU is slated to match up against two more in Georgetown and Villanova at Rutgers next weekend.
 | WINNER'S CIRCLE |
- Grubert got his day started by headlining an all-Seton Hall top-three in the 200-meter freestyle, delivering a time of 1:55.86 that was over seven seconds ahead of PC's top finisher. Cooper Lindsley (Lancaster, Pa.) took the runner-up spot ahead of Tim Bosse (New Windsor, N.Y.) in third.
- In the 200-IM, Grubert was similarly brilliant in guiding another all-Pirate top-three as his 2:07.70 mark was more than eight seconds faster than the first Friar to reach the wall. Classmate Kyle Nash (Katy, Texas) was second with a time of 2:11.81 in front of Zohar Suslovich (Holon, Israel) in third.
- Rowe's two wins on Saturday both came at the 100-meter distance as part of a 1-2 Seton Hall finish. In the 100-back, Rowe clocked in at 58.31 to edge Suslovich who touched in at 1:00.39. Later, Rowe returned to top the 100-fly field with a 57.70 mark while runner-up Matt Zebrowski (Sayreville, N.J.) turned in a time of 59.40
- Williams was the class of sprint freestyle competition all afternoon, first taking top honors in the 50-meter free with a time of 24.15. Fellow newcomer Chris Tucker (Middletown, N.J.) followed Williams to the wall in 24.75 as the two finished as the only competitors to break 25 seconds in the short-course meters pool.
- At 100-meters, Williams out-dueled Lindsley and Bosse, overtaking both on the final leg to finish first with a time of 54.04. Lindsley again placed second (55.13), .13 seconds in front of Bosse in third
- Nash claimed the top spot to highlight another all-Seton Hall top-three in the 200-meter butterfly, coming home three seconds faster than any other competitor and clocking in at 2:07.67. Zebrowski added a second-place showing while freshman William Smith (Halifax, Nova Scotia) came in third.
- The top-three positions in the 100-breast were also swept by The Hall as Sean Sali (Bridgewater, N.J.) led a trio of sophomores with a 1:05.90 effort. Noah Yanchulis (Arnold, Md.) was less than two seconds behind (1:07.45) followed by Collin Dunn (Litchfield, Conn.)
- Yanchulis and Dunn finished first and second respectively in the 200-meter breaststroke as Yanchulis' time of 2:24.51 was more than eight seconds quicker than the mark posted by Providence's top finisher
- Suslovich also contributed a win of his own, ranking first in the 200-meter backstroke after touching in at 2:08.62
| RELAY REPLAY |
In addition to the impressive showing in individual competition, the Seton Hall men also occupied the top-two positions in each of the two relay events that were held on Saturday.
- Rowe, Sali, Zebrowski and Williams opened the meet by cruising to victory in the 200-medley relay, combining for a time of 1:46.57 that out-paced PC's top squad by an excess of seven seconds. Tucker, Suslovich, Nash and Grubert teamed to finish second
- Yanchulis, Williams, Bosse and Grubert took the 200-free relay in 1:38.21 - finishing ahead of a team consisting of Tucker, Rowe, Lindsley and Zebrowski in second
| NEXT UP |
The Pirates will be back in action next weekend, taking on a pair of BIG EAST foes in Georgetown and Villanova at a neutral site meet hosted by Rutgers University. Competition is scheduled to take place on consecutive days from November 6-7.
