ONEONTA, NY – The Alfred University women's swimming & diving team fell to Hartwick College by a score of 165-90 on Saturday, January 20th.

The Saxons (2-5, 0-2 Empire 8) dropped their second Empire 8 meet of the season, but will look to bounce back. 

"It never feels good leaving Hartwick with a loss; they swim well in their pool." Head Coach Brian Striker '00 said. "Across the board, we were fatigued, which doesn't bode well when you swim and dive away, in close meets.  That being said, it is a good sign of where we are, knowing how hard we have been working in the pool the past few weeks, and what we can do when we rest as we head into taper and fine tune things for our championships."

The first points of the day were claimed by a second place finish in the 200-yard medley relay by Kamila Roman (Mamaroneck, NY/Mamaroneck), Mia Spencer (Omaha, NE/Omaha Central), Sarah Anderson (Wayne, PA/Radnor), and Mariam Kiragu (Gaborone, Botswana/Legae Academy) with a time of 2:00.88.

Mia Spencer finished second in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:08.18. She also placed second in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:27.79.

Maureen Derry (Asheville, NC/Asheville) claimed second place in the 100-yard Backstroke with a time of 1:08.89. She also finished second in the 200-yard Backstroke with a time of 2:28.12.

Sarah Anderson won the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.16 and won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.45.

Kamila Roman won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:03.16.

The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Erika Purdy (Syracuse, NY/Cicero North), Shelby Baker (Geneseo, NY/Geneseo Central), Sarah Anderson, and Maureen Derry placed second in the final event of the day with a time of 1:48.82.

The Saxons will next return home for their Senior Day against Ithaca College on Saturday, January 27th.