Pirates Cruise to Win over Monmouth, 189-83

Saturday, October 28

South Orange, NJ

12 PM

Seton Hall University

189

Monmouth

10/28/2023 6:20:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

South Orange, N.J. – The Seton Hall women's swimming and diving team claimed victory in its home opener on Saturday afternoon, defeating Monmouth, 189-83, inside Arthur E. Imperatore Natatorium. The Pirates paced the field in 15 out of 16 events, including six in which The Hall swept the top-three.

The afternoon kicked off with the Pirates taking the win in the 200 Medley Relay. Madeline Field (Wheaton, Ill.), Yosun Hacifazioglu (Istanbul, Turkey), Josie McCartney (Verona, Wisc.) and Natalie Heim (Middletown, N.J.) combined for a time of 1:48.18 to take the win. The relay win jumpstarted the day for Seton Hall, as Field, Hacifazioglu and Heim would each go on to take victories in individual events later in the meet.

Field's next win would come soon after the relay win, as she was able to touch the wall first in the 100 Back. Field came in at just under one minute in the event, finishing with a winning time of 59.29. Hacifazioglu would pick up her second win of the day in the following event, winning the 100 Breast in a time of 1:05.69. Both events saw the Pirates claim each of the top three spots.

Heim would find glory in the 50 Free midway through the meet, picking up the victory with a time of 24.04. She along with Field would also swim the last two legs on the 200 Free Relay team which posted the fastest time in the final event of the day.

Prior to those wins, Allie Waggoner (Moorestown, N.J.) and Amanda Zajdzinski (Mesa, Ariz.) got their strong afternoons started. The duo took first and second, respectively, in the 1000 Free, with Waggoner clocking a time of 10:19.89 to pick up the win. Zajdzinski would bounce back next event with a win in the 200 Free, finishing ahead of both Madeleine Bachand (Raleigh, N.C.) and Carys Graville (Cardiff, Great Britain). Both Waggoner and Zajdzinski would go on to record a second victory on the day, with Waggoner winning the 200 Back and Zajdzinski taking the top spot in the 500 Free.

Other Pirate victories on the day came from Silvia Alessio (Trieste, Italy) and Lea Moeller (New Lenox, Ill.). Alessio took the win in the 3-meter dive with a score of 311.70, one week removed from breaking the program record in the event. Later on, she would also post the best score in the 1-meter dive. Moeller's individual victory came in the 100 Free with a time of 53.51 as the Pirates claimed the top three times in the event.

The Pirates are back in the pool on Friday as they travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to face Drexel at 4 p.m.