UB Women's Swimming Opens 2014-15 Dual Meet Season At LIU Post
Pioneers Top Purple Knights, 117-82
Brookville, N.Y.-After opening the 2014-15 season last weekend at the Sonny Werblin Invitational hosted by Rutgers University, the University of Bridgeport women's swimming team took part in its first dual meet of this season at LIU Post University on Friday evening, and the host Pioneers posted a 117-82 victory.
UB women won four events on Friday, as junior Tatiana Shepel (Moscow, Russia) won the 100-yard Freestyle (52.99), senior Alja Tavcar (Ljublijana, Slovenia) took top honors in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:57.38), junior Claudia Esteban (Zaragoza, Spain) took first in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:18.92) and sophomore Polina Melnikova (Moscow, Russia) captured the long-distance, 1,000-yard Freestyle (11:08.04).
Up next for the UB women's swimming team will be a trip to Albany, New York with the Bridgeport men's squad on Saturday, November 1 to face the College of St. Rose at 1:00 p.m.