Morgantown, W.Va. – The Duquesne University swimming & diving team traveled to Morgantown, W.Va., to battle in a tri-meet with the host Mountaineers and Villanova on Saturday morning, inside the Peak Health Aquatic Center at Mylan Park. The Dukes dropped a 184.50 – 115.50 decision to the Wildcats while falling 169.50 – 130.50 to West Virginia.
Senior Haley Scholer paced Duquesne on Saturday, taking home four medals, including a pair of golds. She tallied her first gold in the 100-yard backstroke, when she touched the wall at 54.77 before collecting a first-place finish in the 200 backstroke, with a time of 1:59.18. In the 200 IM, Scholer took home silver by clocking in a final time of 2:03.16 before swimming the first leg of the 200-yard medley relay, which took second (1:42.98). Junior Sydney Severini, freshman Ashley Freel, and classmate Kaitlyn Connors rounded out the 200 medley relay.
Severini would capture another gold for Duquesne, clocking in a time of 2:16.56 in the 200-yard breaststroke. Connors registered a silver and bronze medal to her resume, tying for second place in the 50-yard free with a time of 23.50. In the 100 free, she touched the wall at 51.69 to take home third. Junior Katie Simpson also competed in the same event, finishing in fifth (52.49). Freshman Sierra Snow registered a time of 2:00.03 in the 200-yard back, to finish in second behind Scholer…