BURLINGTON, VT – The Catamounts (5-2) came up short against the Minutewomen (1-2) 186-114 on Saturday afternoon in Vermont's annual Rally Around Mental Health Meet.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Extremely proud of our girls and how they performed in today's meet," said Head Coach Gerry Cournoyer. "However, we faced an exceptionally strong UMass team today and did not get the final result we had hoped for."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vermont began the day with Tannah Proudfoot placing third in the one-meter dive with a score of 216.15.
• In the first swimming event of the day, the Catamounts claimed second in the 200 medley relay. The combination of Alexis Torykian, Natalie Schlemmer, Hally Laney and Havana Layton finished in a time of 1:48.11. The combination of Megan Mitchell, Lindsay Burbage, Summer Pierce and Maggie Desmond placed first for UMass and set a Forbush Natatorium record with a time of 1:45.32.
• Ella Church finished first in the 1000 free and the 500 free recording a time of 10:27.92 in the 1000 free and a time of 5:06.51 in the 500 free. Church also finished third in the 200 free with a time of 1:58.88.
• Vermont earned a 1-2-3 finish in the 500 free with Church placing first in 5:06.51, Jackie House finishing second in 5:09.83 and Emily Rocco placing third with a time of 5:14.98.
• House also earned a second place finish in the 200 free with a time of 1:54.22 and recorded an individual victory in the 100 free placing first in a time of 53.41.
• The Catamounts also earned a 4-5-6 finish in the 200 IM with Laney finishing fourth in a time of 2:13.23, while Kara Campbell (2:13.57) and Schlemmer (2:19.80) rounded out the top six.
• In the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, the combination of House, Havana Layton, Josephine Hiers and Anastazja Szukala placed second in a time of 3:36.48.

 
WHO'S NEXT
Following today's meet with UMass the Catamounts will return home to faceoff with UConn on Saturday, December 9, for a second consecutive meet at Forbush Natatorium. That meet is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. and will be broadcast live on AmericaEast.TV.
 
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