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Melissa Hessler

Women's Swimming & Diving

Lions top Owls to post third straight win

Senior Melissa Hessler won a pair of distance events.
Meet results

Ewing, NJ ... The College of New Jersey women's swimming and diving team put forth its second impressive performance in as many days as they defeated Southern Connecticut State University 187-109.
 
The Lions won 10 out of 12 individual swimming events, the opening 200-yard medley relay race, and both diving events to capture their third win of the season.
 
Senior Melissa Hessler (Palmyra, NJ/Palmyra) paced TCNJ with first-place finishes in both distance freestyle events. She posted a time of 11:03.79 in the 1000-yard and 5:23.78 in the 500-free. Classmate Laura Pierce (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) also produced wins in sprint events, topping the field in the 100-free and 100-yard butterfly events. Pierce posted times of 53.19 (free) and 57.42 (fly). Her time in the 100-fly was an NCAA provisional qualifier.
 
Pierce also raced in the 200-yard medley relay with sophomore Ashley Conroy (Toms River, NJ/Monsignor Donovan), senior Kelsey Herchenrider (Cape May, NJ/Cape May Lower Regional), and junior Kayleigh Shangle (Highland Park, NJ/Highland Park). They registered a winning time of 1:51.80.
 
Conroy took top honors in the 100-back (1:02.19) while Shangle won the 100-breast in 1:07.79. Senior Amanda Waldner (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West) cruised to a first-place finish in the 50-free, posting a time of 25.90.
 
Junior Danica Roskos (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) won both the 1- and 3-meter events. She posted scores of 320.50 (3-meter) and 288.65 (1-meter) to register two more wins. Sophomore Sabrina Lucchesi (Columbus, NJ/Notre Dame) took second in the 1-meter (266.85) and third in the 3-meter (265.60) and
 
The Lions are back in pool tomorrow when they host Franklin and Marshall at TCNJ's Aquatic Center at 2 p.m. 
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