Madison, NJ (November 16, 2019)- In their first home swim meet of the season, the FDU Devils Women's Swim team defeated Western Connecticut State University, 147 to 106. With the win, the Devils improve to 1-2 on the season.

MEET NOTES

• Freshman Sarah Jurimas swam season best times in the 100 (1:04:07) and 200 (2:21:44) freestyle finishing in 2^nd and 3^rd place.
• Freshman Emily Maciejewski hit season best times in the 50 (27.94) freestyle and 100 backstroke, finishing in 1^st and 3^rd place respectively
• Freshman Paige Strangeway qualified for the MAC Freedom Tournament in the 200 breaststroke finishing in 2^nd place with a time of 2:52:29.
• Sophomore Anna Hess had a season best time in the 200 freestyle, finishing with a time of 2:32:22.
• Freshman Mikayla Demarco finished the day with season best times in the 1000 and 500 freestyle, finishing in 2^nd place in both events.

LEAD DEVIL
Freshman Sarah Dougherty won three events on the day, finishing first in the 100 backstroke (1:04:32), 200 backstroke (2:21:27) and 200 IM (2:22:46).

FROM THE COACH
"This was an overall great team win on both sides," explained Head Coach Richard Palm. "The Freshman woman did a great job improving on their season best times, and that was a huge reason for us winning".

UP NEXT
The Devils host Lebanon Valley College on Saturday, November 23 at 1:00 p.m. in the Ferguson Recreation Center.