ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University women's swimming & diving team wrapped up its 2019-20 regular season campaign with a dual meet loss to Ithaca College on Saturday afternoon in the McLane Natatorium, 62-233.
 
The Saxons were led by Lauren Serotta (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna) as she swept the backstroke events and picked up an individual second place finish on the day. Serotta first won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.37. Serotta then picked up another victory in the 200 back with a time of 2:16.16. She finished her day with a second place finish in the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:03.90, being out-touched at the wall by 0.85 seconds and securing second by 0.19 seconds.

"Although the score does not show this, we had a pretty good meet today," Head Coach Brian Striker '00 said. "The hard work from the past few weeks was evident today; our walls are better, our starts were more explosive and we were able to finish our races. I look forward to taper and the championship meet, which we've been setting our sights on all along."
 
Amanda Guariglia (Valley Stream, NY/Valley Stream South) got her day started with a second place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:14.39, missing first by just over a second and pushing a Bomber swimmer to third place by just over half a second. Her top highlight was her dominant win in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:41.93, topping the other lanes by almost five seconds.
 
The Saxons will next go into their season taper as they prepare for a four-day meet at Webster Schroeder High School in the first Allegheny Empire Championships from Wednesday, February 19 until Saturday, February 22. Prelims begin at 10 a.m. each morning with finals starting at 5:30 p.m. each evening.