Lady Bears Split Double Dual With John Jay and New Rochelle

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Freshman Morgan Summers (Bellerose, NY/St. Mary's) was victorious in all three events she competed in leading the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's swimming team to a split of a double-dual meet against John Jay College and the College of New Rochelle on Friday evening at the CNR Wellness Center.

St. Joseph's (3-5, 1-1 HVWAC) defeated Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference foes New Rochelle (0-8, 0-2 HVWAC), 63-29 and was narrowly edged out by John Jay (5-5), 48-45. John Jay completed the sweep downing the Blue Angels, 62-31.

The Lady Bears captured five event wins in total, Summers capturing individual victories in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke. Summers win in the backstroke leveled the John Jay dual with three events remaining. The freshman also led off the 200-yard freestyle relay squad that took first.

Freshman Tina Wong (Brooklyn, NY/HS of Telecommunications Art and Technology) and sophomore Jaclyn Montana (Brooklyn, NY/Bay Ridge Prep) finished one-two in the 100-yard butterfly.

Also collecting second-place finishes were junior Haley Betancourt (New York, NY/St. Vincent Ferrer) in the 1000-yard and 500-yard freestyle and senior Laura Sonnylal (Richmond Hill, NY/Archbishop Molloy) in the 100-yard breaststroke.

St. Joseph's will return to CNR Wellness Center on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 for a double-dual meet against New Rochelle and Division II Post University. Start time is set for 7:30 p.m.