Smithfield, R.I. – The Bryant University men's swimming and diving team fell to Rider by a score of 180-119 on senior day at the Chace Athletic Center Pool.

Coach Dever's Comments

"It's never easy swimming two meets in two days but they stayed tough and fought hard. It was a great win for the women and a good opportunity for the men to prepare for what they have to compete with at MAACs"

Notes and Notables

• Bryant started out strong with a first-place finish in the 200 medley relay by the team of Matthew Mays (St. Croix, Virgin Islands), FuKang Wong (Johor, Malaysia), Zach DiGiaro (Middletown, N.J.), and Juan Gonzalez (Al Safa, Dubai) (1:33.97).
• The Bulldogs earned their first top-three finish in an individual race from Tyler Stringfellow (Wrentham. Mass.) in the 1000 freestyle who placed second with a time of 9:59.95.
• The Black and Gold got another second place finish from Matthew Mastroianni (Glastonburry, Conn.) in the 200 freestyle (1:45.32).
• Mays continued the trend of the meet with a second-place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.29.
• Bryant found the podium again and earned second-place in the 200 butterfly by DiGiaro (1:59.54)
• The Bulldogs got their second victory of the night from Andrew Allen (Bedford, N.H.) in the 50 freestyle (21.85).
• The Black and Gold earned second and third-place in the 100 freestyle for the first time in the meet from Wong (47.83) and Allen (48.41).
• Bryant won the 200 backstroke with Mays finishing ahead of the pack with a time of 1:50.44.
• Wong continued his weekend dominance of the breaststroke with a first-place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.92).
• The Bulldogs earned third-place in the 500 freestyle with Mastroianni finishing with a time of 4:58.62.
• Dom Scifo (Ipswich, Great Britain) earned his first top three finish of the meet in the 100 butterfly (52.42).
• The Black and Gold earned another second-place finish in the 200 individual medley from Mays (1:55.55).
• In diving Zach Vogel (South Easton, Mass.) placed second in the one and three-meter dives with scores of 238.28 and 247.20. Ben Prouty (East Lyme, Conn.) placed third in the same two events (226.43) and (234.36).
• Bryant finished senior day with a second-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay from the team of Allen, Scifo, Gonzalez, and Mastroianni.

Up Next

The Bulldogs will head to New York to face Marist on Saturday January, 25.