Smithfield, R.I. – The Bryant University men's swimming and diving team fell to UMass by a final score of 198-102 on Friday afternoon at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.
Coach Keane's Comments
"We had a good time down in Florida. All of them worked really hard, it was great to see them step up a day and a half back and go as fast as they did today. Each of them really fought hard and pushed through, and the results showed. Back at it tomorrow!"
Notes and Notables:
- The Bulldogs started the meet with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay. The team of Colby Dixon (Summit, N.J.), Dom Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain), Zach DiGiaro (Middletown, N.J.), and Juan Gonzalez (Al Safa, Dubai) (1:37.76).
- The Black and Gold then got on the board in an individual race with Tyler Stringfellow (Wrentham, Mass.) placing second in the 1,000 freestyle with a time of 9:58.15.
- Bryant got its first win of the night from Matthew Mastroianni (Glastonbury, Conn.) in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:45.04.
- The Bulldogs continued their winning ways with a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke by FuKang Wong (Johor, Malaysia) (56.54).
- DiGiaro found the podium for a second time with a third-place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:00.14).
- The Black and Gold kept finding the podium with a second and third-place finish in the 50 freestyle by Wong (21.98) and Andrew Allen (Bedford, N.H.) (22.04).
- Mastroianni capped off his great meet with another first-place finish in the 100 freestyle (48.32). Allen placed second in the same event with a time of 48.58.
- Bryant added another win for the day with a victory in the 200 breaststroke by Wong (2:07.56).
- The Bulldogs final top-three individual finish was a third-place finish by Scifo in the 100 butterfly (52.54).
- In diving, Zach Vogel (South Easton, Mass.) placed third in the one and three-meter with scores of 229.12 and 207.82.
- The Black and Gold capped off the day with a first-place triumph in the 200 freestyle relay. Allen, Mastroianni, Wong, and Gonzalez finished with a time of 1:26.35.
Next Up
Bulldogs will host Rider University for senior day tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m.
