Swimming and Diving Defeated by Duke

Borkowski, Gerloff, Hodulik and Rhodes Win Events

01/31/04 3:00PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Sophomore Kristi Borkowski (Norristown, PA), junior Carrie Gerloff (Virginia Beach, VA), sophomore Laura Hodulik (Mt. Laurel, NJ) and junior Scott Rhodes (Norfolk, VA) all won events as William and Mary swimming and Diving was defeated by Duke on Senior Day. The Duke women edged the Tribe 145-127 while the Duke men downed the College 138-117. The losses drop the College men to 3-8-1 (2-4-1 CAA) and the women to 3-9 (3-4 CAA). The meet was the last home event for eight Tribe seniors.

Rhodes's win highlighted the men's team effort as he claimed the victory in the 200 free while Borkowski impressed with her win in the 100 free. The Green and Gold continued its strength on the boards, where Hodulik and Gerloff each won a 1-meter dive. Senior Meg Patterson (Wayland, MA), in her last home meet, claimed runner-up honors in one of the 1-meter dives while Gerloff also claimed a third in the second 1-meter dive. Freshman Billy Janela (North Potomac, MD) swept both 1-meter dives on the men's side with senior Tom De Mattia (North Brunswick, NJ) taking runner-up honors in both events.

The Tribe posted a number of strong finished on the afternoon, including a wealth of runner-up showings. Junior Eric Druker (Wildwood, MO) claimed two second-place finishes on the evening, in the 50 free and 200 fly. Senior co-captain Clark Noble (Gainesville, GA) also raced to two runner-up finishes, in the 500 free and in the 1650 free. Sophomore Bryanne Matthews (Rumson, NJ) claimed runner-up honors in the 200 breast while fellow sophomore Paige Capro (Dumfries, VA) snared second place in the 200 IM. Senior co-captain Noah Laurence (Mt Pleasant, SC) posted a second in the men's 200 IM as senior captain Katie Hiles (Stafford, VA) was runner-up in the 200 back.

Team Scoring
Men:
1. Duke: 138
2. W&M: 117

Women:
1. Duke: 145
2. W&M: 127