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Women's Swimming Falls to Smith, 150-111

WOMEN'S SWIMMING FALLS TO SMITH, 150-111

Complete meet results 

CHICOPEE, MA, Nov. 14, 2006 - Elms College freshman Marie Waterhouse (East Longmeadow, MA) set three individual school records and also swam a leg of the school-record setting 200-meter freestyle relay, but Smith College posted a 150-111 win over the Blazers in Tuesday night's women's swimming meet at Partyka Natatorium.

With the loss, Elms College fell to 2-3. Smith College, meanwhile, improved to 1-1-1.

Waterhouse posted school-record setting victories in both the 100-meter (1:13.20) and 200-meter (2:38.43) backstroke events. She also set a new school-record in the 200-individual medley (2:40.65), and later teamed with junior Kaity Jo Bryll (East Hartland, CT), sophomore Kate Orefice (Southington, CT) and freshman Melissa Pava (Springfield, MA) to set a new school mark in the 200-meter freestyle relay (2:06.02).

The Pioneers, who were coming off a 131-131 tie with Eastern Connecticut State University, received a three first place finishes from junior Marly Pineda (Bosque Farms, NH) in the 200-meter individual medley (2:37.97), 200-meter breaststroke (3:03.97) and 200-meter freestyle (2:18.68).

Orefice set a school-record en route to a second place finish in the 200-meter breaststroke (3:07.10). She posted victories in both the 50-meter butterfly (33.22) and the 100-meter breaststroke (1:25.13).

Elms College's men and women's swimming teams return to action on Saturday, November 18 at Colby-Sawyer College. Meet time is 1:00 p.m.