Women’s Swimming and Diving Downs Monarchs, 171-128

Falcone, Radloff Each Win Three

02/02/08 9:08PM

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - William and Mary’s women’s swimming and diving team put another check in the win column in it oldest rivalry Friday night, defeating Old Dominion for the 39th time in 49 tries, 171-128. With the win, the Tribe improved to 6-4, 4-1 in the CAA, while ODU falls to 6-7, 1-7 in the CAA.

Complete Results

NCAA qualifiers Katie Radloff (Arlington, Va.) and Marina Falcone (Potomac, Md.) led the Tribe attack with two individual wins and a relay victory apiece. Both swimmers teamed with Christina Monsees (Brewster, N.Y.)Lindsay Guers (Orwigsburg, Pa.) to take the 400 free relay in 3:33.59. Individually, Falcone won the 1000 free in 10:24.51 and the 500 free in 5:02.88, while Radloff claimed the 200 free in 1:52.91 and the 100 free in 51.70. Falcone’s wins were numbers 47 and 48 in her career, ranking her sixth in school history. Radloff, meanwhile, becomes just the fifth female athlete at W&M with 50 career wins.

Guers also picked up an individual victory, swimming 24.47 to win the 50 free. Senior captain Meredith David (Somerdale, N.J.) won the 200 back in 2:04.90, and junior Whitney Pezza (Warrenton, Va.) won the 100 fly in 58.78 seconds. Sophomore Erin Welshofer (Charlotte, N.C.) won the 200 fly in 2:07.17, and classmate Courtney Alles (Manassas Park, Va.) took the 200 IM in 2:10.82. Also of note, freshman Clare LeGuyader (East Islip, N.Y.) swam a personal-best 10:36.24 in the 1000 free to become the College’s sixth-best swimmer all-time in that event.