Union, NJ (February 1, 2020)- The FDU Men's and Women's swimming programs came away victorious on Saturday afternoon, with both teams defeating Sarah Lawrence College. Men's swimming finished with a 114-105 victory while the Women finished with a 71-47 victory.

MEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Eric Bang finished the day winning the 500-yard freestyle (5:03.33) and 200-yard freestyle (2:13.84).
• Freshman Josh Atkins won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.76 and the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:02.58.
• Freshman Jimmy Dougherty won the 200-yard IM with a score of 2:17.63.
• The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Bang, Atkins, Dougherty and sophomore Anthony Muschiatti finished in first place with a time of 1:37.10.

 WOMEN'S HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior Molly Miller won two races on the afternoon, coming in first place in both the 200 (2:02.72) and 500 (5:30.60) freestyle. She also broke the school record in the 200 fly. 
• Freshman Sarah Dougherty won the 200-yard IM with a score of 2:19.71.
• The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Miller, Dougherty, freshman Liz Brile and freshman Emily Maciejewski finished in first place with a time of 1:47.70.

FROM COACH
"Despite being extremely exhausted from the past month of hard training, both men's and women's teams were able to come out with wins. We are going to begin preparation for conferences this week and they all seem very excited for how they will swim at the end of the year." – Head Coach Richard Palm

NEXT UP
Both men's and women's programs will begin preparation for the MAC Freedom Conference Championships which take place Thursday, February 13 through Sunday, February 16 in York, PA.