Complete Results

Team Scores
Providence 154
Rhode Island 127

How It Happened
Host Providence pulled off a wire-to-wire victory over Rhode Island Wednesday, beating the Rams 157-124.

The Friars took first and third place in the opening event of the night, the 200 Medley Relay, for a 13-4. Rhody's Rylee Kelly got her first victory on the night when she took first in the 200 Freestyle, helping URI (3-1) close the gap to 21-15 after two events. Kelly did the honors in the 200 SC Meters when she just edged out PC's Natalia Roback with her time of 2:10.03, winning by .09 of a second.

Rhode Island had the momentum midway through the match, thanks to results in the 1-meter dive and 100 Freestyle. Lily Hsu won the diving event by nearly 50 points over the field with her score of 299.18 as URI outscored the Friars 14-5 in the event. That was followed by Kelly winning again, this time in the 100 free, helping Rhody outscore PC, 10-9.

At that point, URI had pulled within four points at 77-73. Providence won the next four events, opening a 136-90 lead to help secure the team victory.

The win by Providence snapped an 18-meet win streak for Rhode Island in the head-to-head series, dating back to January of 1996.

Standouts from the Pool

• Rhode Island won six individual events, with three different women winning twice each.
• Lily Hsu won both the 1- and 3-meter diving events, the second straight meet she has swept the events. Hsu has won all three meets in the 1-meter dive, and she has won twice in the 3-meter and finished second the third time.
• Rylee Kelly and Hannah Benavides were both two-time winners for the Rams. Kelly won both the 200-meter Freestyle and the 100-meter Freestyle events. Benavides took first in both the 50-meter Breaststroke and the 100-meter Individual Medley.
• Benavides has won all five individual races she has competed in this season.

What's Next
Rhode Island returns home to host Connecticut on Saturday, Nov. 11. The meet beings at 1 p.m.