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The University of Maine women’s swimming and diving team returned to the Wallace Pool when they hosted the University of New Hampshire on Friday. The Wildcats proved to be too much though, as they handily beat UMaine 179-115.
The Black Bear women were looking to rebound from last week’s meet when they dropped both meets against Connecticut College and Southern Connecticut State University. The men picked up a 152-128 victory over SCSU but dropped their meet with Connecticut College, 179.5-91.5. The women fell 175-105 to Connecticut College and 162-132 to SCSU.
After earning second place in the women’s 200-yard medley, UMaine had momentum, but could not capitalize. UNH beat the Black Bears in the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard individual medley.
After suffering the loss to UNH on Friday, the men and women’s team traveled to Bowdoin College where Sara Knight proved to be the shining star. Knight took first in the 1,000-yard freestyle, placed second in the 50-yard freestyle and helped her team score second place in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Knight’s teammate, Jennifer Trodden, also performed well for the women as she went on to win the 100-yard individual medley and also took home the top honors in the 100-yard freestyle.
On the men’s side, Kevin Staples also garnered the win in the 100-yard freestyle and Zachary Hamer won the 50-yard breaststroke.
UMaine looks to get on track after a week in West Palm Beach, Fla., for winter training. With just over a month until the American East Championships in February, the team is busy preparing themselves for the trip to Boston, but they will first compete on Friday, Jan. 29 when they host Boston College and Dartmouth College.
