SWIMMING & DIVING NOTEBOOK
The Vermont swimming & diving team competes in a pair of dual meets this weekend. The Catamounts host Stony Brook on Saturday (Oct. 21) at 12 p.m. at Forbush Natatorium and travel to UMass on Sunday (Oct. 22) at 1 p.m. at the Joseph R. Rogers, Jr. Pool. The UMass men's team will also face NJIT on Sunday. Live video of the Stony Brook home meet is available for free via CatamounTV.com. 

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SCOUTING THE SEAWOLVES
Stony Brook brings back its swimming & diving program after it was placed on competitive hiatus five years ago for renovations to its pool. The last time the Seawolves competed in a meet was on Feb. 26, 2012. The program named two-time Olympian Janelle Atkinson as the head women's swimming & diving coach in February after spending the past three seasons as the head coach of Fairfield's men's and women's swimming & diving programs. Atkinson has a total of 13 student-athletes on the roster this season and all 13 are swimmers. 

SCOUTING THE MINUTEWOMEN
UMass began its season by finishing second at the Colgate Invitational on Oct. 7 before falling at Army last Friday 195-103. Emma Roush took the top spot in both diving events at Army, posting the highest scores of 262.35 in the 1-meter dive and 262.13 in the 3-meter. The Minutewomen went 2-4 last year but earned a third-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championships in Ohio with 457 points. Bob Newcomb is in his 34th season as head coach of the program and has helped Massachusetts finish second at the A-10 meet twice in the last five seasons for the first time in school history. 

UNH RECAP
UVM suffered its first loss of the season last Saturday at Swasey Pool, dropping a 169-131 final against conference rival UNH. The Catamounts moved to 1-1 (1-1 AE) for the year. Shannon Cowley won a pair of events, clinching both the 100 (1:05.91) and 200 (2:25.73) breaststroke for the Catamounts. Morgan Montgomery was also an individual champion, claiming the 200 backstroke by a half second as she hit the wall in 2:05.04. Vermont closed the swimming competition by winning the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:33.57 with the team of Sierra Sexton, Dani Rocheleau, Kira Hancock, and Kelly Lennon.

BINGHAMTON RECAP
UVM earned a 165-97 victory over America East rival Binghamton on Oct. 7 afternoon at NJIT in New Jersey to begin the regular season. The divers had their meet against the Bearcats at RPI cancelled. Hancock, Cowley, Vivian Nguyen, and Lennon opened the meet by winning the 400 medley relay with a time of 4:00.39. Lennon was also an individual champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle as the Catamounts combined to win nine events against Binghamton. 

Jess Gorham (59.56), Hancock (1:00.05), and Montgomery (1:01.23) went 1-2-3 in the 100 backstroke, and Montgomery, Rocheleau and Gorham later went 1-2-3 in a different order in the 200 back. Cowley was the champion of both the 100 (1:07.90) and 200 (2:26.92) breaststroke, while Sexton won the 50 free in 24.75 seconds and placed second in the 100 free in 54.48 with Hancock in third (54.57). 

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont has next weekend off before hosting Maine on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 12 p.m. in the annual Rally Against Cancer Meet presented by Otter Creek Awnings and Vermont Custom Closets. 
 
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