Meet results

Ewing, NJ …The College of New Jersey women's swimming and diving team remained perfect on the season as they defeated William Paterson University 177-100 in a New Jersey Athletic Conference meet.

The Lions (7-0, 3-0 NJAC) kept pace with Rowan University, who is also unbeaten in conference competition. The two schools will square off next Saturday in Glassboro, NJ to determine the 2010-2011 NJAC championship. The Pioneers (9-2, 0-2 NJAC) lost for the first time in over two months and saw their nine-meet win streak come to an end.

TCNJ matched yesterday's performance against New York University as they won 15 out of 16 events at the Aquatic Center. Nine different swimmers captured individual events, while freshman Sabrina Lucchesi (Columbus, NJ/Notre Dame) and sophomore Danica Roskos (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) each won a diving event for the Lions.

Junior Traci Hofer (Millville, NJ/Millville) posted a pair of wins claiming the 1000-yard freestyle event in 11:13.31 and 200-individual medley in 2:18.07. Classmate Laura Pierce (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) capped off a tremendous weekend by finishing first in the 200-butterfly (2:08.94) and 500-free (5:26.93). Pierce's time in the 200-fly challenged the school record time of 2:08.51 set by Ava Kiss in 2006.

Sophomore Caroline Kelly (Lawrenceville, NJ/Lawrence) enjoyed a solid meet winning the 200-free in 2:01.64 and contributing to the 400-medley relay team that posted a winning time of 4:18.71. Junior Kelsey Herchenrider (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May Regional) won the 200-breast in 2:34.68 and freshman Hailey Growney (Rockaway, NJ/Morris Hills) posted a first-place finish in the 100-free.

Lucchesi claimed the 3-meter diving event with a score of 282.83 and also took second in the 1-meter garnering 278.63 points. Roskos placed first on the 1-meter board with a total of 282.83.

The Lions face the Profs on Saturday before returning home to take on Stevens Institute of Technology on Sunday, January 30 at 2 p.m.