Seton Hall University
Villanova
Pirates Close Rutgers Quad Meet
11/7/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Swimming and Diving
Nov. 7, 2015
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - The Seton Hall women's swimming & diving team closed out its fifth meet of the fall on Saturday at the RU Aquatics Center, delivering a number of strong performances against the host Scarlet Knights as well as BIG EAST foes Georgetown and Villanova.
Senior and two-time BIG EAST Most Outstanding Female Diver Gabby Signorelli (Massapequa, N.Y.) emerged as the class of the group of conference divers at the meet, surpassing all other league entrants in two events across two days of competition.
The Pirates, who already own four wins on the women's side, fell to all three other squads on the team scoreboard but continued what has been a stellar fall in terms of individual performances.
 | FROM THE BOARD |
- Signorelli continued to excel against conference opposition, leading the group of BIG EAST divers in attendance from both one and three meters over the two-day competition. From three meters, the senior posted a score of 237.10 that was just shy of 30 points higher than the closest competitor from the league in Villanova's Sara Jaklitsch (208.70)
- In one meter competition, Signorelli earned a six-dive score of 227.80, again over 20 points clear of the nearest BIG EAST challenger (Jaklitsch, 204.25)
| PIRATE NOTABLES |
- Freshman Aitana Robinson (London, Ontario) and sophomore Kylene Ronayne (Springfield, Pa.) placed fourth and fifth respectively among BIG EAST entrants in the 200-back, logging times of 2:08.25 and 2:08.66
- Junior Tessa Lindner (Sun Prairie, Wis.) finished fifth in the 100-fly race with a time of 58.24 with teammate Sydney Simpson (Tallahassee, Fla.) just .03 seconds behind in sixth
- Simpson led the Pirates in the 200-breast with a fifth-place finish of her own; reaching the wall in 2:26.70 with teammate Megan Mallon (Glen Mills, Pa.) on her heels in sixth at 2:26.73
- Ronayne (4:41.45) headlined The Hall's 400-IM efforts with a 10th-place showing while freshman Courtney McCardle (Hurley, N.Y.) turned in a team-best 100-free mark to claim eighth place
| RELAY REPLAY |
- Robinson, Mallon, Lindner and McCardle ranked third among BIG EAST squads in the 200-medley relay with a 1:48.95 mark. The quartet previously combined to finish second among conference squads in the 400-medley relay on Friday
- In the 400-free relay, it was McCardle and Lindner once again joined Ronayne and Kat Carson (Katy, Texas) to rank among the top-five BIG EAST squads in a freestyle relay, turning in a time of 3:36.85 at 400 yards
| NEXT UP |
The Pirates will close their fall slate over three consecutive days at the Patriot Invitational hosted by George Mason, beginning November 19.
