SALISBURY, MD. – The TCNJ women's swimming and diving team fell 78-184 in their season opener at Salisbury Saturday afternoon.

With multiple first-year swimmers showing out, the Lions won two individual events and one relay while also snapping one Maggs Pool record to kick off their 2023-24 campaign in the pool.

While TCNJ typically competes in pools with lengths of 25 yards, the Seagulls' pool instead featured a longer length of 25 meters, thus resulting in what might appear to be slower than usual times.

STELLAR RACES

• In the 200 Free, sophomore Bridget Cleveland placed third with a time of 2:20.46.
• Junior captain Colleen Scanlon finished second in the 50 Back with a time of 32.95 seconds.
• Freshman Lilliana Kuball dominated the 50 Breast with the top time of 33.80, which subsequently also set a new Maggs Pool record.
• The 50 Free saw fellow freshman Katie Mazzacco place second with a time of 28.77, as she was narrowly edged out for first by a mere nine hundredths of a second.
• Mazzacco followed up with a third-place finish in the 100 Free after clocking a time of 1:03.31
• The 100 Back saw Cleveland finish second with time of 1:11.52.
• Kuball took her second event victory in the 100 Breast, swimming the fastest time of 1:17.30 to lead TCNJ
• Freshman Bella Patti had a stellar race in her collegiate debut, taking third in the 400 Free with time of 4:59.26.
• The 100 IM had senior captain Sarah Burton finishing third with a time of 1:13.47.
• The Lions closed out the meet on top, as the 200 Free Relay team of Kuball, Cleveland, senior Mackenzie Wall, and Mazzacco combined for a time of 1:53.48 to take first place.

TOP PERFORMER

• Kuball showed out in her first collegiate meet by winning three total events

UP NEXT
The Lions return to the pool later this month on October 28, when they host Swarthmore at the TCNJ Aquatic Center. The dual meet is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start time.